Originally Posted by
torrid
I will be in Shanghai from Oct 13 to Oct. 31, giving me two weekends to explore. I would appreciate any suggestions and where to go and things to see. I would also like to get out of the city one of the weekends. What is the best mode of transportation to see the countryside? What might it cost to hire a driver for a day?
Thanks for your help. This forum is a wonderful resource.
Torrid
Welcome to FT!
1. Try the (far from perfect) search function.
2. How active are you?
http://www.bohdi.com.cn/
I did a day bike tour of Zhujiajiao - which was incredible. Rice fields, fish
farms, countryside, new but unocupied villas real mix/clash of old and new. The surface was all flat and the guides were great. Something I would defintiely do again - though probably at a different place.
3. As for main ideas of things to see - plenty of guidebooks will have them.
If you like walking (like I do). Go to the Old China Hand Reading Road on Shaoxing Lu (
http://www.frommers.com/destinations...ai/S28873.html) -dont mean to plug Frommer's; it was just the first result on Google. Buy a copy of "Six Shanghai Walks (I've said this quite a bit in previous threads) and pick one. I did walk number 4 - the French Concession - which was fantastic (I have some tips on this walk - PM me). The book takes you step by step through neighborhoods, with maps, history, descriptions etc.