Lonely Planet Shanghai

by Kate Morgan, Lonely Planet, Trent Holden

#1 best-selling guide to Shanghai*



Lonely Planet Shanghai is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Get a feel for the latest trends in the French Concession, whizz down to Hangzhou on a high-speed train, or explore the city's traditional laneways in Jing'an; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Shanghai and begin your journey now!



Inside Lonely Planet Shanghai Travel Guide:




Colour maps and images throughout

Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests

Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots

Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices

Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss

Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, religion, architecture, cuisine, visual arts, literature, music, Chinese opera, cinema, fashion, martial arts, festivals

Free, convenient pull-out Shanghai map (included in print version), plus over 30 colour maps

Covers The Bund, People's Square, Old Town, French Concession, Jing'an, Pudong, Hongkou, Xujiahui, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Tongli, Zhujiajiao, Zhouzhuang, Sheshan and more


The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Shanghai, our most comprehensive guide to Shanghai, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled.



Looking for just the highlights of Shanghai? Check out Pocket Shanghai, a handy-sized guide focused on the can't-miss sights for a quick trip.
About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves. The world awaits!



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*Best-selling guide to Shanghai. Source: Nielsen BookScan. Australia, UK and USA




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Genres: Travel, China, Nonfiction, Asia

320 pages, Paperback

First published February 12, 2001

Reviews

[Michael Flick]

Just back from 8 days in Shanghai. This book was moderately interesting for background information before the trip, but its organization and spotty coverage made it pretty much useless once there.

[Stasi Shuleva]

Well… this is a different read, if I might say so.

Saw it from a friend and decided to check it out. I had never thought of guides as having too much to offer, cause at the end of the day you can google so much.

However, I must say I was pleasantly surprised by the overview of it all and the things such a guide can have. From traditional food and history to a literal app for public toilets. I mean, the information is quite useful, even when it got me a bit worried (“no, the city is safe, just be careful of scams and… oh, yeah, don’t do something illegal cause Shanghai’s court puts people on death row more than any other place. There have been cases of international people being killed…”).

Safe to say I sound prepared, don’t I?!

[alana]

This Shanghai LP proved invaluable this week for its inclusion of addresses written in both Pinyin and Chinese characters. If you are taking taxis and don't speak Mandarin, just point to the address and you will get there. Brilliant!

As usual, I loved reading the history portions of this LP prior to visiting Shanghai.

The business turnover rate is high in Shanghai, and several restaurant locations listed in this book are no longer there. In other cases, the hours are no longer the same. The most up-to-date guide book would be essential if you are depending solely on recommended restaurants.

[Robin]

Decent maps and other essentials, but some lazy mistakes in the surrounding narratives. Also it would have helped to have more explicit instructions for how to get a refillable subway card.

Loved that the "Useful phrases" section included "I don't like innards." Useful indeed.

[Danielle]

Helpful for my brief trip to Shanghai. I wish the practical and architecture sections had been earlier in the book, though, as I didn’t finish reading before my trip and would have found them helpful when I was there.

[Jc]

Lots of great up-to-date advice that I made use of on my recent trip.

[Mojca]

3½ - 4 stars

[Jaap Grolleman]

It's an impossible task to describe a massive city like Shanghai in a book, especially coupled with the pace that Shanghai is cycling through its restaurants and shops that are mentioned inside.

[michelle]

Easy introduction for travelling to Shanghai, but it is a bit outdated. It provided some useful information about tourist attractions.

[Barry D.]

General information is Good, but some of the places mentioned (restaurants and bars) could not be found or were closed down.

The problem with these books is that they need to be reevaluated on a regular basis. As the book mentioned Shanghai consumes a large portion of the world concrete production that means that the city changes a lot.

In general a lot of useful tips, maps and tourist information.
I would recommend to have these kind of books in digital form with you. The lonely planet book series tend to be a bit large and heavy to just carry around in your luggage (with the exception of the pocket editions).

[Krys]

Obviously offering more detail than the big LP guidebook. For the most part, this series delivers the goods. But most frustrating is how practically every restaurant mentioned is no longer in existence. Other than that, it's been very helpful for finding my way around (and things to do) in both Shanghai and Hangzhou. Highly recommended for those who feel the need for at least a LITTLE sense of direction

[Todd]

Took a trip to Shanghai for the 2010 expo and brought this along. The information is alright, but the book is not written by a local. We tried one of the restaurant recommendations in a tourist area, and it was the worst meal of our stay. Lonely Planet puts out reasonable travel guides, and this one fits the bill, but it needs more local insight if it wants to earn its keep as one of the better guides.

[Jessica]

"Shanghai was one of the few safe havens for Jews fleeing the Holocaust in Europe as it required no passport nor visa to stay. Gestapo agents followed the refugees and, in 1942, tried to persuade the Japanese to build death camps on Chongming Island. Instead, in 1943, the Japanese forces Jews to move into a 'Designated Area for Stateless Refugees' in Hongkou."

[Vicky]

really helpful, that's how i got around, open up this book and keep on reading.. i still haven't been to all the places it mentioned even after 3 months of my stay here.

[Sagar Jethani]

Pretty good overview, as are most of the LP review guides.