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China travel plan: Shanghai in 5 Days
Five days in Shanghai only, with one hotel in the centre for the whole stay. A plan for a first visit to China, a short holiday or the start of a longer trip. You’ll see the Bund at night and the view from the Shanghai Tower deck, the classical Yu Garden, the lanes of the Former French Concession and the Zhujiajiao water town, and you’ll eat at the 30 tried-and-tested places in the plan. From the airport you take the Maglev and around the city the metro, with every journey explained step by step. What surprised us most? How safe it feels: an evening walk along the Bund or a metro ride home after dinner is completely ordinary in Shanghai.
- 5 daystrip length
- 1 placeon the route
- Shanghaistart
- Departure from ShanghaiPudong Airport (PVG)
- Best time to go March–May, September–November
See a free sample (PDF) – 2 days from “China's Golden Triangle+”. Every itinerary is planned in the same detail.
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Day-by-day route
A route summary. In the PDF every day is covered in detail: what to see, times, getting there, tickets and addresses in Chinese.
- Day 1Arrival in Shanghai
- Day 2Shanghai – old town and Pudong
- Day 3Shanghai – French Concession
- Day 4Shanghai → Zhujiajiao → Shanghai
- Day 5Shanghai → departure
On this route
- The Bund at night, Pudong and the Shanghai Tower deck
- Yu Garden and the Former French Concession
- The Zhujiajiao water town
- 30 tried-and-tested places to eat
What's in the PDF plan
- A day-by-day schedule describing each day
- A map of the whole route
- Place names and addresses in Chinese
- Before you go: visa, apps, internet, money, trains and plugs
- Booking a train ticket step by step
- Getting around the city
- What and where to eat
- How much it costs on the ground (per person, excluding flights to China)
- Offline map
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