Shanghai City BreakCompact

Trip Summary

The full Shanghai experience at city pace: the Bund and Pudong skyline from the Shanghai Tower's 546-m deck, old-town Yu Garden and Tianzifang lanes, the Shanghai Museum's bronzes, a Zhujiajiao canal afternoon and an optional full day at Shanghai Disneyland.

Trip Highlights

• The 118th-floor observation deck of Shanghai Tower through the clouds
• Yu Garden's Ming-dynasty rockeries before the old-town crowds
• A Disneyland day with the Tron coaster — book early for tickets
• Zhujiajiao's 400-year-old Fangsheng Bridge by canal boat
• Tianzifang's lane-art conversions and the French Concession plane trees

Day by Day

Day 1 — Arrive Shanghai

Maglev from Pudong (8 min to Longyang) or Hongqiao HSR arrival. Evening on the Bund esplanade for the skyline light-up at 19:00.

Flight in · Shanghaiinternational flights, destination pre-filledBook →

Stay · The Bundriverfront — skyline views and metro lines to everywhereBook →

Car rental · Shanghaipick up at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on arrivalBook →

Day 2 — Old town & towers

Yu Garden at opening, then the old-town bazaar. Cross to Lujiazui for the Shanghai Tower deck; sunset dim sum in Pudong.

Yu Garden Shanghai Tower

Stay · The Bundsame riverfront baseBook →

Tickets · Yu Gardenskip-the-line entryBook →

Tickets · Shanghai Towerskip-the-line entryBook →

Day 3 — Museums & lanes

Shanghai Museum's bronzes and ceramics, lunch on Yunnan Road, then Tianzifang's lanes and the Concession streets by bike-share.

Shanghai Museum Tianzifang

Stay · The Bundthird Bund nightBook →

Day 4 — Zhujiajiao or Disneyland

Morning metro-plus-bus to Zhujiajiao water town for canals and bridge views — or a full day at Shanghai Disneyland.

Zhujiajiao Water Town

Stay · The Bundlast Shanghai night before the Maglev outBook →

Tickets · Zhujiajiao Water Townskip-the-line entryBook →

Day 5 — Oriental Pearl & out

Photo stop at the Oriental Pearl, last coffee on the Bund, then Maglev out.

Oriental Pearl Tower