Shanghai Travel Overview:
Literally "above/on the sea", Shanghai, shabby fishing village turned shining mega port sitting at the heart of China's east coast where the magnificent Yangtze River empties into the vast East China Sea, has always real and ready to make waves.
A bustling hybrid of exoticism and endemism, Shanghai is kind of like if you took Hong Kong's rags to rogues to riches story combined it with Beijing's penchant for bureaucracy and semi-mythical images, substituted all the "R"s for "G"s on the end of every other word, and threw in closer links to the Chinese interior and a stronger industrial, manufacturing and technology base, shaping a colossal international metropolis which is all at once more evocatively traditional Chinese than Hong Kong for both out-towners and local people, and more inspiringly modern Chinese than Beijing for both venture capital investors and big money spenders.
Standing testament to its singularly stately colonial past with its gracious collection of art-deco structures along the elegant waterfront Bund, and standing at the forefront of China's race for economy renaissance and society reform in the new century with its grandiose constellation of surging skyscrapers in the scintillating Pudong district, among the most emblematic the Orient Pearl TV Tower, this veritable Pearl of the Orient is surely the pride and joy of the nation in more ways than one.
Nearby Cities: Hangzhou, Suzhou, Wuxi, Nanjing, NingBo
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What To Do in Shanghai
1.Animal & Amusement
Aquaria 21: Gate 4, Chang Feng Park, 451 Da Du He Road (021-52818888);
Dino Beach: 78 Xinzhen Road, Qibao Town, Minhang District (021/6478-3333);
Kidtown: 4/F, 3211 H...
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1.Animal & Amusement
Aquaria 21: Gate 4, Chang Feng Park, 451 Da Du He Road (021-52818888);
Dino Beach: 78 Xinzhen Road, Qibao Town, Minhang District (021/6478-3333);
Kidtown: 4/F, 3211 Hongmei Road (021- 64055188);
Jin Jiang Amusement Park: 201 Hong Mei (021-54204956);
Shanghai Circus World: 2266 New Gonghe Road (021-56656622);
Shanghai Discovery Children's Museum: 330 Yangqu Road (021-56880844);
Shanghai Film & TV Amusement Park: 4915 Beisong Road (021-57602416, 57661627);
Shanghai Natural Wild Insect Kingdom: 1 Fendhe Road (021-58036000);
Shanghai Ocean Aquarium:158 North Yincheng Road (021-58779988);
Shanghai Railway Museum: 200 East Tianmu Road (021-51223010);
Shanghai Science and Technology Museum: 2000 Century Avenue (021-68622000);
Shanghai Wild Animal Park: Nanhui Country, Sanzao Town (021-58036000)
Shanghai Zoo: 2381 Hongqiao Road (021-62687775).
2.Architecture
Modern Architecture:
Jinmao Tower (340.1 m): 88 Century Ave (021-50475101);
Oriental Pearl TV Tower (468m): 2 Lane 504 Jujiazui Road (021-58791888);
World Financial Center (492m): Century Ave, Pudong Dist, to be completed in early 2008.
Churches, Mosques & Temples:
Confucius Temple: 215 Wenmiao Road (021-63779101);
Dongjiadu Catholic Church: 185 Dongjiadu Road (021-63787214);
Hengshan Community Church: 53 Hengshan Road (021-64376576);
Jade Buddha Temple: 170, Anyuan Road (021-62663668);
Jing'an Temple: 1686 West Nanjing Road (021-62566366);
Longhua Temple: 2853 Longhua Road (021-64566085);
Moen Church: 316 Middle Xizang Road (021-63225069);
Small Peach Garden Mosque: 52 Xiaotaoyuan Street (021-63775442);
Sheshan Catholic Church: Sheshan Hill, Songjiang (021-57651521);
St. Ignatius Cathedral: 158 Puxi Road (021-64382595);
Temple of the Town God: 249 Middle Fangbang Road (021-63865700);
White Cloud Taoist Temple: 8, Lane 100, Xilin Back Street, Laoximen (021-63855366).
3. Art & Culture
Black Apple Gallery: 777 Ju Lu Road (021-54036960);
Bund Museum: 1A East Zhongshan Road (021-63216542);
Duo Yun Xuan Art House: 422 East Nanjing Road (021-6351 0060);
Elegant Art Gallery: 5 Anfu Road (021-5403-5296);
Fanguzi Art Gallery: 127 Xianxia Road (021-62296307);
Hoke Art Gallery: 8B Golden Deer Mansion, Lane 39, West Ronghua Rd (021-62197602);
Jewish Refugee Museum: 62 Changyang Road (021-65415008);
Liu Hai Su Art Center: 1660 Hongqiao Road (021-62701018);
Lu Xun Museum and Memorial Hall: 2288 North Sichuan Road (021-65402288);
Madame Tussaud's Museum: 68 West Nanjing Road (021-63587878);
Museum of Public Security: 518 South Ruijin Road (021-24025172);
New Sight Gallery: 190 Hua Yuan Shi Qiao Road (021058823107);
Shanghai Art Museum (New): 325 West Nanjing Road (021- 62374030);
Shanghai Art Museum (Old): 456 West Nanjing Road (021-63272578);
Shanghai Grand Theater Gallery: 286 North Huangpi Road (021-63868686);
Shanghai History Museum: 1 Century Avenue, Pudong (021-58791888);
Shanghai Museum: 201 Renmin Ave (021-63723500);
Shanghai Natural History Museum: 260 East Yan'an Road (021- 63213548);
Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall: 100 Renmin Ave (021-63722077);
Vantaly Gallery: 458 Fuzhou Road (021-63225453, 62492808);
Yi Bo Gallery: 198 Hua Yuan Shi Qiao Road (021-5888 0111);
Zendai Museum of Modern Art: Zendai Thumb Plaza, 199 Fangdian Raod (021-68645783).
4. History & Heritage
Lu Xun's Memorial Hall and Tomb: 100 Tianai Rd (021- 65402288);
Moller Mansion: 30 South Shanxi Road (021-62478881);
Shanghai Old Street: Middle Fangbang Rd (021-63281796);
Site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party: 76 Xingye Rd (63285266);
Soong Ching-ling's Former Residence: 1843 Middle Huaihai Road (021-64376268);
Sun Yat-sen's Former Residence: 7 Xiangshan Road (021-64372954, 63850217);
Yu Yuan Gardens: 132 Anren Road (021-63555032);
Zhou Enlai's Former Residence: 73 Sinan Road (021-64730420).
