Shanghai
Called Jessfield Park by the British and today named after 'Father of the Nation' Sun Zhongshan (Sun Yatsen), this lovely park is located in the northeast…
Must-see attractions in Shanghai
SCôP: Shanghai Centre of Photography
Shanghai
One of the cluster of galleries making up the new West Bund cultural hub, the Shanghai Centre of Photography is a small but effective space displaying…
Shanghai
The Yuanjin Buddhist Temple is famed for its Qinghua Pavilion (清华阁; Qīnghuá Gé) at the rear, a towering hall visible from many parts of town. It's located…
Shanghai
In the eye-catching Himalayas Center (attached to the Jumeirah Himalayas Hotel), and formerly the Zendai Museum of Art, this art gallery is a fixture on…
M21: 21st Century Minsheng Art Museum
Shanghai
This contemporary art museum is a sister gallery to the Minsheng Art Museum in Red Town. It occupies the former French Pavilion in the World Expo site and…
Shanghai
An independent gallery representing a balance of Chinese and international artists, both emerging and established. Curators speak English and are happy to…
Shanghai
An original M50 gallery and one of Shanghai's first contemporary art spaces, ShanghART is still going strong 20 years on.
Shanghai
This Chinese garden established in 1912 is a nice spot for a stroll with pavilions, ponds, quaint bridges and rocky outcrops.
Shanghai
Moved here in 1769 from its original location in Xuejiabang, this temple stands on the west side of the Chenghuang Bridge.
Shanghai Old City
A modest and charming retreat, this well-tended temple to Confucius is cultivated with maples, pines, magnolias and birdsong. The layout is typically…
Shanghai Old City
Dating from 1815, this pavilion contains the only preserved section of the 5km-long city walls. Also within the pavilion is a small Guandi temple, which…
Shanghai
It’s hard not to be impressed by the beautiful shíkùmén architecture of Zhang Garden, down Taixing Rd, off West Nanjing Rd and west of Shimen No 1 Rd…
Shanghai Old City
Just outside Shanghai Old City and once known as St Francis Xavier Church, this magnificent whitewashed cathedral is Shanghai’s oldest church, built by…
Shanghai
If the kids protest against sightseeing, the roller coasters, rides and huge Ferris wheel at this amusement park may mollify them. It’s a bit out of town…
Shanghai Old City
The vast Power Station of Art in the disused Nanshi Power Plant holds modern large-scale installations, design shows and other temporary exhibitions, some…
Shanghai
The magnificent St Ignatius Catholic Library, Bibliotheca Zi-Ka-Wei, is one of several Jesuit monuments defining historic Xujiahui. Established in 1847 by…
Shanghai
Alongside a middle school on Puhuitang Rd, this fascinating museum is dedicated to the arts and crafts of the former Tousewe Orphanage, established here…
Shanghai
Despite the hard-edged communist layout, this green park is good for a stroll. Soong Qingling, wife of Dr Sun Yatsen (co-founder of the Republic of China)…
Shanghai Science & Technology Museum
Shanghai
You need to do a huge amount of walking to get around this seriously spaced-out museum and some of it is pretty dated, but there are some fascinating…
Shanghai
A grand, two-storey 1920s building, the Shanghai Children’s Palace was formerly Kadoorie House, named after its wealthy Jewish owner. It's closed to the…
Shanghai Old City
The riverside Cool Docks consist of several shíkùmén (石库门, stone-gate houses) surrounded by red-brick warehouses, near (but not quite on) the waterfront…
Shanghai
Named after the Shanghai-born shipping magnate, this small but fascinating museum in Jiaotong University explores Chinese maritime history, with model…
Shanghai
Dominated by an imposing white marble cross, this serene park is dedicated to 17th-century Christian scholar and scientist Xu Guangqi, whose tomb (a large…
Shanghai
Founded by the Jesuits in 1900, the former Sheshan Observatory is near the Sheshan Basilica on West Hill. The museum contains exhibitions on the history…
Shanghai
The lack of English captions badly hobbles the displays of this small museum detailing the life and work of artist, poet, calligrapher and seal carver Wu…
Shanghai
Happy Valley is a wildly popular national amusement park with locations around China. This park is separated into different zones (Shanghai Bund, Gold…
Former Residence of Liu Changsheng
Shanghai
Inside a red-brick villa, this museum details the rise of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC). It's the former residence of underground CPC leader Liu…
Shanghai
Across from Jing'an Temple, this atmospheric landscaped garden is 33,600 sq metres in size and a nice little oasis in the city. Stroll past flowerbeds,…
International Table Tennis Federation Museum & China Table Tennis Museum
Shanghai Old City
The International Table Tennis Museum was originally located in Switzerland and moved to Shanghai in 2018. In addition to comprehensive coverage of the…
Shanghai
This art deco theatre was once the biggest nightclub in the 1930s. The first Chinese jazz band, Jimmy King, played here, and both the former ruler of…
Shanghai
This memorial hall, within an historic Ming dynasty building in Guangqi Park, is dedicated to the life and works of 17th-century Shanghai scientist Xu…
Shanghai
This modern park at the eastern end of Century Ave is strong on hard edges and synthetic lines, but there’s an attractive central lake (with expensive…
Shanghai Old City
Life’s a beach, even in the middle of Shanghai. If the sun comes out, pop down to this small but amusing artificial strip of sand right by the river and…
Shanghai Old City
The port-red and relatively new Taoist Baiyun (White Cloud) Temple is fronted by an entrance with twin eaves and separated from Dajing Pavilion, a…
Shanghai
Of Zhujiajiao’s quaint band of ancient bridges, the standout must be the graceful, 72m-long, five-arched Fangsheng Bridge, first built in 1571 with…
Shanghai
A historic 1903 outpost of the Qing dynasty postal service, this is not a huge place but it's nice to walk through the old wooden building's interior,…
Shanghai
The former St Ignatius Convent, standing across North Caoxi Rd from St Ignatius Cathedral, is now a restaurant called Ye Olde Station (上海老站, Shanghai…
Shanghai
On the corner of ritzy West Nanjing Rd sits Nobility of Time, a bronze sculpture created by Salvador Dalí, who constructed this signature dripping clock…
Shanghai
Gallery in the M50 complex featuring a range of Chinese works from traditional Taiwanese painters and Chinese artists overseas to contemporary works.
Shanghai
Set in lush green grounds, this historic house (building No 1 of the Cypress Hotel) was Victor Sassoon's bolthole villa in west Shanghai.
