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Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Shanghai!•Updated frequently, Fodor’s Shanghai provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.•Fodor’s Shanghai features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Shanghai.•Experience Shanghai like a local! Fodor’s Shanghai includes unique photo-features that impart the city’s culture, covering world-class shopping, the thriving art scene, easy side trips to China's water villages, and much more!•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
About This Book ............ 8Chapter 1: Experience Shanghai ............ 9Shanghai Planner ............ 10Top Shanghai Attractions ............ 12Great Itineraries ............ 14Shanghai With Kids ............ 15Sightseeing Tours ............ 16When in Shanghai... ............ 17Free Things To Do ............ 18Get a Massage ............ 19Golf ............ 20Quirky Shanghai ............ 21Shanghai Then & Now ............ 22Holidays & Festivals ............ 24On the Horizon ............ 25Chapter 2: Neighborhoods ............ 35Old City ............ 39Xintiandi & the City Center ............ 44The Bund & Nanjing Dong Lu ............ 50Former French Concession ............ 56Nanjing Xi Lu & Jing’an ............ 61Pudong ............ 65North Shanghai ............ 71Xujiahui & South, Hongqiao & Gubei ............ 77Chapter 3: Shopping ............ 89Shopping Planner ............ 90Old City ............ 92Xintiandi & City Center ............ 92Nanjing Dong Lu & the Bund ............ 93Former French Concession ............ 99Pudong ............ 103North Shanghai ............ 104Xujiahui & South Shanghai ............ 112Hongqiao & Gubei ............ 112Chapter 4: Arts & Nightlife ............ 115Arts & Nightlife Planner ............ 116The Arts ............ 117Nightlife ............ 120Chapter 5: Where to Eat ............ 131Where to Eat Planner ............ 132Old City ............ 134Xintiandi& City Center ............ 135Nanjing Dong Lu & the Bund ............ 139Former French Concession ............ 147Nanjing Xi Lu & Jing’an ............ 153North Shanghai ............ 156Pudong ............ 156Hongqiao & Gubei ............ 159Xujiahui & South Shanghai ............ 160Chapter 6: Where to Stay ............ 163Where to Stay Planner ............ 164The Old City ............ 165Xintiandi & City Center ............ 168The Bund & Nanjing Dong Lu ............ 171Former French Concession ............ 172Nanjing Xi Lu & Jing’an ............ 179Pudong ............ 181North Shanghai ............ 183Hongqiao & Gubei ............ 184Chapter 7: Side Trips ............ 189Side Trips Planner ............ 190Zhejiang ............ 192Fujian ............ 206Understanding Shanghai ............ 227Chinese Vocabulary ............ 228Travel Smart Shanghai ............ 230Getting Here & Around ............ 231Essentials ............ 240Index ............ 258About Our Writers ............ 272FEATURESExperience shanghai21st Century China ............ 26NeighborhoodsThe Age of Empires ............ 81ShoppingMarkets: A Guide to Buying Silk,Pearls & Pottery ............ 105Where to EatA Culinary Tour of China ............ 141Side TripsSpirituality in China ............ 208MapsChina ............ 6—7Shanghai ............ 36—37Old City ............ 40Xintiandi & the City Center ............ 46The Bund & Nanjing Dong Lu ............ 52Former French Concession ............ 58Nanjing Xi Lu & Jing’An ............ 62Pudong ............ 66North Shanghai ............ 72Xujiahui & South, Hongqiao & Gubei ............ 78Shopping in Nanjing Lu, the Bund and City Center ............ 94—95Shopping in the Former French Concession, Nanjing Xi Lu & Jing’an ............ 98Where to Eat in Nanjing Lu, the Bund & City Center ............ 136—137Where to Eat in the former French Concession, Nanjing Xi Lu and Jing’an ............ 150Where to Eat in Pudong ............ 158Where to Stay in Nanjing Lu, the Bund, & City Center ............ 166—167Where to Stay in the Former French Concession, Nanjing Xi Lu & Jing’an ............ 177Zhejiang ............ 193Fujian ............ 206Xiamen ............ 214Gulangyu ............ 219