5.Parks & Gardens
Century Park: 1001Jinxiu Road (021-38760588);
Fuxing Park: 2 Gaolan Road (021-63726083);
Jingan Park: 189 Huashan Road (021-62483238);
Lujiazui Central Green: Lujiazui Lu 160 (021-58875487);
People's Park: 231 West Nanjing Road (021-6372-0626);
Riverside Promenade: East shoreline, Huangpu River, Pudong
Shanghai Botanical Gardens: 1111 Longwu Road (021-54363369);
Shanghai Gongqing Forest Park: 2000 Jungong Road (021-65740586);
Shanghai Sculpture Park: 1158 Linyin New Rd, She Shan National Holiday Area, Songjiang Dist;
Sheshan Park: Sheshan Town, Songjiang District (021-57654565).
5. Recreation & Entertainment
Bars, Clubs & Discos:
Fuxing Park area: California Club, Cash Box, Cotton Club, Club DKD, Face, Guandii, Park 97;
Hengshan Road: Bourbon Street, British Bulldog Pub, Cotton's, Dragon Club, Mural, O'Malley's, Real Love, Sasha's, Zapata's;
Maoming Road: Art Deco Garden Cafe & Bar, Babyface, Blue Frog, House of Blues and Jazz, Judy's Too;
Pudong District: Aegean Sea Club, B.A.T.S., Cloud 9, Club Havana, Dublin Exchange, Jade on 36, Pu-J's;
The Bund: Attica, Bar JG, Bar Rouge, Glamour Bar, Lin Bar and Grill, M on the Bund, New Heights;
Xintiandi: ARK Live House, CJW, KABB, La Maison, Soho Pub, Tou Ming Si Kao (TMSK), Ven Ice.
Cinemas & Stages:
Baiyulan Theatre: 308 South Chongqing Rd (021-64812131);
Broadband International Cineplex: 6/F, 99 Middle Huaihai Rd (021-63910351);
Cathay Theatre: 870 Middle Huaihai Rd (021-54040415);
Golden Cinema Friendship: 5/F, Friendship Shopping Mall, 7388 Humin Rd (021-64120260);
Grand Cinema: 216 West Nanjing Rd (021-63274260);
He Luting Concert Hall: 20 Fenyang Rd (021-64311792);
IMAX 3D Cinemas: 2000 Century Avenue, Pudong (021-68622000);
Hengshan Cinema: 838 Hengshan Rd (021-64377418);
Kodak Cinema World: 5/F, Metro City, Xujiahui area (021-64268181);
Lansheng Theater: 4/F, 8 Middle Huaihai Rd (021-63190618);
Lyceum Theater: 57 South Maoming Rd (021-62178530);
Malone's: 255 Tongren Rd (021-62473569);
Majestic Theater: 66 Jiangning Rd (021-62172426,62173055);
Nextage Film Art Center: 10/F, Yaohan Department Store, 501 Zhangyang Rd (021-58362988);
Paradise Theatre: 308 Anfu Rd (021-64312961);
Peace Cinema: 290 Middle Xizang Rd (021-63612898);
Shanghai Art Theatre: 466 Jiangning Rd (021-62568282);
Shanghai Circus World: 2266 Gonghexin Rd (021-56656622);
Shanghai Concert Hall: 523 East Yan¡¯an Rd (021-62720455, 62720702);
Shanghai Drama Arts Center: 288 Anfu Rd (021-64748600);
Shanghai Film Art Center: 160 Xinhua Rd (021-62804088);
Shanghai Grand Stage: 1111 North Caoxi Rd (021-64266666);
Shanghai Grand Theater: 300 People's Ave (021-63868686);
Shanghai Int'l Movie House: 330 Haining Rd (021-63243360);
Shanghai Oriental Art Center: 425 Dingxiang Rd (021-38424800);
Shanghai Stellar Cinema City: Rm 804, 8/F, 168 West Lujiazui Rd (021-50478022);
Shanghai Theatre Academy: 670 Huashan Rd (021-62482920);
Studio City: 10/F, 1038 West Nanjing Rd (021-62182173);
The Room With a View: 12/F, 479 East Nanjing Rd (021-63520256);
Tianshan Cinema: 888 Tianshan Rd (021-62598717);
UME Cineplex: 4/F, No 6, Lane 123 Xingye Rd (021-63733333);
Wanda International Cinema: 3/F, 58 Guobin Rd (021-55660926);
Wanping Theater: 857 Zhongshan No.2 Rd S. (021-64392277);
Yihai Theater: 466 Jiangning Rd (021-62568282);
Yi Fu Theater£º701 Fuzhou Rd (021-63514668);
Yonghua Cinema: 6/F, Grand Gateway, 1 Hongqiao Rd (021-64076622).
Stadiums:
Hongkou Football Stadium: 715 Dongtiyuhui Rd (021-65532388);
Shanghai Indoor Stadium: 1111 North Caoxi Rd (021-64385200);
Shanghai International Circuit: Anting Town, Jiading District (021-69569999);
Shanghai Stadium: 666 Tianyaoqiao Rd (021-64266666).
6. Shopping
Markets:
Cybermart: 282 Huai Hai Middle Road;
Dong Tai Road Antique Market: Dong Tai Road, near Xizang Nan Road;
Flower, Bird, Fish and Insect Market: Cnr Tibet Road & Fuxing Road;
Hong Qiao New World Pearl Market: Cnr Hong Mei Road & Hong Qiao Road;
Pearl's Circles, Wholesale Pearl & Stone Market: First Asia Jewelry Plaza, 3/F 288 Fuyou Rd;
Shanghai Longhua Fashion and Gift Market: 2465 Longhua Road, near the Longhua Temple;
Shanghai Shiliu Puhong Qixiang Cloth Market: 168 Dongmen Road, near the Yuyuan Garden;
Shanghai South Bund Fabric Market: 399 Lujiabang Road, near the Bund;
Yatai Xinyang Fashion and Gift Market: Science and Technology Museum Metro Stop, Pudong.
