Planning Your First Day in Shanghai
A calm, practical plan for arriving, choosing one manageable outing, and leaving room to adjust.
China, at your own pace
Shanghai 上海
A different city. A new way to wander.
Find your own pace
GET TO KNOW SHANGHAI
Why this city?
Discover Shanghai through free reading and local notes, at your own pace.
Start with a little reading, then make room to wander. Browse our free guides and choose the places and topics that interest you.
KEEP EXPLORING
Guides for Shanghai
No public image yet Shanghai, Read in Motion
A complete, flexible central-Shanghai day built around a civic square, a commercial street, and a historic riverfront.
Shanghai in Three Readings
A short, complete way to read a central Shanghai sequence through civic space, a commercial street, and the riverfront.
Your first hour in Shanghai
A calm arrival sequence: save the Chinese destination, establish connectivity, choose a workable transfer and keep a late-arrival backup.
No public image yet Lanes, trees and neighbourhood streets
A Wukang-area core, one optional street and a separate park continuation, with residential boundaries and shorter choices.
A first look at Shanghai’s neighbourhoods
Choose between the river, smaller streets, a park pause and the old city, then build one manageable Shanghai half-day.
No public image yet Old city, small streets and the everyday table
Organise the old city around one main visit and a meal, distinguish separate attractions, and use useful Chinese food questions.
No public image yet The city on both banks
A Bund-side core walk with a separate optional Pudong extension, shorter choices and practical crossing checks.
Places from the guides Chinese addresses & companion map
PLACES FROM OUR GUIDES
Places & addresses
Find a place, keep its Chinese address, and return to the story behind it.
How to use this map
Choose a collection or search for a place. Select a marker or a list entry to open its Chinese address and related reading.
This is a companion to the guides, not live navigation. Places without trusted coordinates stay in the list; incomplete addresses are marked for confirmation.
Map view unavailable. Browse the places and keep their Chinese addresses close to hand below.
Map controls become available when public map tiles load. The full place list and addresses remain usable.