Location: Old Town
Top Things to do in Old Town
Top Restaurants in Shanghai
- 1. Epicure on 45
- 2. Scena (The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai Pudong)
- 3. Flair Rooftop
- 4. Shanghai Haidilao Hot Pot (Zhangyang Road)
- 5. Jin Xuan Chinese Restaurant (The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong)
- 6. Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet
- 7. Efes Restaurant Turkish & Mediterranean Cuisine
- 8. Tock's - A Montreal Deli
- 9. Goodfellas
- 10. The 1515 West, Chophouse & Bar
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10 Things to do in Old Town That You Shouldn't Miss
The largest city in China is also its most cosmopolitan, offering visitors a chance to experience the past, present, and future all at once. The Huangpu River splits Shanghai into two districts: Pudong and Puxi. The Pudong skyline looks like it was ripped from the Jetsons, with the bulbous Oriental Pearl TV and Radio Tower looking a bit like a two headed lollipop. On the Puxi side, you can walk the Bund riverside district to get a taste of old Shanghai.
Restaurants in Shanghai
1. Newman Tours
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 437 reviews
Newman Tours has received the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence for the last six years running. Our native English-speaking guides integrate iPads and Chinese cultural activities with vivid storytelling to deliver informative and memorable experiences. We have been providing tours in China since 2010. We pride ourselves on delivering educational and interactive tours in Shanghai, Beijing, Xi'an, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Chengdu, and Shaolin.
2. Shanghai Driver Guide
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 232 reviews
Hi,there.Welcome to Shanghai!This is Tom,a tour guide with 11 years working experience.I know the best way to explore a city is walking around and talk with the locals.I'm very happy to share my experience of China with all of you.Looking forward to seeing you!
3. Shanghai Pathways-Private One-day and Walking Tours
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 431 reviews
If you want unique & authentic tours to see the real Shanghai, come join us! We take you behind the scenes of a destination to reveal it's hidden gems and appreciate the Chinese culture. We believe this is the perfect style of travel experience for those who want to get off the beaten path and really connect with the destination. With English speaking Chinese guides who lives in Shanghai, you are assured a real local experience. The experience can be as short as a couple of hours, or a whole day, but in every case we will take you to interesting places to meet locals, and really see what makes the place tick.
4. Shanghai Tour Facilitator - Harris Private Tour
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 159 reviews
See modern China in place no other than Shanghai. Knowing the city from various sides, I am committed to making your tour experience exceed expectation.Aside from regular tours that cover all the popular tourist's spots, I am specially focused on bringing you culture&lifestyle-oriented perspectives by organizing featured activities, which involve you in a close touch with local residents. Programs include practising Taichi, learning cooking, learning calligraphy, watching attired opera, viewing tea ceremony, playing Longtang games, all at your requests.Explore Shanghai, Experience China!
5. Yu Garden (Yuyuan)
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 10,566 reviews
A classical garden complete with period style buildings. The Garden was created by Pan Yunduan a Government Officer for his family finishing in 1577.
Reviewed By Emmi35
This 400-years-old garden built in Ming dynasty is an authentically old Chinese style garden with wooden bridges, old style houses, ponds with carps and turtles, mountain-like rock, carved dragons and greenery garden. A temple is nearby that one should visit too.
6. Huangpu Dajing Guandi Temple
7. Old Town (Nanshi)
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,154 reviews
Reviewed By JoanneP514 - Bowral, Australia
Easy to walk around in a couple of hours. Pretty gardens and pavilions and lots of shops to buy your souvenirs. Interesting old buildings, fabulous tea houses and lots of produce to tease the senses. Worthwhile. Beware though it is crowded and so be careful of your belongings.
8. Chenxiang Temple
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 17 reviews
9. Shanghai Confucian Temple
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 288 reviews
Reviewed By Hugary1 - Sydney, Australia
An oasis of calm in a very busy bustling part of a busy city. Our guide Penny was very knowledgable and her English was excellent. No question too difficult. She was also very helpful with transportation back showing us how to use the Metro and get a week pass.
10. Shanghai Metro
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 4,152 reviews
Reviewed By v6arj - Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
this has to be the best way to traverse the huge city of Shanghai, we were shocked to see how far out our booked hotel was so we decided to get the 3 day metro pass, just 80 juan, (about £9 / $10) what incredible value we used it 10 times a day for the 3 days and the system works incredibly well, lots of trains, short waiting times, spotlessly clean (everywhere) and impressive carriages. all well sign posted with english subtitles, we had a tricky job getting the english language version of the metro map, managing to get one in on elf the tourist info centres, life was much easier then.
