Free entry
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The Bund promenade
A riverbank walk with room for looking. Historic facades on one side, the Pudong skyline across the water.
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Choose a starting point from our growing Shanghai selection, then follow its official sources to plan your visit.
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Shanghai, with room to wander
A park, a dumpling stop and a river view. Three ways to begin a day without turning Shanghai into a checklist.
GuideCulture
Three starting points for Shanghai art
Collections in Pudong, exhibitions on the West Bund and contemporary art near the river. Pick a venue before making a route.
Free entry
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Shanghai Museum East
A museum day in Pudong, shaped around Chinese art. Choose a gallery and leave yourself time to look properly.
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West Bund Museum
Art first, river air afterwards. An exhibition-led stop on the Xuhui waterfront, with a programme connected to the Centre Pompidou.
StoryCulture
Shanghai tickets: which part of the visit is free?
A free promenade, a museum collection and a garden ticket are different plans. Match the admission rule to the experience you want.
Free entry
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Rockbund Art Museum
Contemporary art near the Bund, with free exhibition admission. Check what is on before building a day around it.
Free entry
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Fuxing Park
A green pause near Huaihai Road. Come without a checklist and let a park bench become part of the plan.
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Yu Garden
Ponds, rockwork and framed views in the old city. Give the garden its own visit, separate from the shopping streets outside.
RestaurantShanghainese
Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant: Yuyuan
A soup-dumpling stop in the Yuyuan area. Choose the branch on Yuyuan Road and make the meal a plan of its own.
RestaurantShanghainese
Lu Bo Lang
A sit-down meal in the Yuyuan area, with Shanghainese cooking and pastries. Plan around the lunch and dinner services.
EventExhibitions
Reinventing Landscape
A last-chance autumn look at how artists picture landscapes, with works from the Centre Pompidou collection at West Bund Museum.
On the house
EventExhibitions
Jota Mombaça: stuck in movement (in the tide)
An announced autumn exhibition at Rockbund Art Museum, opening on 31 October. A free art stop to plan around a future Bund visit.
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Natural history, later into the evening
Shanghai Natural History Museum extends its opening hours for selected Mid-Autumn and National Day holiday dates.
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Computer Worlds
A West Bund exhibition follows the computer into art, design and architecture. Pair the gallery with a walk along the Huangpu.
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Transient Possession, Lasting Delight
Ming and Qing porcelain from the Zande Lou donation makes a focused stop inside Shanghai Museum East’s ceramics galleries.
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Ai Apaec: a paper-art workshop
A bookable museum workshop for ages 9–18, with two Sunday sessions exploring a heroic journey through paper art.
GuideCulture
City models, sculpture and sesame noodles
People’s Square to a small noodle shop, with sculpture and park time between the city’s larger gestures.
PlaceFood & drink
Punch Room
A reservation-only room at The Shanghai EDITION, with warm wood, punch-led cocktails and the skyline close at hand.
PlaceFood & drink
Long Bar
A long polished counter in the Waldorf Astoria’s heritage building, for an evening that begins with the architecture of the Bund.
PlaceFood & drink
La Terrazza
A high terrace at Bvlgari Hotel Shanghai, with Suzhou Creek below and a wide view towards Pudong after dark.
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Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
Get your bearings at People’s Square before walking into the city itself. Urban planning becomes a useful lens for a Shanghai afternoon.
GuideFood & drink
From the Bund’s old rooms to the skyline
Long Bar’s historic counter, a reserved seat at Punch Room and an open-air finish above Suzhou Creek. Three ways to see a Shanghai evening.
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Power Station of Art
Contemporary art in a former power station on the Huangpu, with a building that changes the scale of the afternoon.