| I usually take my friends by the following route, however the route does need some knowledge of Shanghai and Chinese characters.
Start from the people's square in the early morning , the best way to there is taking metro line 1 or 2. You can spend at least half day in Shanghai museum. Walk from people's square to Yuyuan garden (Shanghai old Chinese town) via Xin Tiandi （You can have your lunch in Xin Tiandi or somewhere in old Chinese town). A good Chinese resturant in Yuyuan is called Lu Bo Lang, President Cliton has visited and had dinner there. After you enjoyed noisy, happy, tranquil(inside the Yuyuan garden) China, started from there to the ferry accross the Huangpu river. The closest ferry to old Chinese town has relocated to about 1km from the Yuyuan garden. It is called Shiliu pu(Pier 16 in Chinese) ferry station. From there, you can take a ferry accross the Huangpu river. The best time from my perspectives is around 4:30PM, just a little bit before the rush hour. At this time, you can see the ordinary people in Shanghai. You can see people selling five spices eggs on the ferry. You can have one, of cource. It's really nice to have one hot egg in cold weather. So many people, bikes, motorbikes, etc. You can enjoy the scenery of both sides of Huangpu river. Now you reach Pudong. Out of the ferry station, you can see the Lujiazui in front of you. You can catch a taxi cab to the center of Lujiazui or just walk if you want. It's about 2km from the ferry to the center of Lujiazui. Time for dinner. There are a lot of places to eat around the center of Lujiazui. You can go to Jinmao tower for a buffet dinner and enjoy the night views of the city. Or you can eat at Oriental pearl tower restaurant or somewhere else. It is suggested to go to these two places for birdeye view of the city but not obliged to. After dinner, the light on both sides of the Huangpu river are on. You can walk along the bund at Pudong, then go underground to catch the metro line 2 to the direction of people's square. One stop, you will arrive at Nanjing road. This is a walking street with a lot of shops. It is highly recommended to walk back to the bund on Puxi. From there, you can catch a taxi or go underground to catch the metro line 2 then transfer to line 1. At South Huangpi road stop of metro line 1, you can go to Xintiandi for night clubs and pubs, at Hengshan road stop of metro line 1, you can go to a lot of good pubs. Spend a good time in the pubs. And you are finishing a day trip of Shanghai highlights. It is recommended to have a Shanghai Traffic Card. All the transportation fees can be paid by that prepaid contact-less smartcard. I was a member of the design team for that chip inside the card. :)) |
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