The Bund, skyscrapers and old concessions. Here is when to go, what a day costs on site and what to see, then Okela composes your itinerary hour by hour.

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When to visit Shanghai

Best months: March, April, May, October and November.

What to see in Shanghai

1. The Bund
   The Bund sets two eras of Shanghai side by side: the neoclassical and Art Deco facades of the former International Settlement on one bank, and the towers of Lujiazui rising across the Huangpu on the other.
2. Yu Garden & bazar
   This classical Ming-era garden gives you a quiet pause in the heart of the old city, with pavilions, ponds and rockeries.
3. Shanghai Tower (Lujiazui)
   At 632 meters, with a silhouette that twists up into the sky, Shanghai Tower dominates Lujiazui, and the view from the top shows you the whole scale of the city.
4. Concession française (Wukang Rd)
   This is the best place to see why the former French Concession is still the most pleasant part of Shanghai to explore on foot.
5. Musée de Shanghai
   This museum of ancient Chinese art lets you walk through thousands of years of craftsmanship in a handful of galleries, right in the middle of People's Square.
6. Tianzifang
   This maze of narrow alleys, a former lilong of shikumen houses in the French Concession, still mixes laundry hanging from windows with artists' studios and small shops.
7. Nanjing Road
   The pedestrian section of Nanjing Road is one of the busiest shopping streets in the world.
8. Jia Jia Tang Bao
   This is a well-known Shanghai address for xiaolongbao, the small steamed dumplings that hold a hot broth inside their wrapper.

A sample itinerary for Shanghai, three days

Composed by Okela from the places in its database, with times. Yours takes your dates, pace and group into account.

Budget

Expect about €120 per person per day on site (accommodation, meals, transport and visits), depending on the comfort you choose. Okela shows the price of every step of your itinerary.

My Shanghai itinerary, hour by hour

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