Shanghai Region

Things to Do in Shanghai

Things to Do in Shanghai, China - Shanghai Attractions

Things to Do in Shanghai

Ways to tour Shanghai

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Evening Thai Dinner and Huangpu River Cruise in Shanghai
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Bus Tours
from $165.00 per adult (price varies by group size)
Zhujiajiao Water Town and Shanghai City Private Day Tour
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Bus Tours
from $208.00 per adult (price varies by group size)
Shanghai Circus World: ERA Intersection of Time Acrobatics Show
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Theaters
from $48.00 per adult
Half Day Private Tour to Zhujiajiao Water Town with Boat Ride from Shanghai
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Bus Tours
from $134.50 per adult (price varies by group size)
Private Cooking Class: Make Your Own Dim Sum In Shanghai
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Full-day Tours
from $66.67 per adult (price varies by group size)
1 Day Shanghai Highlight Small Group Tour
Full-day Tours
from $124.00 per adult
Half-Day Architectural Private Walking Tour with Authentic Food
City Tours
from $67.00 per adult
Modern Shanghai Trip from Land Sky and Ocean
Full-day Tours
from $113.34 per adult
Traditional Chinese Massage with Hotel Transfer
from $130.49 per adult (price varies by group size)
Shanghai Yacht Experience on Huangpu River with Refreshments
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Day Cruises
from $79.00 per adult

Cruises, Sailing & Water Tours

Top Attractions in Shanghai

1. The Bund (Wai Tan)

Points of Interest & Landmarks • Historic Walking Areas

Huangpu

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Open now

The Bund offers a memory of pre 1985 Shanghai and old Colonial China.

2. Shanghai Tower

Observation Decks & Towers

Pudong

Admission tickets from $30.77

This is a glass building with a unique twisting shape that is China's tallest skyscraper and second tallest building in…

3. Oriental Pearl Tower (Dongfang Mingzhu)

Points of Interest & Landmarks • Architectural Buildings

Pudong

The museum describes the history of Shanghai and offers many life-size recreations to reproduce the atmosphere.

4. Yu Garden (Yuyuan)

Gardens

Xiaodongmen

Admission tickets from $10.00

This classic garden is designed as central to an old upper class house, with rooms opening multiple doors into the…

5. Former French Concession

Historic Walking Areas

Huangpu

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Open now

Deep within French Concession area of Shanghai which is comprised of tree lined avenues and colonial buildings, is a…

6. Shanghai World Financial Center

Observation Decks & Towers

Pudong

The skyscraper has been build to withstand airplanes crashing into it similar to the 9/11 event at New York City’s…

7. Huangpu River

Bodies of Water

Pudong

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The river is at the very heart of Shanghai and separates the modern futuristic city with the original city from the…

8. South Bund Soft Spinning Material Market

Shopping Malls

Huangpu

It's a collection of a couple of hundred tailor shops, each occupying a 20x20 foot booth across three floors.

9. Shanghai Museum (Shanghai Bowuguan)

Speciality Museums

People’s Square

This large museum offers in 4 floors unique collection of Chinese history.

10. Jade Buddha Temple

Architectural Buildings • Religious Sites

Jiangning Lu (Jiangning Road)

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Founded in 1882 by the Qing dynasty this is a pristine, and active Buddha temple.

11. Pudong New Area

Neighborhoods

Century Park

The current skyline has become a symbol for modern Shanghai and essentially shows off Lujiazu, the finance and trade…

12. Zhujiajiao Ancient Town

Historic Sites • Neighborhoods

Zhoujiajiao

Admission tickets from $10.75

The unique architecture of the houses built in the Han dynasty of China brings you back centuries and showcases the…

13. Jin Mao Tower

Points of Interest & Landmarks • Architectural Buildings

Pudong

Admission tickets from $18.00

Jin Mao Tower is one of the early skyscrapers that Pudong in Shanghai is now bristling with.

14. Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum

Speciality Museums

Tilanqiao

The museum is dedicated to the experience of the 20,000-30,000 Jews who found refuge in Shanghai during WWII.

15. Old Town (Nanshi)

Neighborhoods

Xiaodongmen

The garden area complex with its old pavilions, rock gardens and arched bridges is surrounded by crowded narrow…

16. Longhua Temple

Religious Sites

Xuhui

The Pagoda is one of seven originally built to house sacred Buddhist relics acquired by Sun Quan, King of Wu, one of…

17. Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall

Speciality Museums

People’s Square

This 5 floor building allows you to see Shanghai's development from its beginning to now.

18. Shanghai Propaganda Poster Art Centre

Art Galleries • Speciality Museums

Changning

This museum is a vast compilation of propaganda art spanning the past 60 years of Chinese history.

19. Nanjing Lu (Nanjing Road)

Points of Interest & Landmarks

Fuzhou Lu (Fuzhou Road)

Three blocks of pedestrianised shopping area in the heart of Shanghai.

20. Xintiandi

Neighborhoods • Points of Interest & Landmarks

Xintiandi

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This is an area rebuilt in a interesting artificial was to resemble old Shanghai which houses restaurants, shops and…

21. Jing'an Temple

Historic Sites • Religious Sites

Jing'an

It's surrounded by tall buildings in the heart of Shanghai, highlighting ancient Chinese beliefs (Buddhism) with modern…

22. Shanghai International Glasses Mall

Shopping Malls

Jing'an

The name of the establishment is Shanghai International Eyeware City.

23. Shanghai Natural History Museum (Jing'an)

Natural History Museums

Jing'an

The Earth today has become a unique landscape of the universe with its colorful life forms, entering the colorful…

24. A.P. Plaza Yinyang Market

Flea & Street Markets

Century Park

This bargain market in Shanghai is constructed in basement which is air conditioned and has large number of shops…

25. Century Park

Parks

Century Park

located in the new and more modern area of new pudong, this century park is a small refuge in a big concrete and steel…

26. M50 Creative Park

Civic Centres • Art Museums

Putuo

This is a former factory / industrial site in Shanghai that has been converted into an artist's haven.

27. Riverside Promenade (Bingjiang Da Dao)

Scenic Walking Areas

Xuhui

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The area is transformed at night into a magical colourful paradise of lights, giant movie screens, and the twinkling of…

28. Yuyuan Old Street

Points of Interest & Landmarks • Flea & Street Markets

Xiaodongmen

While the Bund is representative of new Shanghai - the new great city built and establishing Shanghai’s trading…

29. Shanghai IFC Mall

Shopping Malls

Pudong

High end shopping mall with direct access to subway

30. Iapm Shopping Mall

Shopping Malls

Former French Concession

It also has a cinema on the top floor.

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