Lonely Planet Shanghai
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Publisher
Lonely Planet
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781786575210
eBook ISBN
9781787010512

French Concession

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Eating

Drinking & Nightlife

Entertainment

Shopping

Sports & Activities

French Concession

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Neighbourhood Top Five

1TiĂĄnzǐfĂĄng Weaving through a forest of shoppers' elbows in the charming shĂ­kĂčmĂ©n (stone-gate house) warren.
2Xinle Road Shopping for fashion and homewares in the boutiques here and on Fumin Rd.
3Jian Guo 328 Savouring home-style Shanghainese cuisine.
4XÄ«ntiāndĂŹ Moseying around the interior of a shĂ­kĂčmĂ©n house.
5Speak Low Finding the secret portal to some of the city's best cocktails.

Explore: French Concession

If you want to catch the city’s best profile, the French Concession is ShĂ nghǎi sunny side up; it's the city at its coolest, hippest and most elegant. Once home to the bulk of ShĂ nghǎi’s adventurers, revolutionaries, gangsters, prostitutes and writers – ironically many of them weren’t French – the former concession (also called Frenchtown) is the most graceful part of PǔxÄ«. ShĂ nghǎi’s erstwhile reputation as the ‘Paris of the East’ owes a big debt to this neighbourhood’s tree-lined avenues, 1920s mansions and French-influenced architecture.
The concession’s leafy backstreets and European disposition make exploration a delight. Most first-time visitors start off in XÄ«ntiāndĂŹ, which offers an all-in-one introduction to the local shĂ­kĂčmĂ©n (stone-gate house) architecture alongside alluring dining and shopping options. South from here...

Table of contents

  1. Table of Contents
  2. Welcome to Shanghi
  3. Shanghi's Top 13
  4. What's New
  5. Need to Know
  6. First Time Shanghi
  7. Getting Around
  8. Top Itineraries
  9. If You Like...
  10. Month By Month
  11. With Kids
  12. Like a Local
  13. For Free
  14. Eating
  15. Drinking & Nightlife
  16. Entertainment
  17. Shopping
  18. Neighborhoods at a Glance
  19. The Bund & People's Square
  20. Old Town
  21. French Concession
  22. Jingan
  23. Pdong
  24. Hongku & North Shanghi
  25. Xujiahui & South Shanghi
  26. West Shanghi
  27. Day Trips from Shanghi
  28. Sleeping
  29. Understand Shanghi
  30. Shanghi Today
  31. History
  32. Arts
  33. Architecture in Shanghi
  34. Religion & Belief
  35. Transport
  36. Directory AZ
  37. Language
  38. Behind the Scenes
  39. Shanghi Maps
  40. Our Writers