Malls & Department Stores:
Citic Square: 1168 West Nanjing Road (021-62180180*328);
City Plaza: 1618 West Nanjing Road (021-32174838);
Cloud Nine Shopping Mall: 1018 Changning Road (021-61155555);
Dimei Shopping Center: People's Square;
Golden Eagle Shopping Mall: 278 North Shaanxi Road (021-62881588);
Grand Gateway Plaza: 1 Hongqiao Road (021-64070111);
Hongqiao Friendship Shopping Center: 6 Zunyi Road (021-62700000);
Isetan: 1038 West Nanjing Road West (021-63751111);
Maison Mode Department Store: 1312 Middle Huaihai Road (021-64310100);
Metro City: 1111 Zhaojiabang Road (021-64268888);
Metro Town: 890 Changning Road (021-52418866);
Milan Plaza: 820 Changning Road;
Orient Shopping Centre: 8 North Caoxi Road (021-64071947);
Pacific Department Store: 333 Middle Huaihai Road (021- 63818888);
Parkson Department Store: 918 Middle Huaihai Road (021-64158818);
Plaza 66: 1266 West Nanjing Road (021-62790910);
Printemps: 939-947 Middle Huaihai Road (021-64310118);
Raffles City: 268 Middle Xizang Road (021-63403333);
Super Brand Mall: 168 West Lujiazui Road (021-68877888);
Shanghai Friendship Store: 40 East Beijing Road (021-63294600);
Shanghai New World Department Store: 2-88 West Nanjing Road (021-63588888);
Shanghai No.1 Department Store: 830 East Nanjing Road (021-63223344);
Shanghai No2. Department Store: 887 Middle Huaihai Road (021- 64732828);
Shanghai Shimao International Plaza: 819 East Nanjing Road (021-33134718*89112);
Shanghai Souvenirs Shopping Center:558 East Nanjing Road (021-63226226);
Times Square:99 Middle Huaihai Road (021-63910314);
Westgate Mall: 1038 West Nanjing Road (021-62187878);
Xujiahui Subway Shopping Center: Metro Line 1 Xujiahui Station).
Yaohan Department Store: 501 Zhangyang Road, Pudong (021-58301111);
Yuyuan Tourist Trade City: next to Yuyuan Garden and Town God's Temple.
What To Wear in Shanghai
Located right in the center of China's East Coast, where the Yangtze River empties into the East China Sea, Shanghai's subtropical maritime monsoon climate tends to be strong in humidity but more m...
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Located right in the center of China's East Coast, where the Yangtze River empties into the East China Sea, Shanghai's subtropical maritime monsoon climate tends to be strong in humidity but more moderate in extreme climatic changes compared with that in China's interior regions, characterized by relatively shorter warm spring and cool autumn, and longer hot summer and cold winter.
But you'll still be surprised to realize how distinct the four seasons are and how much attention you have to pay when it comes to preparing clothes for a Shanghai trip.
Extra-light airy clothing is a must for the painfully hot and humid summer, when temperatures can get as high as 40C in July and August, and the average daily rainfall of 259 mm from mid-June to early July accounting for 25% of the city's annual total, worsened by heavy rains in the wake of typhoons from late August through the first 20 days of September. Absurd enough, you have to dress yourself waterproof and drink a lot to keep hydrated at the same time.
When conditions outside make it far more less uncomfortable in Autumn and you can finally be able to turn the air conditioning off, don't forget to put on a thin jumper, and possibly a light coat for the cooler evenings.
Considerng the lack of central heating and the occasional snow, it is wiser to invest in warm heavy clothing such as thermal underwear, sweaters and heavy woolen overcoats or down jackets, in winter, at least for a few weeks to keep out the shivering cold around the midwinter.
The pleasant short spring calls for lightweight lined jackets and woolen sweaters. Sunproof tools and waterproof gear would also come in handy for the period commencing in late spring and early summer.
What To Eat in Shanghai
1.Cold Dishes
Braised Chicken With Lilac;
Braised Green Beans With Pickles;
Crystal Fish Jelly;
Crisp-Fried Seasonal Vegetables;
Crystal Pig's Forehoof;
Fried and Braised Crucian Carps...
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1.Cold Dishes
Braised Chicken With Lilac;
Braised Green Beans With Pickles;
Crystal Fish Jelly;
Crisp-Fried Seasonal Vegetables;
Crystal Pig's Forehoof;
Fried and Braised Crucian Carps;
Liquor-Soaked Chicken;
Oxtail Jelly;
Pickled Large Dish;
Sauteed and Frozen Goose Liver Slices;
Shanghai Liquor-Saturated Crabs;
Spicy Jellyfish;
Steamed Ham Slices in Syrup;
Sweet Lotus Roots Stuffed with Glutinous Rice;
Taro Paste With Pineapple.
2.Beef & Mutton:
Fried Beef Fillets in Honey & Black Pepper;
Fried Beefsteaks with Mustard;
Quick-Fried Tripe Strips;
Roasted Suckling Lamb;
Sauteed Beefsteaks with Black Pepper;
Stir-Fried Beef in a Casserole;
Stir-Fried Beef Slices in Oyster Sauce.
3.Fish & Seafood
Baked Mandarin Fish between Bamboo Nets;
Baked Perch with Salt;
Baked Prawns Wrapped in A Shortening Sheet;
Baked Sauteed Crab Meat in A Stewpot;
Baked Smoked Pomfret With Salad Sauce;
Braised & Stewed Bullhead
Braised Black Carp Livers;
Braised Black Carp Meatballs with Shelled Ginkgo Nuts;
Braised Black Carp Mousse Shaped Like Phoenix Tail;
Braised Black Carp Slices with Black Fungi
Braised Bullhead's Lower Jaw;
Braised Eels (Man);
Braised Eel (Shan) Slices in Clam Meat Ring
Braised Fried Prawns;
Braised Pickled Silver Carp Head;
Braised Pricky Sea Cucumber;
Braised Shrimp Meat, Perch Meat and Lily;
Braised Shrimp Meat with Longjin Tea;
Braised Steamed Abalone;
Braised Steamed Shark's Fins with Abalone Juice;
Braised Thai Shrimps with Tamarinds;
