Sight Seeing
Below are relevant sight seeing options around Shanghai:
Download the Shanghai sight seeing PDF. The sites below are marked in orange.
(The text below each site seeing option is taken from the referenced webpage.)
Shanghai
- Jade Buddha Temple
- In the western part of Shanghai, a very modern and flourishing city, there is a venerable and famous Buddhist temple, Jade Buddha Temple.
- Nanjing Road
- China's premier shopping street, 3.4-mile-long Nanjing Road, starts at the Bund in the east and ends in the west at the junction of Jingan Temple and Yan'an West Street.
- Oriental Pearl TV Tower
- The Oriental Pearl TV Tower is located in Pudong Park in Lujiazui, Shanghai. The tower, surrounded by the Yangpu Bridge in the northeast and the Nanpu Bridge in the southwest, creates a picture of 'twin dragons playing with pearls'. The entire scene is a photographic jewel that excites the imagination and attracts thousands of visitors year-round.
- Shanghai Museum
- Located in the center of Shanghai in People's Square, Shanghai Museum is a large museum of ancient Chinese art.
- Yuyuan Garden
- Yuyuan Garden is a famous classical garden located in Anren Jie, Shanghai.
Suzhou
- The Classical Gardens of Suzhou
- When Suzhou is mentioned, the first thought in every Chinese mind is of its Gardens. It is said that the gardens to the south of Yangtze River are the best in the world, and Suzhou gardens are the best among them.
- Tongli Water Township
- Originally named Fushi, Tongli is an age-old but very well preserved water township with a history of more than 1,000 years.