Originally Posted by
RichardInSF
This is a collection of rather strange advice about Shanghai. Remember, this is primarily a city for business. You can see all the tourist attractions three times over in three days IMO. I honestly think no matter how slowly you go, it's hard to fill up even a week in Shanghai, let alone 10 days.
Some of the folks who posted here -- moondog, jamoldo. etc -- have an incredible amount of local experience. Others, less so. For example, going up the TV tower is, IMO, a huge ripoff, especially since there are two nearby buildings that are considerably taller. Better to spend the $20+ tower admission fee on a drink or two in either the Grand Hyatt or Park Hyatt!
1. Thanks for the compliment, though I would pass the praise onto Moondog, Jie Jie (esp in BJ) as well as others far before myself. I only post what I know or have done before.
2. Agreed 100%.
I think it's all about what the OP wants. 10 days is a long time for Shanghai, and why spend it all in SH? Unless the OP knows a lot of people or friends to meet there, is researching or really wants to get in and out of local neighborhoods. Theoretically, the OP could spend the better part or more of a week with the two books I suggested in my previous post. However, as much as I like strolling, taking photos and interacting with folks, even that would be quite a stretch for me!
If one hasn't before he/she could easily fly up to Beijing, Xi'an or more easily, spend a few days in Hangzhou, Suzhou and Nanjing (Only been to the former and that was for business - 1 hour walk on the lake was all I got, - and some great food and a lovely first impression). Plenty of other parts/cities in China too. Chongqing? Chengdu? Kunming etc...