Braised Black Carp Tripe;
Braised Codfish;
Braised Fish Tripe with Three Delicacies;
Braised Perch with Shepherd's Purse;
Braised Sea Cucumbers with Chives;
Braised Silver Carp Head & Crab Ovum;
Braised Turtle with Rock Sugar;
Crisp-Baked Eel (Man);
Drunken Fresh Shrimps;
French Braised Crab Meat and Yellow Croaker Shreds;
Fried and Braised Australian Lobsters;
Fried and Sauteed River Shrimps;
Fried Bean Curd Sheet-Coated Mandarin Fish;
Fried Bombay Duck in Jam;
Fried Codfish Rolls with Salad Sauce;
Fried Crabs;
Fried Dried Scallops on Celery and Lily;
Fried Eel (Shan) Meat in Soy and Vinegar;
Fried Perch in Wine and Butter;
Fried Pomfret with Chopped Scallions;
Fried Prawn in Hot Chicken Gravy;
Fried Shrimps and Baked Shrimp Meat in Crab Shells;
Fried Shrimp Meat Balls Stuffed with Crab Meat;
Fried Tapertail Anchovies;
Lotus Flower-Shaped Abalone;
Mandarin Fish Grains in Spring Roll Cups
Pickled and Steamed Fish Head with Peppers
Pickled, Fried and Braised Crucian;
Pickled, Fried and Steamed Eels (Shan);
Quick-Fried Shrimps with Preserved Dried Vegetables;
Salt-Baked Pickled Turtle;
Sauteed Crabmeat and Crab Ovum
Sauteed Crab Ovum and a Thin Cake
Sauteed Crabs with Noodles
Sauteed Eel (Shan) Slices;
Sauteed Pieces of Dried Fish, Celery & Red Pepper;
Sauteed River Shrimp Meat;
Steamed and Sauteed Crabmeat
Sauteed Flatfish with Pickled Cucumber
Sauteed Silver Carp Head in a Casserole;
Sauteed Turtle Pieces with Glutinous Rice
Sauteed Yellow Croakers with Grains Gravy;
Shark's Fins in A Casserole;
Simmered Abalone with Koji;
Steamed Abalone's Fins;
Steamed and Fried Flatfish Meat Rolls;
Steamed Bean Curd with Crabmeat Shaped like a Fan
Steamed Bean Curd Stuffed with Saut¨¦ed Crabmeat
Steamed Black Carp Mousse with Crabmeat
Steamed Carp Head with Pickled Chili;
Steamed Codfish Pieces between Bean Curd Pieces;
Steamed Crabs on Bean Curd;
Steamed Eight Delicacies in a Tureen;
Steamed Flatfish Pieces Shaped Like a Chinese Unicorn;
Steamed Nine Delicacies in A Casserole;
Steamed Seafoods and Turtle;
Steamed Scallops and Cabbages;
Steamed Shark's Fins with Broccoli in The Shape of The Sun;
Steamed Shark's Fins with Crab Ovum in Wax Gourd Tureen;
Steamed Silver Carp Head with Peppers;
Steamed Snakehead Meat Balls with Crab Ovum;
Steamed Soy-Braised Cuttlefish with Preserved Dried Vegetables;
Steamed Sturgeon Head;
Steamed Wax gourd, Abalone and Scallops In a Tureen;
Steamed Yellow Croaker;
Stewed Abalone, Chicken, Ham and Pig's Leg in a Casserole;
Stewed and Steamed Abalone Slices;
Stewed Black Sea Cucumber and Steamed Pig Shank;
Stewed Fried Black Sea Cucumbers with Dried Shrimp Meat;
Stewed Fried Sea Cucumbers;
Stewed Shark's Fins with Crabmeat;
Stewed Steamed Shark's Fins with Crab Ovum;
Stewed Silver Carp Head with Cabbage Shreds;
Sweet-and-Sour Fried Vegetarian Yellow Croaker;
Thai Fried Codfish;
Thai Fried Mandarin Fish with Potato Chips.
4.Port
Braised and Steamed Pig Hoof;
Braised Fried Duck with Soy Sauce;
Braised Pickled Pig's Feet, Hunan Style;
Braised Spareribs & Dried Yellow Croakers;
Crisp-Fried Spareribs;
Deep-Fried Spareribs;
Dried Bean Curd Rolls of Minced Pork;
Fried Breadcrumb-Coated Lean Meat (Shaped Like a Dandelion);
Fried Spareribs and Stir-Fried Mung Bean Sprouts;
Fried Steaks in Honey & Black Pepper;
Granmother's Streaky Pork;
Meatballs Stuffed With Crab Ovum;
Pepper-Salt Fried Pig's Forehoof;
Pickled and Steamed Pig's Forehoof;
Pickled and Steamed Streaky Pork Slices;
Pig's Knuckles & An Egg (shaped like football playing);
Roast Suckling Pig;
Sauteed Intestines and Alfalfa;
Steamed and Braised Streaky Pork on Sauteed Cabbage Hearts;
Steamed Bacon and Baiye (thin dried pieces of bean curd);
Sauteed Pork Fillets on Mung Bean Sprouts;
Steamed Streaky Pork With Fermented Bean Curd Gravy;
Steamed Streaky Pork with Glutinous Rice;
Steamed Streaky Pork with Kohlrabi Shreds in A Crock;
Steamed Streaky Pork with Preserved Dried Vegetables;
Stewed Fresh Ham Stuffed With Red Dates;
Stewed Pig's Forehoof & Steamed Preserved Dried Vegetables.
5.Poultry:
Bo Bo Chicken;
Boiled tender chicken with soy sauce;
Braised and Fried Pigeon;
Braised Chicken with Stir-Fried Peppers;
Braised Dried Blood of Chicken and Duck;
Egg White Pomegranates Stuffed With Chicken;
Fried Pickled Duck's Lower Jaws;
Fried Pickled Suckling Pigeon;
Roast Frozen Duck;
Spicy Fragrant Chicken Wings;
Steamed Duck Stuffed With Delicacies.
6.Soup:
Bean Curd in Crab Paste;
Braised Stewed Duck in A Casserole;
Braised Yellow Croaker and Shepherd's Purse;
Dried Bean Curd and Chicken Slices in Fish Broth;
Father's Soup (of Hen, Ham, Quail and Taros);
Hot-and-Sour Thin Soup of Turtle Meat;
Mandarin Fish Gluten and Crabmeat;
Peppery-Hot Soup;
Pickled Silver Carp Head;
Snake Meat Shreds Soup;
Soup of Steamed Shreds of Bamboo Shoot, Ham & Chicken;
Steamed Black Bean Curd in A Casserole;
Steamed Clam Meat and Egg Custard;
Steamed Shark's Fin and Hen with Milk
Stewed Bacon, Streaky Pork & Dried Mushrooms;
Stewed Delicacies in Tureens;
Stewed Hen with Red-Spotted Lizard and Angelica.
7.Vegetables
Baked Niblets;
Braised Wild Rice Stems in The Shape of A Buddha's Hand;
Deep-Fried (Breadcrumb-Coated )Taro Balls (Stuffed With Butter);
Fried Breadcrumb-Coated Balls Stuffed with Minced Taro and Shrimp Meat;
Fried Bean Curd Sheet-Coated Shreds of Pumpkin, Mushroom & Carrot;
Fried Onion Circles;
Fried Stuffed Bean Curd Roll;
Simmered Cowpeas;
Steamed Bird's Nest with Almond Juice in Papaw;
Steamed Mushroom (Xianggu) Rolls Stuff with Vegetable Shreds;
Steamed Vegetarian Abalone Circled by Broccolis;
Two-Taste Mushroom.
