The Shanghai City Guides answer the questions every first-timer has: which dumpling shops are worth an early alarm, how to see the skyline without paying for a tower, where the good bars hide in the old French Concession and which water town or Suzhou garden fits into one day. Each guide is a short, opinionated list with the reason to go, what to order or look for and a practical tip for every place, and it opens in your browser as soon as you pay.
About the Shanghai City Guides
- 140 places
- 6 guides
- 13 languages
- Works offline
- Print or PDF
- Instant access
- Free updates
The six Shanghai guides
Food guide
23 places
Soup dumplings at breakfast time, crab-roe noodles in season, old-school Shanghainese dining rooms and the Bund restaurants to walk past.
Things to do guide
24 places
Museums and how to book them, free skyline views, working temples and long walks under the plane trees of the French Concession.
Family guide
24 places
Pandas at the zoo, a walk-around model of the whole city, hands-on science halls, acrobats and a Disneyland plan for quiet days.
Nightlife guide
24 places
Cocktail bars behind unmarked doors, Bund rooftops that are worth the price, craft beer, live music and supper after midnight.
Day trips guide
24 places
Canal towns, the classical gardens of Suzhou, Hangzhou’s West Lake and Nanjing, all reachable by fast train and back for dinner.
Budget guide
21 places
Museums that cost nothing, free walks and parks, dumpling lunches for small change and the cheapest way across the river.
Why an interactive guide beats a list
Tick places off
Mark each place as done and watch your progress, so you always know what is left.
Your own notes
Write notes on any place and add your own finds. They stay on your phone.
One tap to Maps
Every place opens in Google Maps, and the day route puts your picks in a sensible order.
Open now, near me
Filter by what is open right now or what is closest to you.
Works offline
Open the guide once with a connection and it keeps working without data.
Print it or save as PDF
On a computer, print any guide or save it as a PDF to take with you.
Three places from the guides
Lanxin Restaurant
Jinxian Road, former French Concession
A tight little room down an alley where home-style Shanghainese cooking is the whole point. Order the eel sizzled in hot oil and the scallion noodles, and come as two, not as a group. From the food guide.
Jade Buddha Temple
Anyuan Road, Jing’an
A monastery that still runs as one, with monks chanting in the halls and two white jade Buddhas that came from Burma in 1882. Look out for the cats in the courtyards. From the things to do guide.
Master of the Nets Garden
Gusu, Suzhou, near Shiquan Street
The smallest of Suzhou’s famous gardens and, for many, the finest: ponds, pavilions and framed views packed into a space you can see in about an hour. From the day trips guide.
Plan your days in Shanghai
For a first day, start with dumplings from the food guide, walk the Bund and the Yu Garden from the things to do guide and end with a cocktail in the French Concession from the nightlife guide. On day two, take a fast train to Suzhou’s gardens or a canal town with the day trips guide, or stay in town and follow the budget guide’s free walks around Wukang Road and Fuxing Park. Keep a rainy or slow day for the free Shanghai Museum, the Natural History Museum and the city model at the Urban Planning Exhibition Center, all in the family and budget guides.
Questions about the Shanghai guides
What do the Shanghai City Guides include?
Six guides with 140 places in total: food, things to do, family, nightlife, day trips and budget. Each place has the reason to go, the area, notes on timing and one practical tip.
How do I receive the guides once I have paid?
The links show up on your order page straight after payment and in the confirmation email. They open in any browser on a phone or laptop, with no app and no account.
Can I use the guides offline in Shanghai?
Yes. Open each guide once while you are online and it keeps working without a connection, ticks and notes included. Map links need mobile data.
Which languages are the guides in?
The guides open in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Greek, Polish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Arabic. You can switch the language inside the guide at any time.
Can I buy a single guide?
Yes. One guide is €4.99, two are €8.99, four are €15.99 and the full set of six is €19.99.
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