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Shanghai is a fascinating city which combines elements of old-style China with those of a modern metropolis. This huge city – China’s largest - has a population of 16.5 million and a land area of nearly 3,000 square miles. Shanghai is known by several nicknames – the Paris of the East, the City on the Sea – and is a series of charming contradictions. Vibrant and sleepy, provincial and international, progressive and retro – all at the same time.

Visitors face an embarrassment of riches when looking for ways to keep busy and sights to view around the town. Whether you are into shopping, museums, people-watching, sight-seeing, theater-going - there’s something in Shanghai for you. Below are five of the city’s most popular spots. Don’t leave without checking them out!

Tourist Spots

The Bund (rhymes with “fund”)
The Bund is a stretch along Shanghai’s city-splitting Huangpu River. The architecture of the buildings on the Bund is reminiscent of Old Shanghai in its 1930s heyday. Row upon row of classically designed structures line a three-mile stretch along the river. In the evenings, with the lights dancing on the water, the Bund cruise is a romantic delight. Very popular amongst tourists, the cruise gives you a breathtaking view of Shanghai at night.

Yuyuan Gardens
The garden is over 400 years old and feature arts and sculptures from both the Ming and Wing dynasties. Featuring smoothly worn rocks, gleaming waters and various halls full of classic Chinese architecture, the gardens are a favorite amongst tourists and locals alike.

The Oriental Pearl Tower
New York has the Statue of Liberty. London has Big Ben. Shanghai has the Oriental Pearl Tower. This monument to progressiveness has become the international symbol of Shanghai. You will see it on maps, postcards and all sorts of promotional ads for the city. With good reason. The tower is awesome – in the truest sense of the word. Located in Shanghai’s business district of Pudong, it is a column of shimmering pink spheres of varying sizes which, from a distance, seem to hover over each other, giving the effect of rose-colored pearl drops falling from the sky.

Shanghai Museum
China has four main museums – one in each of Shanghai, Beijing, Nanjing and Xi’an. Of the four, the Shanghai museum is particularly impressive. It has a floor area of 12,000 square meters and houses over 120,000 cultural relics which are divided into 21 categories. Mirroring the Chinese philosophy of “round heaven and square earth” the museum is designed with a dome-shaped roof and a square base.

Nanjing East Road Pedestrian Mall
A shopper’s paradise and a budgeter’s nightmare - Nanjing Dong Lu is the epicenter of Shanghai’s shopping culture and a place where fantastic bargains for fabulous purchases can be made. Hundreds of stalls line the street for a mile-long stretch from the Bund to Xizang Zhong Lu (Xizang Middle Road). Al fresco cafés, designer stores, bars, shopping stalls, big chain fast food restaurants, jewelers, trams, neon lights - Nanjing Dong Lu has it all. If you don’t mind the hubbub, make sure you visit this microcosm of Shanghai – you’ll be glad you did!

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