8. Miscellaneous
Braised Steamed Pumpkin Mousse with A Sea Clam;
Braised Shreds of White Bean Curd, Chicken, Ham and Prawn Meat;
Fried Eggplant Pieces With Shrimp Meat & Green Soybeans;
Eight-Treasure (Ba bao) in hot Chili Sauce;
Fried Gluten of Black Carp Mousse and Mushrooms;
Fried Pickled Giant Snake
Pickled and Fried Giant Snake;
Sauteed Deer Leg Meat;
Sauteed Jellyfish & Rabbit Slices
Simmered Slices of Dried Bean Curd, Chicken and Ham with Shrimp Meat;
Steamed Ba bao in A Pumpkin Tureen;
Steamed Cabbage Hearts in Chicken Broth;
Steamed Deer's Paw With Tender Bamboo Shoots;
Stewed Dried Bean Curd Slices with Chicken & Ham Shreds.
9. Snacks
Baked Abalone Yuanbao;
Baked Fresh Pork-Filled Moon Cakes;
Baked Layer Cake with Milk Filling;
Baked Streaky Pork-Filled Moon Cakes;
Butter Peanuts Cakes;
Dates Paste Cakes;
Fried Butter& Clam Meat-Filled Tarts;
Fried Dates Paste-Filled Round Cakes;
Fried Dates Paste-Filled Tarts;
Fried Dumplings (Sheng jian);
Fried Eel Pieces With Crab Ovum & Shrimp Meat;
Fried Ham and Turnip Pieces-Filled Dough Cakes;
Fried Lettuce & Bamboo Shoots-Filled Tarts;
Fried Noodles With Garlic & Butter;
Fried Pork-Filled Dumplings (Guo tie);
Fried Seafood-Filled Flour Lotus Root;
Fried Sesame-Coated Leaf Fat-Filled Flour Balls (Ma qiu);
Fried Walnut & Cashew Nut-Filled Tarts;
Green Soybeans Paste;
Juicy Steamed Crabmeat-filled Dumplings (Tang bao);
Luohan (Arhat) Vegetarian Noodles;
Sauteed Frozen Sea Clams in Fried Dumpling Moulds;
Shanghai Fried Dumplings (Sheng jian);
Shrimp Meat-Filled Wontons;
Shrimp Noodles;
Steamed Cakes of Five Colors;
Steamed Corn Dumplings (Jiao zi);
Steamed Crab Ovum & Shrimp Meat-Filled Dumplings (Jiao zi);
Steamed Dumplings (Jiao zi) Shaped Like Chinese Flowering Apples;
Steamed Green Vegetables-Filled Dumplings (Jiao zi);
Steamed Osmanthus-Tasted cakes;
Steamed Pork & Crabmeat-Filled Dumplings (Xiao long bao);
Steamed Shrimp Meat-Filled Dumplings (Jiao zi).
Where To Stay in Shanghai
1. 88 Xintiandi Hotel
Tel: +86-21-53838833
Location: 380 South Huang Pi Rd, Shanghai
A modern block within the bustling Xintiandi dining and entertainment complex in the heart of Old Shan...
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1. 88 Xintiandi Hotel
Tel: +86-21-53838833
Location: 380 South Huang Pi Rd, Shanghai
A modern block within the bustling Xintiandi dining and entertainment complex in the heart of Old Shanghai's French Concession, where dining, drinking, shopping and sightseeing are a breeze in its constellation of swish restaurants, stylish bars, tony shopfronts and trendy shikumen style architecture, and a premium residential extravaganza offering business travelers 53 executive residences with views over the lake or the street scene of Xintiandi, and business extras such as in-room fax machines, voice mail, large work desk, free broadband Internet, full kitchen facilities and humidifier, 24-hr. room service, same-day laundry service/dry cleaning, on-site restaurant, indoor swimming pool, and health club with Jacuzzi and sauna, 88 Xintiandi Hotel is a small luxury boutique hotel screaming urban chic in the thick of old world charm and intimacy
2. Astor House Hotel
Tel: +86-21-63246388
Location: 15 Huangpu Road, Shanghai
Originally one of Shanghai's top choice of boutique hotels built prior to the later half of the twentieth century who has honorably accommodated such illustrious guests as Albert Einstein, Bertrand Russell, Charlie Chaplin and Ulysses Grant, then a run-down backpackers' favorite known as the Pujiang Hotel, this grande dame hotel of Shanghai has once again resumed its great fame, with the help of the glorious baroque architectural essence, its spacious, high-ceilinged rooms replete with historical artifacts and memorabilia, the on-site Richard Restaurant, and its strategic overlooking the Huangpu River, making it the true and tried symbol and epitome of the Victorian Shanghai.
3. Broadway Mansions Hotel
Tel: +86-21-63246260
Location: 20 North Suzhou Road, Shanghai
An art deco mansion with spacious high-ceiling rooms, firm beds, wood furniture, and vintage style decorations, a dignified monument to early-20th-century Western colonialism with storied history, and an international 4 star hotel eagerly embracing foreign guests with on-site Huangpu Xuan Chinese, Belle Vue French and Ichibanya Japanese restaurants, banquet hall, British Bar and Lobby Lounge, Conference Hall, Meeting Rooms and business center, Health Club, SPA Center concierge, 24-hr. room service, same-day laundry service/dry cleaning, and 253 spacious guestrooms and suites featuring views over the north Bund, the Huangpu River and Pudong, on either aspect this property tries to capitalize, it will always worth splurging on.
4. Crowne Plaza Shanghai
Tel: +86-21-61458888
Location: 400 Pan Yu Rd, Shanghai
Conveniently located near the business and government centers of the city, only minutes away from the bustling Xujiahui shopping district and right next door to Shanghai Film Art City where the annual Shanghai International Film Festival is held every June, and wonderful movie classics and premieres are shown year round, Crowne Plaza Shanghai is a 4 star business hotel fully-appoited with all of the comforts of home, including rooms with high-speed Internet access, individual climate control, in-room safes, movies, and satellite TV, voicemail, offeemakers, minibars, as well as bathrobes, hairdryers, irons and ironing boards, and on-site amenities such as Charlie's Bar, Crowne Cafe, Buon Appetito Italian Restaurant, Star Walk Coffee Bar, Takesima Japanese Restaurant, Xin Yuan Chinese Restaurant, fitness center, indoor swimming pool, sauna and steam bath, massage and beauty treatments, etc.
