Lonely Planet Shanghai

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• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781786575210
• eBook ISBN: 9781787010512

#1 best-selling guide to Shanghai* Lonely Planet Shanghai is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Get a feel for the latest trends in the French Concession, whizz down to Hangzhou on a high-speed train, or explore the city's traditional laneways in Jing'an -all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Shanghai and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet Shanghai Travel Guide: Colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, religion, architecture, cuisine, visual arts, literature, music, Chinese opera, cinema, fashion, martial arts, festivals Free, convenient pull-out Shanghai map (included in print version), plus over 30 colour maps Covers The Bund, People's Square, Old Town, French Concession, Jing'an, Pudong, Hongkou, Xujiahui, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Tongli, Zhujiajiao, Zhouzhuang, Sheshan and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Shanghai, our most comprehensive guide to Shanghai, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled. Looking for just the highlights of Shanghai? Check out Pocket Shanghai, a handy-sized guide focused on the can't-miss sights for a quick trip. Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet China guide for a comprehensive look at all the country has to offer. About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves. The world awaits! Lonely Planet guides have won the TripAdvisor Traveler's Choice Award in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016. 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times *Best-selling guide to Shanghai. Source: Nielsen BookScan. Australia, UK and USA eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices and smartphones) Downloadable PDF and offline maps prevent roaming and data charges Effortlessly navigate and jump between maps and reviews Add notes to personalise your guidebook experience Seamlessly fl

French Concession

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French Concession

Neighbourhood Top Five

1Tiánzǐfáng Weaving through a forest of shoppers' elbows in the charming shíkùmén (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.

4Xīntiāndì Moseying around the interior of a shíkùmén 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 Shànghǎi sunny side up; it's the city at its coolest, hippest and most elegant. Once home to the bulk of Shànghǎi’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 Pǔxī. Shànghǎi’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 Xīntiāndì, which offers an all-in-one introduction to the local shíkùmén (stone-gate house) architecture alongside alluring dining and shopping options. South from here...

Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• Welcome to Shanghi
• Shanghi's Top 13
• What's New
• Need to Know
• First Time Shanghi
• Getting Around
• Top Itineraries
• If You Like...
• Month By Month
• With Kids
• Like a Local
• For Free
• Eating
• Drinking & Nightlife
• Entertainment
• Shopping
• Neighborhoods at a Glance
• The Bund & People's Square
• Old Town
• French Concession
• Jingan
• Pdong
• Hongku & North Shanghi
• Xujiahui & South Shanghi
• West Shanghi
• Day Trips from Shanghi
• Sleeping
• Understand Shanghi
• Shanghi Today
• History
• Arts
• Architecture in Shanghi
• Religion & Belief
• Transport
• Directory AZ
• Language
• Behind the Scenes
• Shanghi Maps
• Our Writers