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.
