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Shanghai?
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If you've ever been can you recommend some of the must-see things to do? Thanks!
Re: Shanghai?
I liked Yu Gardens (Yu Yuan). It is a traditional looking part of Shanghai, albeit a little touristy.
Enjoy a stroll on the Bund (French Concession) eat at M on the Bund on the rooftop.
Enjoy a walk in the hustle and bustle of Nanjing Road.
Visit Pudong (literally means "new area") at night. There are several very tall buildings with observation towers... however it costs to go up. I recommend going to the bar near the top of the Jin Mao for a drink. It will cost you about the same as a trip to the observation deck, but you get a drink and a comfy chair too
Visit the Shanghai Museum. Nice museum with great Chinese art.
I went just prior to the 2010 World Expo - but some of those buildings may be up... It would be worth a google.
We went to an acrobats show. The talent is amazing, but the production values are low (so cirque quality people with low budget staging and effects).
There are several temples to go to. We went to Jade Buddha. Be careful of "tour guides" basically they give you a small tour and then dump you into a gift shop.
Find a night market and soak up the local culture.
The Science Museum is supposed to be great, but I did not go personally.
Use the subway to get around. It's easy and fast.
Take a day trip to Suzhou (canals) or Hangzhou (West Lake) both are easily reached by train.
Yuyuan gardens and the surrounding Old Town. It's kitschy, but it's a good place to haggle over the standard China souvenirs. There are also some great little no-frills dumpling stands around the area (probably listed in most guidebooks).
Ditto going for a drink atop the Pudong skyscrapers. I've actually jsut hit up the lobby bar at the Hyatt in the Jin Mao, which is "only" on the 54th floor. It was easy to find a seat, and they have huge windows. Plus, the rest of the city isn't nearly as high, so it was still a great view. I haven't been back since the Shanghai World Financial Center (now the tallest building in the city) was completed, so I don't know what kind of options there are now. I'd ask for "drinks with a view" suggestions on the LonelyPlanet China forum, since they'll probably have more recent information (and the LP crowd likes to do things on the cheap - thus circumventing the high-priced observation decks).
The Shanghai Museum was by far the best museum I visited in China. Definitely worth a visit.
Visiting one of the water towns around Shanghai was my top must-do while we lived in China, and even with such high expectations, I wasn't disappointed. So charming and cute!!! We opted to take a bus to Wuzhen instead of the more touristy Tongli or Zhujiajiao, and I loved it! It was still touristy, but it was all local tourists. (Back in 2006) We saw less than a dozen other non-Chinese the whole day!