Lonely Planet China

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• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781786575227
• eBook ISBN: 9781787010529

#1 best-selling guide to China* Lonely Planet China is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Try dumplings in Beijing, visit the Great Wall or cruise down the Yangzi River -all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of China and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet China: 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 - customs, history, art, religion, cinema, calligraphy, architecture, martial arts, landscapes, cuisine Free, convenient pull-out Beijing city map (included in print version), plus over 190 maps Covers Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong, Shanghai, Fujian, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Zhejiang, Jilin, Shanxi, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hong Kong, Macau, Guangdong, Hainan, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Tibet and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet China, our most comprehensive guide to China, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled. 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 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 flip between pages Bookmarks and speedy search capabilities get you to key pages in a flash Embedded links to recommendations' websites Zoom-in maps and images Inbuilt dictionary for quick referencing Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

Shànghǎi

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Activities

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Festivals & Events

Sleeping

Eating

Drinking & Nightlife

Entertainment

Shopping

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Shànghǎi

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Why Go?

You can’t see the Great Wall from space, but you’d have a job missing Shànghǎi (上海). One of the country’s largest and most vibrant cities, Shànghǎi somehow typifies modern China while being unlike anywhere else in the land. Shànghǎi is real China, but – rather like Hong Kong or Macau – just not the China you had in mind.

This is a city of action, not ideas. You won’t spot many Buddhist monks contemplating the dharma, oddball bohemians or wild-haired poets handing out flyers, but skyscrapers will form before your eyes. Shànghǎi best serves as an epilogue to your China experience: submit to its debutante charms after you’ve had your fill of dusty imperial palaces and bumpy 10-hour bus rides. From nonstop shopping to skyscraper-hopping to bullet-fast Maglev trains and glamorous cocktails – this is Shànghǎi.

When to Go

ASummer is peak season but it’s hot and sticky with heavy rain; spring and late September to October are optimal (neither too hot nor rainy). Winter is cold and clammy.

Best Places to Eat

A Yang’s Fry Dumplings

A El Willy

A Table No 1 by Jason Atherton

A Din Tai Fung

A Lost Heaven

A Fú Hé Huì

Best Places to Sleep

A Fairmont Peace Hotel

A Mandarin Oriental Pudong

A Kevin’s Old House

A Waterhouse at South Bund

A Urbn

Shànghǎi Highlights

1 The Bund Strolling down the promenade or raising an evening glass to phosphorescent Pǔdōng

2 Shànghǎi Museum Loadi...

Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• Welcome to China
• China's Top 30
• Need to Know
• First Time China
• If You Like
• Month by Month
• Itineraries
• Eat & Drink Like a Local
• Cruising the Yangzi
• Regions at a Glance
• Beijing
• The Great Wall
• Tianjin & Hebei
• Liaoning
• Jilin
• Heilongjiang
• Shandong
• Jiangsu
• Zhejiang
• Shanghi
• Fujian
• Shanxi
• Shaanxi
• Anhui
• Henan
• Hubei
• Jiangxi
• Hunan
• Essential China
• Hong Kong
• Macau
• Gungdong
• Hinan
• Gungxi
• Guizhou
• Yunnan
• Sichuan
• Chongqing
• Xinjiang
• Gansu
• Ningxia
• Inner Mongolia
• Qinghi
• Tibet
• Understand China
• China Today
• History
• People of China
• Religion & Philosophy
• Chinese Cuisine
• Arts & Architecture
• China's Landscapes
• Martial Arts of China
• Directory AZ
• Transport
• China By Train
• Health
• Language
• Behind the Scenes
• Our Writers