Hello? Shanghai? Anybody Home?
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Who nowadays would spend money just to see the same old mountains and rivers? People come to Shanghai to enjoy experiences you can't find in other cities. It's like how Shanghainese people visit Japan multiple times a year, or how many Koreans specifically prefer Shanghai.
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Hengshan Road, Fuxing Middle Road, Wukang Road, Anfu Road, Pudong Art Museum, Shanghai Astronomy Museum, Xintiandi, Jing'an Temple, Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street, The Bund, Disneyland, Shanghai Tower – this is my go-to itinerary when showing friends and family around, usually taking three to four days. For meals, spending over 500 RMB per person usually guarantees a good experience, but around 300 RMB per person is also quite decent if you're not looking to splurge on treating others. For kids or young girls, I'd take them to various gelato and dessert shops. For peers, I'd arrange to see a play, musical, or stand-up comedy. For older relatives, a stay or meal at the Peace Hotel is a good choice.
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That's very comprehensive!
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People come to Shanghai to enjoy life, not for the exhausting kind of tourism where you rush through sights and risk getting ripped off. Leisurely travel is a joy for discerning individuals. You could spend a whole day at the Shanghai Museum's exhibition of Egyptian national treasures and still not see everything. Top-tier Western performances at the Grand Theatre might be their only stop in China – for example, the Berlin Philharmonic's Asia tour included Shanghai but not Hong Kong. There are also rumors of a Taylor Swift concert in Shanghai this year. Furthermore, upcoming events like the F1 Shanghai Grand Prix and the year-end ATP Tennis Masters are major tourist attractions, and no other Chinese city hosts such a diverse lineup of these events.
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Seriously? Taylor Swift is coming to Shanghai this year?!
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Perhaps they just come to experience what a big city is like. For ordinary people, there might indeed not be much that's 'fun' in the traditional sense.
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Shanghai offers such abundant resources to ordinary people. Just yesterday, I saw a parent comment that Shanghai is like a generous, tasteful, yet understated wealthy benefactor. They mentioned that their kids never want to leave the planetarium, museum, or aquarium, and that they visit weekly.
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Putting other things aside, when my nieces and nephews visited Shanghai for a week during summer vacation, and I showed them around, they went back home determined to study hard and get into a university in Shanghai.
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Any recommendations? I'm planning a trip to Shanghai soon.
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Well, I mainly go for the shopping. When I get tired of Hangzhou's shopping scene, I go to Shanghai. When I'm done with Shanghai, I head to Nanjing. It's all about the 'city walk' for me. If I want to see natural scenery, I'd consider places like Xinjiang, Tibet, or the Northwest.
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Me too! Count me in.
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Isn't the point of travel to escape a place you're tired of, only to visit a place someone else is tired of?
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It can't even compare to Nanjing or Hangzhou.
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Is three to four thousand [RMB] enough, excluding flights and accommodation? No Disney, no shopping – just for coffee, exhibitions, and musicals.
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That might not be enough for musicals... tickets for shows at smaller theaters are already around 499 [RMB] these days.
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All I can say is, after visiting Shanghai once, I found myself yearning for it even more.
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I took my daughter to Shanghai once when she was in the 3rd grade. She's been talking about wanting to go back for years. She even pestered me to go during Chinese New Year. I'm planning to take her there for a short trip during the holiday next month.