If are you looking vibrant mega city with original old history with futuristic modern architecture you must visit Shanghai. This very famous place is known like the biggest city in China (more than 24 million population) and global financial centrum.
MY TOP MUST – SEE LIST
- ORIENTAL PEARL TOWER– is iconic TOWER (468m tall) with amazing city views in PUDONG – that is hyper modern part of Shanghai.
- The heart is the BUND– is waterfront long and popular promenade lined with colonial – era beautiful buildings.
- YU GARDEN– is beautiful classical small garden from the MING Dynasty with stylish pavilions, rockeries and arched bridge.
- JADE BUDDHA TEMPL– active temple is known for its large jade sculptures, very authentic and original place between modern buildings.
- SHANGHAI MUSEUM– is really huge and modern museum with plenty of unique old collection of Asian art especially artifacts from jade, bronze. You can see here also collection of the typical Chinese paintings and porcelain.
Others interesting places– Nanjing Road with plenty shops and bars, Shanghai World Financial Centrum is one of the world’s tallest skyscraper, and lies in super modern part called PUDONG or Tianzifang – former French concession with many elegant buildings, coffees, shops.
MY TIP– very original place and popular tourist spot is WATER TOWN – ZHOUZHUANG – lies at the middle between Shanghai and Suzhou and it is China’s oldest water town. It called “VENICE” of China. The town is built amid canals, ponds and lakes.
A FEW WORDS about FOOD…good to know that “CHINESE” in China taste different – scents, tastes and ingredients. Combination of tastes from sweet and sour to bitter, hot and spicy!! The most famous dishes are definitely the Beijing Marinated Duck and Shanghai’s steamed dumplings filled with meat or vegetables! I like that both popular recipes a lot. BUT you can choose and try another dishes for example fresh frog, tortoise or snake. I can also recommend to visit some of plenty very good Japanese, Korean, Thai and Indian restaurants.
YOU CAN BE HERE anytime but the best time to visit Shanghai is in autumn – October to November – is generally sunny and drier and the I have to say that also good time is from April – May – there are many festivals (Gucun Cherry Blossom Fair or Shanghai International Arts Festival) or you can see Chinese F1 Grand Prix!
Rob Alberts
Love your pictures
Kind regards,
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Kamila Pala
Thank you very much! Pleased you liked my small virtual tour. Bye K
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Jim
wonderrful pics. who is that young blonde??? 😉
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Kamila Pala
Thank you, Jim! You know the answer… :)! Pleased you liked that! Bye. K
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YellowCable
Your posts keep spirit of traveling up! This is a fascinating city and the place seems like a very busy big city but still have some traditional structures into the mix.
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Kamila Pala
Thank you for nice comment, my dear friend 🙂 this is really mega city!
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Darlene
Looks amazing!!
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Kamila Pala
Thank you , Darlene and pleased you liked that! Bye. K
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almeidadepaulo
Great pictures Kamila!!!
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Kamila Pala
Thank you! It is really unique mega city! bye. K
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Amy
Beautiful photos of your travels!
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Kamila Pala
Thank you dear Amy! Pleased you liked that 🙂 bye. K
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Becky Dingle
So interesting! And do thank you for stopping by Chapel of Hope Stories….love your blog and all your adventures…will have to travel through you vicariously. Have a great day !
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Kamila Pala
Thank you very much for nice words! Have a nice weekend ahead. bye. Kamila
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SueT唐 梦 琇
Great photos. Shanghai was a great place to take the fast train from Beijing for a long weekend. I loved the watertowns. Have been to three different ones.
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Kamila Pala
Thank you very much! Nice to hear you have been there :)! bye. Have a nice days. K
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lolaWi
shanghai is a place of the old and new. very impressive. great pictures Kamila! thanks for sharing! 🙂
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Kamila Pala
Thank you my dear friend! Pleased you liked that 🙂 Bye. Kamila
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equinoxio21
Thanks for the post Kamila. I must say I was so impressed my few hours in Canton airport as a stopover to and back S.E. Asia, I really want to go back.
(Happy Chinese New Year!)
😉
Brian
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Kamila Pala
Brian, thank you very much for nice comment! I wish you the same 🙂 and Happy Blogging. Bye. Kamila
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Chantaki
Great pictures of this great place I visited on 2010 (universal Expo), thank you for sharing 😊 have a nice weekend
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Kamila Pala
Pleased you liked my small virtual tour! Great to hear that you have been there for this spectacular occasion 🙂 I visited this as well! Happy New Year! Bye. Kamila
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raastha
You just brought back my memories from Shanghai. Lovely pictures.
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maximcartography
Reminds me of Shanghai. Thanks for these pictures. I love Shanghai!
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Kamila Pala
Pleased you liked that! Happy Blogging! Bye. K
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restlessjo
It looks an awesome city 🙂 🙂
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Kamila Pala
That is really impressive city :)for me too big! Bye and lovely Sunday. K
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scorpio1987Sazz
Nice article and great pics.
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Kamila Pala
Thank you! Pleased you liked that. I will check your blog 🙂 bye. K
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Dalo 2013
Love this post ~ you bring me back to a city I miss a lot, thank you. Wish you a great spring, Kamila 🙂
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Kamila Pala
Hello dear Dalo! Thank you for nice words and pleased you like my little virtual tour, because I loved there couple years ago..lovely springś days…bye Kamila
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Becky Dingle
Kamila….Thank you so much for stopping by ChapelofHopeStories today. It always makes MY day when this happens and what a fascinating blog you have…I can live vicariously through your experiences. Have a beautiful day and thank you again. Becky
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Kamila Pala
Thank you Becky for a nice words! Bye. Kamila
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lensandpensbysally
Thank you for the tour. Enjoyed your perspective.
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Kamila Pala
Thank you! Pleased you liked my small virtual tour 🙂 Bye. Kamila
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Gallivanta
Looks like there is plenty to see and do in Shanghai. I would love to see Yu Garden.
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Kamila Pala
You are right! There are plenty interesting places…but really beautiful is You Garden. Bye. Kamila
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theredhorsebook
What a wonderful life you’ve found around the world. My relatives were selling bicycles in Shanghai and had to leave during the Boxer Rebellion many years ago. Today the center of interest is the Temple Mount and reminder Jesus gave us, to leave when we see “The Abomination of Desolation” . . . spoken of in Daniel. Yes, it must be repeated, by tribes of the Jews who refused to see Jesus as our High Priest with the authority to choose, a priest and prophet for our generation. Isa 66:21 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD. God has not forsaken the Jews who study Isaiah. There are no longer Jews and Gentiles. God has a love for all nations, kindreds and people. God love you! Have a blessed day. . . Sincerely, Connie Anderson, living in the country where we have more cows than people. lol
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