Best time to visit Shanghai

Located at the front of the Yangtze River delta, Shanghai has a typical subtropical Marine monsoon climate, with four distinct seasons, mild and humid, and plenty of rain, most of which are concentrated from May to September.

As a cosmopolitan city, Shanghai does not have strict seasonal restrictions, but every spring (March to May), Shanghai Qingpu plum blossom, Fengxian rape flower, Pudong peach blossom, Songjiang blue bamboo shoots in turn, very beautiful. Autumn (September to November) is the best season to taste hairy crabs.

The two busiest travel season you have to avoid are the two long festivals — the Chinese National Holiday normally from October 1 to 7 and Chinese New Year in January or February. During the two holidays, large quantities of visitors flush into nearly every scenic area in China and Shanghai is one of the hottest tourist destinations. In addition, the travel cost may triple or even more.

Places to visit

Shanghai Oriental Pearl TV Tower

Completed in 1995 to a highly innovative design, Shanghai Oriental Pearl TV Tower has become a landmark of excellence in architecture and is a favorite sight for tourists in Shanghai. At 468 meters, it is the third tallest TV and radio tower in the World.

The tower is composed of the tower base with three batter posts, and three standing pillars, within which are elevators, holding 11 steel-structures creates the poetic conception as described in the old line "large and small pearls dropping onto a jade plate".

The Bund Shanghai

The bund has been a symbol of Shanghai for more than 100 years. It is located along the Huangpu River which is located in the Huangpu District, the center of Shanghai, with a total length of 4 kilometers. It is a must-see place while enjoying your Shanghai Tours.

Nanjing Road

Nanjing road, known as China's first commercial street, is the busiest and most prosperous commercial street in Shanghai.

On both sides of the street, there are more than 360 malls, department stores, specialized shops, restaurants and cultural and recreational facilities, which receive more than 1.5 million customers every day.

Shanghai Zoo

Shanghai zoo located at 178 Nanliu road, Nanhui district, Shanghai, covering an area of 153 hectares. The original Shanghai zoo is a golf club. Then the club is transformed into a zoo in 1954. After half a century of development the Shanghai Zoo has been develop into one of the best environmental gardens in Shanghai.

Shanghai Science and Technology Museum

Shanghai Science and Technology Museum is an important base of popular science education and leisure tourism in Shanghai. It operates for encouraging technological and cultural high quality of the entire residents and enhancing the extensive competitive edges of Shanghai.

Xujiahui Scenic Spot

In the southwest of the downtown area of Shanghai, there is a century-old cultural complex, which witnessed the Chinese people's "first look at the west", fostered the development of modern Shanghai and even China's scientific civilization, and inspired the Shanghai culture. This is Xujiahui, the first open urban tourist attraction in Shanghai.

Zhujiajiao Water Town

Zhujiajiao, one of the city's four historical towns, is a definite place to visit near Shanghai. It is a typical ancient water town in the south of the Yangtze River. The town is crisscrossed with various water ways and there are several bridges with different shapes as well as numerous interesting stores.

Huangpu River

The two sides of Huangpu river gather the essence of Shanghai's urban landscape. Several car tunnels and bridges have been built along the Huangpu River. Huangpu River is a multi-functional river with drinking water source, navigation, flood and waterlogging drainage, fishery, tourism and other values. Shanghai gets most of its drinking water from the Huangpu River, which thus plays an important part for the metropolis.

Shanghai World EXPO Park

The EXPO site is located between Nanpu Bridge and Lupu Bridge, along the Banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai city, which led people enter into an extremely bravo experience every day. Visitors could enjoy the excellent performance as well as join in the interesting interactive games. This permanent preserved exhibition hall has turned into the cultural exchange center after the EXPO finished.

Yuyuan Garden

Yuyuan Garden is in the northeast of the old city of Shanghai, which is the only fully restored classical Chinese garden in Shanghai. It was inaugurated in the Ming dynasty and has a total area of 20,000 square meters.