Glancing at the Shanghai Town

Ok.. enough of serious stuffs.. Going to introduce some famous places in Shanghai. I am not an authorized tour guide but at least I know where are the places that you can go to if you are heading to Shanghai.

人民广场
I will compare this to the City Hall of Shanghai. It is the heart of the town as many people change their train if they are traveling between 浦东 and 浦西. You can observe how developed Shanghai is from here... and I am proud to see Capital Land's Raffles City right at 人民广场. Although it is very accessible, there are many people and cars in this area. 所谓 "上海数人头", you can really see how packed Shanghai is. But since there are many places that you can travel from there, you should go there at least once.

南京步行街
This is a very well-known street in Shanghai, starting from 人民广场. There are many shopping centers along this street and they are usually very "class". I will recommend walking down this at night because you can see how beautiful lit the place is. If I remember correctly, it will take roughly 1/2-1 hour to walk down the street. Move down from 人民广场to 南京东路 because you will get to see the beautiful bund at night.

外滩 (The Bund)
This place is usually very crowded and many couples like to go there. It has a beautiful night scenery along the river 黄浦江 and you can see colonial building lit up in yellow lighting behind you. Usually people come here to take photos with the famous Oriental Pearl Tower 东方明珠塔. You can also see the developed scenery of 浦东from this place but I feel that it is more scenic from the 浦东side. This is because you can see the old scenery of Shanghai.

东方明珠塔
In my personal opinion, I do not find the building attractive. But I was told that after this tower was built, 浦东starts to develop very fast. It is worthy to come and take a look. In other words, if you don't see the tower, you can't say that you have come to Shanghai. Anyway, you need to pay to go up the tower and I didn't go up there. Stop at the 陆家嘴MRT station if you want to go there. You can also get to see the Bund from the other side of the river. There are also many shopping centers that you can take a look, like 金茂大厦.

城隍庙
The temple worships 孔子but so far I didn't go in before. I do respect him but just that I could not have the chance to go in and pray. There are many stalls over here, selling chinese handicrafts and jewellery. There are also two buildings with stalls that look like 七浦路. Anyway, don't forget to try the famous 小笼包here. Well, it is another famous tourist attraction that you shouldn't miss.

七浦路
This is a very large market, selling apparels. If you like shopping and like to bargain, this is the place to go. Remember, you have to bargain!

七宝古镇
This place is a small version of 水乡. I went there at night and didn't really see much thing there because all stalls are closed. But the scenery is still very beautiful. The only thing is that it is quite far from the central.

徐家汇
I am very familiar with this place because I stayed near here. There are four big shopping centers here, opened by Singaporean (美罗城), Japanese (Sogo), Hong Kong (港汇) and Chinese (上海百货). I usually go 美罗城 because there are arcade, bookshop and foodcourt (大食代). Behind it, there is 百脑汇, a famous IT center (similar to our Sim Lim Square). This place is also very crowded.

新天地/Bon Bon/Baby Face/Windows
Well.. These are famous clubbing places. I like the atmosphere in 新天地 but it is quite a costly entertainment place. But you should at least go there to see the place once because a lot of foreigners are there. You can go clubbing at the other affordable places. But do be careful of your belongings... my friend lost his handphone there. All these clubbing places are in 衡山路，淮海路，黄皮南路, 静安寺...

静安寺
This is another place that is very centrally located with the famous 玖光百货.. You can go into the temple to take a look.

Other interesting places include 古北家乐福，田林，虹桥路, 上海体育场(Foxtown). If you want to eat Singapore Food, look for Frankie's place... I can't remember the place but I know who to get it from =) You can also try 和记.. it is kinda staple food for me and my friends. The food in Shanghai is famous for salty and oily. So be prepared.