🏖️ Destination: Shanghai
🕐 Suggested Travel Time: Starting at 9am
💰 Budget Range: 500 - 800 RMB (excluding shopping, mainly for meals, transportation and some attraction tickets)
🌟 Route Highlights.
Discover Shanghai's essence. From bustling commerce to classic gardens and delicious cuisine. See the Bund's night view, modern Lujiazui, and cultural spots like the China Art Palace, Tianzifang, and Xintiandi. Experience old Shanghai flavor at Waibaidu Bridge.
📋 Itinerary.
Day 1.
1. Arrive at Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street at 9:00 a.m. and visit for 2 hours. Feel the bustle of this place, experience the unique atmosphere brought by the Republic of China style architecture, stroll around the old shopping malls, pay attention to store discounts, and dine at Salia in Yuehui Plaza is also a good choice.
2. Take the subway line 10 at 11:00 (3 minutes) or walk to Yuyuan Garden for 1 - 2 hours. Enjoy the classical garden scenery, where pavilions, rockeries and ponds reflect each other, as well as plaques and inscriptions from famous artists, while enjoying the images of koi carp swimming, and remember to take photos to mark the occasion.
3. Walk from Yuyuan Garden to Shanghai City God Temple at around 13:00 for 1.5 - 2 hours. Enjoy the food here, the crab juice soup dumplings from Nanxiang Steamed Buns Shop are not to be missed, you can also buy special small gifts and handicrafts, enjoy the light show of the City God Temple, buy cheap snow cream, or pick up a pair of shoes from the nearby Echo Shoes Shop.
4、Around 15:00, take bus No. 576 or 868 (15 minutes, fare 2 yuan) to the Bund at Chenghuangmiao, and visit the Bund for 1 - 3 hours. During the day, you can enjoy the contrasting architectural styles of Puxi and Pudong, go to Jiujiang Road to have your photo taken with the Oriental Pearl Tower, and watch the river cruise ships. When night comes, the night view of the Bund is not to be missed, and you can also take photos with foreign tourists.
Day 2.
1. Arrive Lujiazui at 9:00 am and visit for 2 - 3 hours. Exit the station and feel the shock of being surrounded by skyscrapers, visit the Oriental Pearl Tower and other landmarks, or go next to the Yikura Museum of Art to take photos with the tall buildings.
2、Take Metro Line 2 to Line 10 (25 minutes, fare 3 RMB) around 12:00pm to 1933 Old Yard Square, visit for 3 - 4 hours. Stroll along the corridor bridge and cattle path, walk up the spiral staircase to take photos, watch the drama show (if there is one), explore the location of “Small Time”, go to the top floor terrace to look at the old houses in Hongkou District, and rest at the dessert store for desserts when you are tired of walking.
3、Around 16:00 at Wusong Road Haining Road bus stop, take bus 100 or 61 (20 minutes, fare 2 yuan) to Waibaidu Bridge, visit for 0.5 - 1 hour. Feel the flavor of old Shanghai, blow the wind of Huangpu River, photography lovers can capture the beauty here, and also see the night view of Lujiazui.
Day 3 .
1. Arrive at China Art Palace at 9:00 a.m. for a 2-hour tour. Exit from Exit 3 of China Art Palace Station on Metro Line 8 and walk along Shangnan Road for 5 minutes to reach the entrance. Visit the artworks in the museum, watch the multimedia version of the treasures of the museum, “Qingming Riverside Scroll” (RMB 20 for adults and RMB 10 for students), and stand high above the former World Expo site.
2、 Take subway line 8 and then line 9 (20 minutes, RMB 3) to Tianzifang at 11:00am for a 2-hour tour. In this literary and artistic place, take photos to your heart's content, taste specialties such as Boss Fries (RMB 25 per person) and Grandma's Scallion Pancakes (RMB 5 per person), and browse through a variety of small stores run by young people.
3, 13:00 take the subway line 9 and then transfer to line 13 (20 minutes, fare 2 yuan) to Xintiandi, visit for 2 hours. You can watch the street photography of the young ladies, visit Luo Zhixiang's or Lin Junjie's trendy stores, take photos of the “Fountain of Happiness” at the entrance of Beili, and if you have time, visit the site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Xingye Road.