5. East Asia Hotel
Tel: +86-21-63223223
Location: 680 East Nanjing Road, Shanghai
With its neoclassical edifice and the tall cupola of its slender, white clock of former Shanghai Sincere Department Store overlooking East Nanjing Rd, rooms with central air-conditioning, functional modern furniture, comfortable beds with fresh white linens, and clean bathrooms satisfactorily adequate for a few night¡¯s stay, Chinese and Western restaurants, 12 multi-function halls and a small meeting room, a beauty salon, a chess and cards room, and a ballroom creating value-added perks, all of which more than enough compensate for its rough-and-ready frills and perfunctory services, staying in a respectable old-timer hotel in the toniest of Shanghai's shopping surroundings doesn't come any cheaper than East Asia Hotel.
6. Four Seasons Hotel Shanghai
Tel: +86-21-62568888
Location: 500 Weihai Rd, Shanghai
A 2002 arrival on Shanghai's luxury hotel scene, promising some of the most luxurious hotel facilities and pampering lodging experience of all hotels in town, including its 439 guestrooms and suites with classical furniture, patented Four Seasons bedding, high-speed Internet access and laptop safes, an opulent Grand Ballroom and a full business center accounting for 13,778 square-feet of meeting space, impeccable and comprehensive services ranging from discreet multilingual staff to 24-hour butler service, ideall central city location in the thick of Puxi District, from where the Nanjing Road shopping is 5 minutes walk away and the Shanghai Musuem is an easy 10 stroll away, plus a luxurious spa with indulgent Balinese treatments, and an elegant Si Ji Xuan restaurant with delicate Cantonese cuisine and traditional Shanghaiese favorites, Four Seasons Hotel Shanghai is easily a firm fixture on the high-end Shanghai room circuit.
7. Grand Hyatt Shanghai
Tel: +86-21-50491234
Location: Jin Mao Tower, 88 Century Blvd, Pudong
Occupying the 54th to the 88th floors of the Jin Mao Tower, one of the tallest skyscrapers in the world, with lush and luxurious guestrooms and suites combining adorable Art Deco and traditional Chinese motifs, admirable high-tech techniques, and astonishing views over the Bund and the Pudong District, as well as a host of over-the-top conveniences and luxuries such as 5 restaurants, 5 lounges and bars, world's highest swimming pool, health club with Jacuzzi and sauna, 24-hr. room service, 24-hr. business center, and a range of versatile meeting rooms and function space capable of facilitating groups from 12 to 1200, the strikingly ultraluxurious Grand Hyatt Shanghai is more of a high-flying novelty project than a down-to-earth pied-a-terre.
8. JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai at Tomorrow Square
Tel: +86-21-53594969
Location: 399 Nanjing West Road, Shanghai
A landmark handsome 5 star tower block dominating the upper 24 floors of the 60-story Tomorrow Square which soars above Renmin Park in Puxi District, the very business, cultural and historical centre of Shanghai, and is just a short walk from metro stations and tourist hot spots such as the Shanghai Museum, Grand Theatre, Nanjing Road Pedestrian Mall, and Xintiandi shopping, dining and entertainment complex, JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai boasts the most gorgeous views of all hotels in Puxi, China's first Mandara Spa, the highest library in the world, as well as 4 excellent restaurants, a Lobby Lounge on the 38th floor, the 40/F JW Lounge Bar with over 60 martinis, indoor and outdoor pools, health club with Jacuzzi and sauna, and 1,231-square-metre meeting & conference facilities enhanced by sublime 360 deree views of the city.
9.Peace Hotel, Shanghai
Tel: +86-21-63216888
Location: 20 East Nanjing Road, Shanghai
Formerly known as the legendary Cathay Hotel in its heyday and currently the best known historic hotel in Shanghai, featuring an ideal location on Nanjing Road and the Bund, an Art Deco lobby, spacious 1930 style rooms with high ceilings, large closets and vintage furnishings, delixue suites specifically laid out in nine different national styles, an English countryside style Old Jazz Bar which ranks among Shanghai expatriates' favorate haunts, an elegant Victoria Roof Garden with beautiful view over the Huangpu River, a comprehensive choice of dinging outlets offering authentic Chinese cuisine from Shanghai, Canton, and Sichuan, as well as French delicacies, as well as meeting and banqueting facilities fully equipped with the latest technology, Peace Hotel is a masterpiece of seamless fusion of East and West, old and new, and tecnology and tradition, all together highlight the dignity and grandeur that is uniquely Shanghai.
How To Go Shanghai
1.By Plane
Airport 1:
Pudong International Airport,30km east of the city center, 40km from Hongqiao Intl Airport;
Currently, Pudong International Airport handles approx. 60% of the...
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1.By Plane
Airport 1:
Pudong International Airport,30km east of the city center, 40km from Hongqiao Intl Airport;
Currently, Pudong International Airport handles approx. 60% of the total aircraft movements of the city, covering 90 international & regional destinations and 60 domestic destinations.
For more details, contact Pudong International Airport on +86-21-96081388.
Airport Transfer:
Airport bus Line No. 2 (021-68346612): to City Air Terminal (Jing'an temple), CNY19 one way;
Airport bus Line No.3 (021-68346645): to Galaxy Hotel, CNY 2-20 one way;
Airport bus Line No.4 (021-68346830): to Hongkou Football Stadium, CNY 2-18 one way;
Airport bus Line No.5 (021-68346830): to Shanghai Railway Station, CNY 15-25 one way;
Airport Bus Line No.7 (021-68855057): to Shanghai South Railway Station, CNY 20 one way;
Airport Bus Line No.8 (021-68022000): to Lingang Xin Cheng, CNY 16 one way;
Airport Bus Ring Line No.1 (021-68346612): to Airport City Garden, CNY 2-3 one way.
Maglev Train (021-28907777): to Longyang Rd metro station in Pudong, CNY50 or 100 one way;
Taxis: to downtown Puxi/Pudong, about 45-60 minutes, CNY120-150 one way;
Car rental: contact Vehicle Rental Shop at Pudong Airport on 021-68355556;
Airport 2:
Hongqiao International Airport: 13 km west of the city center;
Currently, Hongqiao International Airport handles most domestic flights;
For more details, contact Hongqiao International Airport on +86-21-52604620.
