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65 verified places and 185 missions to truly experience Shanghai. Must-sees: Shanghai Tower, Jin Mao Tower, Oriental Pearl Tower, The Bund. Best known for: Culture, Nature, Leisure.
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PhotographyShanghai TowerThe Shanghai Tower, 632 metres tall with 128 floors, is the tallest building in China.PhotographyJin Mao TowerThe Jin Mao Tower, 420 metres tall with 88 floors, is the veteran of Lujiazui's skyscrapers and its design…PhotographyOriental Pearl TowerThe Oriental Pearl Tower, 468 metres tall and opened in 1995, was the first symbol of modern Shanghai: its…CultureThe BundThe Bund is the promenade beside the Huangpu River lined with the great buildings of the concession era…CultureShanghai MuseumThe Shanghai Museum is a public municipal museum dedicated to ancient Chinese art, located in People's…CultureYuyuan GardenYuyuan Garden is a classical Chinese garden from the Ming dynasty in the heart of the Old City, next to the…LeisureNanjing RoadNanjing Road is Shanghai's most important commercial artery and one of the busiest shopping streets on the…NatureWusong RiverThe Wusong River, also called Suzhou Creek, runs through central Shanghai and flows into the Huangpu River at…CulturePeople's SquarePeople's Square is a large public square in Huangpu District, Shanghai, located south of Nanjing Road (West)…CultureSt. Ignatius CathedralSt. Ignatius Cathedral, also known as Xujiahui Cathedral, is a Neo-Gothic Catholic church in Xuhui District…CultureLupu BridgeLupu Bridge is a through-arch bridge over the Huangpu River connecting the districts of Huangpu and Pudong in…CultureJade Buddha TempleThe Jade Buddha Temple is an active Buddhist temple in Jing'an district, founded in 1882 to house two jade…CultureJing'an TempleJing'an Temple is a Tangmi esoteric Buddhist temple in Jing'an District, Shanghai.CultureShanghai LibraryThe great public library of Shanghai, on Huaihai Central Road in Xuhui District.CultureCity God TempleThe City God Temple is a Taoist temple in the Old City, next to the Yuyuan Garden, dedicated to Shanghai's…CultureShe Shan BasilicaShe Shan Basilica stands at the top of a wooded hill in Songjiang district, west of Shanghai.CultureChina Art MuseumThe China Art Museum occupies the great red China Pavilion of Expo 2010, in Pudong, with its shape of an…CultureXiaotaoyuan MosqueXiaotaoyuan Mosque, also known as the West Mosque of Shanghai, is the largest mosque in the city.CultureShanghai Urban Planning Exhibition CentreThe Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Centre is a six-storey building with two basement levels on People's…CultureWaibaidu BridgeSteel truss bridge over Suzhou Creek, just where it flows into the Huangpu River, beside the northern end of…LeisureShanghai ZooShanghai Zoo is a large zoological park and ecological garden in the Changning district.CultureLonghua TempleLonghua Temple is the largest and oldest Buddhist temple complex in Shanghai, laid out like a Song dynasty…Culture50 Moganshan RoadM50 is a contemporary art district set in a former industrial area along Suzhou Creek, in Putuo District.CultureShanghai Exhibition CentreThe Shanghai Exhibition Centre is a monumental complex in Russian Neoclassical style, built in 1955 as the…CultureShanghai Grand TheatreThe Shanghai Grand Theatre, on the north side of People's Square, opened in 1998 to a design by Jean-Marie…CultureSite of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of ChinaIn this shikumen house in Xintiandi the founding congress of the Communist Party of China was held in July…CultureLu Xun ParkLu Xun Park is a public park in Hongkou District, Shanghai, located at 146 East Jiangwan Road, behind Hongkou…CultureCustoms HouseThe Customs House is an eight-storey building on the Bund, built in 1927 and still in use as a customs…CultureFuyou Road MosqueThe Fuyou Road Mosque, also known as the North Mosque, is housed in a three-storey building in traditional…CultureHSBC BuildingThe HSBC Building, at No. 12 on the Bund, is a six-storey Neoclassical building built between 1921 and 1923…CultureShanghai Natural History MuseumThe Shanghai Natural History Museum occupies a spiral-shaped building inspired by the nautilus shell, inside…CultureShanghai Confucius TempleThe Shanghai Confucius Temple, or Wen Miao, is in the Old City and for centuries was the school and place of…NatureCentury ParkCentury Park is the largest park in central Shanghai, with about 140 hectares in Pudong.CultureHuangpu ParkHuangpu Park is a triangular strip of