Shanghai, Bund and Skyline — editorial illustration
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Shanghai

Bund and Skyline

Editorial illustration · not a site photograph
  • 3 daysriverfront, museums and the concessions
  • Spring & autumnmild months; plum rain in June
  • Reservefree museums use timed, real-name entry
  • Gatewayhigh-speed rail to Suzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing

Shanghai is China's window to the world and the front door to the Yangtze delta — a city where a colonial-era riverfront of granite banks stares across the water at one of the boldest skylines on earth. It rewards walking as much as seeing: plane-tree streets from the former French Concession, stone-gate lanes where old Shanghai still lives, a Ming garden tucked behind a tourist bazaar, and museums that cost nothing if you reserve ahead.

Cyclists and walkers on a rain-washed Shanghai plane-tree street at dusk
A plane-tree neighborhood after rain · editorial illustration

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