Airport Transfer:
Airport Special Line (021-51146541): to City Air Terminal (Jing'an temple), CNY4 one way;
Bus No. 806 (021-51146541): to Lupu Bridge, CNY 2-5 one way;
Bus No.807 (021-62906338): to Qingjian Community, CNY1-2.5 one way;
Bus No.925A (021-64204506): to People's Square, CNY2-4 one way;
Bus No.938 (021-51146541): to Yangjiadu(Pudong), CNY2-7 onw way;
Bus No.941 (021-52171952): to Shanghai Railway Station, CNY2-4 one way;
Taxis: to downtown Puxi/Pudong, about 30-50 minutes, CNY70-100 one way;
Car rental: contact the Vehicle Rental Shop at Hongqiao Airport on 021-51142112;
Between two airports:
Airport bus Line No.1: non-stop link, CNY 30 one way;
Airport Special Waiting Line: CNY15,19,30 one way;
For more details, consult +86-21-68346612.
2.By Train
Shanghai Railway Station:
Tel: 021-63179090, 95105123
Location: 303 Moling Road, Zhabei District
Destinations: Beijing, Changsha, Changzhou, Chengdu, Fuzhou, Ganzhou, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Jilin, Kowloon, Kunming, Lianyungang, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nantong, Ningbo, Qingdao, Qiqihaer, Sanya, Shijiazhuang, Suzhou, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Wenzhou, Wuchang, Wuxi, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xining, Yantai, Yiwu, Zhengzhou, etc.
Shanghai South Railway Station:
Tel: 021-63176060, 51105110
Location: 289 Old Humin Road, Xuhui District
Destinations: Baotou, Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Hengyang, Jilin, Jiaxing, Nanchang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qiqihaer, Taizhou, Wuxi, etc.
Shanghai West Railway Station:
Tel: 021-62549500, 021-56241022
Location: 1 Taopu Road, Putuo District
Destinations: Baotou, Changchun, Ganzhou, Hangzhou, Hengyang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qiqihaer, Yantai, Zaozhuang, etc.
3.By Bus
Shanghai Long Distance General Bus Station:
Tel: 021-66050000, 56720594
Location: 1662 Zhongxing Road, Zhabei District
Destinations: Most cities in six provinces of East China, including Anhui, Fujian, Jiangsu,Jiangxi, Shandong and Zhejiang, as well as major cities in the provinces of Guangdong, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Liaoning, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, etc.
Hudong Bus Transportation Corporation Long- Distance General Bus Station:
Tel: 021-65415869
Location: 959, East Daming Road, Hongkou District
Destinations: Qingdao and Weihai in Shandong; Yangzhou and Yancheng in Jiangsu; Wenzhou, Zhejiang; Fuzhou, Fujian; cities in provinces of Anhui, Jiangxi, and Hubei.
Pudong International Airport Long-Distance Bus Station:
Tel: 021-68345743
Location: 2F, Pudong International Airport Terminal Parking
Destinations: Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Ningbo, Qingtian, Shaoxing and Yiwu in Zhejiang; Kunshan, Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi and Zhangjiagang in Jiangsu.
Hutai Road Long-Distance Bus Station:
Tel: 021-56528400
Location: 1015 North Zhongshan Road, Zhabei District
Service provider: Shanghai Bus Transportation Co., Ltd
Destinations: Qingdao and Rizhao in Shandong; Lianyungang, Nanjing, and Yangzhou in Jiangsu; Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Wuzhen in Zhejiang; Wuhan, Hubei; Ma'anshan, Mt. Jiuhuashan and Mt. Huangshan in Anhui.
Jiaotong Dazhong Long-Distance Bus Station:
Tel: 021- 52766118
Location: 168 Taopu Road, Putuo District
Service provider: Shanghai Jiaotong Dazhong Passenger Transport Co., Ltd.
Destinations: Changzhou, Nanjing, Suzhou and Wuxi in Jiangsu; Hefei and Ma'anshan in Anhui; Wuhan, Hubei; cities in provinces of Fujian Henan, Jiangxi, Shandong, and Zhejiang.
Hutie (Shanghai Railway) Long-Distance Bus Station:
Tel: 021-63532300
Location: 783 Hengfeng Road, Zhabei District
Service provider: Shanghai Railway Passenger Transport Co., Ltd.
Destinations: Beijing, Changzhou, Hangzhou, Hefei, Jiangyin, Jiaxing, Jinan, Jiujiang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Suzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Yichang and Zhenjiang.
Beiqu Long-Distance Bus Station:
Tel: 021-56630230
Location: 80 Gongxing Road, Zhabei District
Service provider: Shanghai Long-Distance Bus Transportation Corporation
Destinations: Jinan, Qingdao, and Yantai in Shandong; Suzhou, Zhangjiagang, and Zhouzhuang in Jiangsu; Wuhan, Hubei; cities in Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Henan, Jiangxi and Zhejiang.
Bailianjing Bus Station:
Tel: 021-58830865
Location: 3843 South Pudong Road, Pudong New District
Service provider: Pudong Long-Distance Bus Transportation Co., Ltd.
Destinations: Suzhou, Yangzhou, and Zhouzhuang in Jiangsu; Hangzhou and Jiaxing in Zhejiang; Hefei, Anhui; Qingdao, Shandong; cities in Fujian, Hubei and Jiangxi.
Xujiahui Bus Station:
Tel: 021-64699472, 021-64871041
Location: 211 Hongqiao Road, Xuhui District
Service provider: Shanghai Jiaotong Dayu Transportation Co., Ltd.
Destinations: Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi, and Yangzhou in Jiangsu; Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Ningbo, and Shaoxing in Zhejiang; Hefei and Wuhu in Anhui; Changsha, Hunan; Wuhan, Hubei.
4.By Ship
Shanghai Port International Cruise Terminal:
Tel: 021- 65952299, 65959529
Location: 800, East Daming Road, at the North Bund Area in Hongkou District
Ticket Information Line: 021-65375111
Ticket Office Address: D-G, 15 F, Jin'an Mansion, 908, East Daming Road, Hongqiao District
Destination: Kobe, Nagasaki, Osaka (Japan), Cheju, Mokpo (South Korea).
Wusong Passenger Transport Center:
Tel: 021-56575500
Location: 251, Songbao Rd., Baoshan District
Destinations: Nantong, Jiangsu; Dinghai, Shengsi, Zhoushan, and Mt. Putuoshan in Zhejiang; cities along the Yangtze River, etc.
