Map: http://g.co/maps/d98zr
- If you have a few hours
- Visit Yu Garden
- Visit the Bund (a short walk from Yu Garden)
- Go to the top of the Pearl tower
- People watch in People's Park
- Museums
- Shanghai museum (chinese history, free admission)
- Urban planning museum (3D model of downtown Shanghai)
- Sciense Museum
- Temples
- Jing'an temple
- Qibao temple
- Jade Buddha temple
- Qiboa "ancient town" (there are a number of "ancient" water-towns around Shanghai: old style architecture, mobs of souvenir shopping and gondola rides. Qiboa is the only one you can get to by subway)
- Shopping
- Xuhui Way (a bit like Times Square or Picadilly Circus)
- Huaihai Road (reminds me of North Michigan Ave in chicago)
- Pearl Market (aka fake markets -- must see, there are several, overwhelming, cheap, fun)
- Food
- Yangs, our family favorite (http://g.co/maps/3tuk5), the original/best is a short walk north of peoples park
- Ding Tai Feng (fanciest dumpling restaurant ever, possibly the best in china)
- Hot pot: cook your own food right at the table, many many places
- Rotating restaurant at the top of the perl tower
- When you need some western food, call sherpas: http://www.sherpa.com.cn/
- Catch a show
- Shanghai Opera
- Shanghai Circus (365 days a year, take line #1 to circus exit)
- If you have more time
- Take the train to Beijing, the Great Wall is a must-see (2-3 days)
- Visit Hangzhou, and see beautiful west-lake. Marco Polo dubbed this "beyond dispute the finest and the noblest in the world" (day trip)
- Visit Nanjing, capital of China for many years, tons of history (day trip)