greenery at the northern end of the Bund, Shanghai's oldest and…CultureChurch of St Francis XavierThe Church of St Francis Xavier, known locally as Dongjiadu Cathedral, is a Catholic church in neo-Baroque…NatureShanghai Botanical GardenThe Shanghai Botanical Garden covers about 80 hectares in Xuhui, southwest of the centre.NatureZhongshan ParkAn urban park in Changning District, in western Shanghai. It opened in 1914 as Jessfield Park, a garden from…NaturePeople's ParkPeople's Park is the park in the centre of Shanghai, next to People's Square, on the site of the former…CulturePower Station of ArtThe Power Station of Art is the first public contemporary art museum in mainland China, opened in 2012 in the…LeisureJinjiang Action ParkJinjiang Action Park is a large amusement park at 201 Hongmei Road, in Shanghai's Xuhui District.CultureLong MuseumPrivate art museum founded by the collectors Liu Yiqian and Wang Wei, with two venues in Shanghai.CultureMuseum of Contemporary Art ShanghaiThe Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai (MoCA Shanghai) is a non-profit institution founded in 2005, located…CultureTianzifangTianzifang is a maze of narrow lanes in Shanghai's former French Concession, developed from a 1933 shikumen…NatureShanghai Ocean AquariumThe Shanghai Ocean Aquarium is in Lujiazui, at the foot of the Oriental Pearl Tower.CultureChenxiang PavilionThe Chenxiang Pavilion is an active Buddhist temple that currently serves as a convent for nuns, located in…CultureGutzlaff Signal TowerThe Gutzlaff Signal Tower, also known as the Bund Weather Tower or Bund Signal Tower, is a landmark on the…CultureHoly Trinity ChurchHoly Trinity Church is a Neo-Gothic Protestant church designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott and consecrated in…NatureJing'an ParkPark on the western part of Nanjing Road, opposite the Jing'an Temple, built in the 1950s on a former foreign…CultureJing'an Sculpture ParkThe Jing'an Sculpture Park is a park in Jing'an district with contemporary sculptures scattered among its…CultureDajing Ge PavilionThe Dajing Ge Pavilion preserves the last standing stretch of the wall that surrounded Shanghai's Old City…NatureFuxing ParkFuxing Park is the park of the former French Concession, laid out by the French in 1909 with flowerbeds…LeisureMadame Tussauds ShanghaiMadame Tussauds Shanghai is a wax museum on the tenth floor of the New World department store, on Nanjing Xi…CulturePropaganda Poster Art CentreThe Propaganda Poster Art Centre is a museum in Shanghai devoted to displaying posters from the Maoist era…CultureShanghai Film MuseumMuseum dedicated to the history of Chinese cinema and the importance of Shanghai as the cradle of its…CultureProvisional Government of the Republic of Korea in ShanghaiThe Memorial Hall of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea occupies a 1925 building in Shanghai…CultureQibao Old StreetQibao Old Street is the historic, pedestrian core of Qibao, in Minhang district (Shanghai), arranged around…NatureShanghai Expo ParkShanghai Expo Park occupies, in Pudong, part of the grounds of the 2010 World Expo, on the banks of the…CultureWukang MansionWukang Mansion is a historic eight-storey apartment building in Shanghai's former French Concession, designed…CultureFormer Residence of Zhou EnlaiThree-storey French-style house on Sinan Road, in Shanghai's former French Concession, where Zhou Enlai lived…CultureShanghai Metro MuseumThe Shanghai Metro Museum, the first of its kind in China, occupies 3,000 square metres next to Ziteng Road…LeisureShanghai DisneylandShanghai Disneyland is Disney's theme park in Pudong, opened in 2016 as part of the Shanghai Disney Resort.CultureLonghua Revolutionary Martyrs CemeteryMemorial park in the Xuhui district, near Longhua Temple, commemorating the communists executed in 1931 in…LeisureHappy Valley ShanghaiAn amusement park in the Songjiang district, south-west of Shanghai, opened in 2009 and part of the Chinese…Food & drinkNanxiang Mantou Dian (Yu Garden)A house of xiaolongbao (steamed soup dumplings) originating in the town of Nanxiang, now part of Shanghai…LeisureShanghai Circus WorldLarge entertainment venue in the Jing'an district (formerly Zhabei), opened in the late 1990s.
Frequently asked questions
What to see in Shanghai in one day?
If you only have one day, start with the essentials: Shanghai Tower, Jin Mao Tower, Oriental Pearl Tower, The Bund and Shanghai Museum.
What can you see for free in Shanghai?
No entry fee: The Bund, Shanghai Museum, Nanjing Road, Wusong River, People's Square and St. Ignatius Cathedral.