Other ports:
Gongping Rd Port(65418829):60 Gongping Rd, Hongkou Dist; ships bound for Dalian, Liaoning;
Luchaogang Port (021-58281919): 1969 Luchaogang Rd., Nanhui Dist; Ships to Mt. Putuoshan, Shengsi, and Zhoushan Archipelago;
Luhua Port (69693666): Lugang Village, Luhua Town, Chongming; Ships to Haimen, Jiangsu;
Nanmen Port (021-69693666): 93 Nanmen Rd., Chongming; Ships to Liuhe, Jiangsu;
Jinshan Port (021-57944431): Qijiadun, Jinshan District; Ships to Zhoushan Archipelago;
Xinmin Port (021-59465396): Nanshou, Xinmin Town, Chongming; Ships to Qidong, Jiangsu.
5.By Car
Expressways:
Huhangyong Expressway: Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo-Beicang;
Hujialiu Expressway: Shanghai-Jiading-Liuhe;
Hulu Expressway: Shanghai- Luchao Port;
Huning Expressway: Shanghai-Suzhou- Wuxi- Changzhou- Nanjing
Huqingping Expressway: Hongqiao International Airport-Qingpu;
Hutai Expressway: Shanghai-Jiading-Taicang;
Jinghu Expressway: Beijing-Shanghai;
Xinfengjin Expressway: Xinzhuang-Fengxian-Jinshan;
China National Highways:
G204: Yantai-Lianyungang-Nantong-Shanghai;
G312: Shanghai-Suzhou-Nanjing-Hefei-Xi'an-Lanzhou-Urumqi-Yining;
G318: Shanghai-Huzhou-Guangde-Wuhan-Chongqing-Chengdu- Lhasa -Youyiqiao;
G320: Shanghai-Hangzhou-Nanchang-Zhuzhou-Guiyang-Kunming-Dali-Ruili.
What to be noted in Shanghai
1.Time to visit
Weather-wise:
Spring (Mar-mid May): pleasant weather, but short duration;
Summer (late May-mid Sep):hot and humid, with strong sunshine and heavy rain and storms;
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1.Time to visit
Weather-wise:
Spring (Mar-mid May): pleasant weather, but short duration;
Summer (late May-mid Sep):hot and humid, with strong sunshine and heavy rain and storms;
Autumn (late Sept -early Dec): cool and comfortable, with mild temperature and less rainfall;
Winter (mid Dec-Feb): bitterly cold, with few crowds, good hotel discounts but largely closed down businesses.
Public Holidays:
New Year's Day: 1st January, 1 day off;
Spring Festival: the 1st and 2nd day of the 1th lunar month, 3 days off;
May Day: 1st May, 1 day off;
National Day: 1th October, 3 days off;
Qingming Festival: the 4th or 5th day of the 4th lunar month, 1 day off ;
Dragon Boat Festival: the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, 1 day off;
Mid-Autumn Festival: the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, 1 day off.
Annual Events:
ATP Masters- Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai: in Nov, at 5500 Yuanjiang Rd, Qi Zhong Stadium,
Formula 1 Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix (69569999): during Oct-Nov, at Shanghai Intl Circuit;
Longhua Temple Fair (021-64365333): in April, at 2853 Longhua Road, Xuhui District;
Shanghai Heineken Tennis Open: in Oct at 1885 Hongqiao Rd, Xian Xia Tennis Stadium;
Shanghai International Arts Festival(63728701): in Nov, at various theaters and art centers;
Shanghai International Film Festival (62806088): in Jun, at the Shanghai Film Art Center;
Shanghai International Marathon (021-66298808): in November in the Gubei region;
Shanghai International Tea Culture Festival: in april, at various locations;
Shanghai Tourism Festival (021-64391814): during Oct-Nov, at various locations.
2.Health & Hygiene
Basic health care:
Basic health care in Shanghai is adequately comparable to that in some of the developed areas;
Standard over-the-coutner drugs are are easily available at drugstores and supermarkets;
More complicated health issues can be treated at hospitals, clinics and dentists;
Medicine with English instruction and hospital with English-speaking staff may be limited;
Therefore, you should bring any prescription medication you need with you.
Food & Drink:
Tap water in Shanghai is not safe to drink;
Avoid street foods, at least for those with a weak stomach;
To minimize the risk of stomach upsets caused by low hygienic dining/drinking standards, make sure your hands are washed before meals, food freshly cooked, fruit peeled, drinking water boiled or bought from convenience stores or supermarkets.
Other health issues of concern:
Respiratory illnesses resulted from the air pollution or change in temperature&humidity;
SARS & Bird flu were brought under control, but check the latest news before you leave.
Sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS, are on the rise, though not at an epidemic rate;
No vaccination is required for entry to Shanghai, but regulations may change at short notice;
Health Insurance is recommended;
For specific consultation, contact your doctor, specialist travel clinic, health insurance company, govenmental offices for disease control and prevention, or civil associations for medical assistance to travelers.
3. Safety & Security
Leave as many of your valuables as you can in hotel room safe;
Distribute other valuables you're taking with over more than one pockets;
Take extra care of your belongings in crowded tourist areas and public places;
Keep an eye on fraud and scam artists who try to tempt you to pay huge sums for fake goods or services not actually rendered;
Walking at night is safe even for women, at least on the main streets of the city, but avoiding unfamiliar places and traveling in groups are always more advisable;
While crossing the streets, look both ways, go with the flow, or take overpass/underpass;
There are occasional public campaigns against drugs, gambling and solicitations are banned, especially in bar, karaoke joints, nightclubs, parties, pubs, or even your hotel rooms, so it is wise for you draw the line between these troubles and your Shanghai experience.
4.Useful Phone Numbers
Emergency:
Fire: 119;
Police: 110;
Ambulance: 120;
Traffic Accident: 122;
Emergency Centre: 021-63244010;
Public Security Bureau: 021-63576666.
General Enquiries:
Time Inquiry: 117;
Postal service: 11185;
Zip Code Inquiry: 184;
Weather Forecast: 121;
Domestic Long Distance Inquiry: 116;
Local Telephone Number Inquiry: 114.
Tourists info & Complant:
Consumer Complaint: 12315;
Tourist Hotline: 021-62520000;
Tourists Complaint: 021-64393615;
Transport & Tickets:
Shanghai Railway Station: 021-63179090, 95105123;
Shanghai South Station: 021-51105110;
Shanghai West Station: 021-52851500;
Coach Ticket Reservation: 021-56630230;
Train Ticket Reservation: 021-63171880, 8008207890;
Shanghai Port Passenger Station: 021-63261261;
Hongqiao International Airport flight Inquiry: 021-62688918, 62683659;
Pudong International Airport flight Inquiry: 021-38484500, 96081388.