3-day Itinerary. Help needed.

Here is our itinerary. Comments and suggestions are welcome. Kindly advise as well the mode of transportation to transfer from one point to another. Thanks!

Thursday, Mar 12 鈥?PVG ETA 2345H.

Friday, Mar 13

AM to PM:

Shanghai Museum

Yuyuan Garden

Shanghai Old Street

Oriental Pearl TV Tower

Saturday, Mar 14

AM to PM:

French concession region

Shanghai People鈥檚 Park

Nanjing Road

The Bund

Xintiandi

Sunday, Mar 15

AM-Free (suggestions?)

Noon-Hotel check-out

PM-Free (suggestions?)

Monday, Mar 16 PVG-ETD 0030H

3-day Itinerary. Help needed.

Friday, Mar 13

Yuyuan Garden

Shanghai Old Street

(take taxi)

Shanghai Museum

(take subway line 2)

Oriental Pearl TV Tower

Saturday, Mar 14

French concession region

(take taxi)

Xintiandi

(take subway line 1 but just 1 stop, or walk 15 min,)

Shanghai People鈥檚 Park

(walk)

Nanjing Road

(walk)

The Bund

Sunday, Mar 15

jade buddha temple?

Noon-Hotel check-out

maybe shopping area?

3-day Itinerary. Help needed.

^ Thank you CuteMinMin. I see that you have changed your avatar. Nice smile :)

We would be following the revised itinerary. Do you think it is too much for the day or just right?

And, I am not sure if this is going a little too far...But from the list, could you indicate if there are entrance fees collected and the cost of the transportation(taxi fare, subway fare).

xie xie :)

Hahah Annie-Ph,I love smiling, so just took a photo of my smile and put here:D

It%26#39;s not much but you probably need to walk a lot on Mar 14:)

Friday, Mar 13

Yuyuan Garden 40RMB in March since it%26#39;s tourist season

Shanghai Old Street free

(take taxi) 11RMB

Shanghai Museum free

(take subway line 2) 3RMB/person

Oriental Pearl TV Tower for just the history museum it%26#39;s 35RMB/person, for the highest observation deck 150RMB/person

Saturday, Mar 14

former French concession region fee

(take taxi) depends on the area of former French concession region you ended, gererally 15-20RMB

Xintiandi free

(take subway line 1 but just 1 stop, or walk 15 min,) 3 RMB/person

Shanghai People鈥檚 Park, free

(walk)

Nanjing Road, free

(walk)

The Bund, free

Sunday, Mar 15

jade buddha temple 20+10RMB/person

Check out http://www.exploreshanghai.com/metro for a good interactive map of Shanghai%26#39;s metro system, with journey times and fares.

Fri 13/3: Shanghai Museum (free, get here as early as possible) -- walk -- People%26#39;s Park -- metro -- French Concession area -- metro -- Chinese acrobat performance at Shanghai Circus World (cheapest tickets 80 RMB/pax) -- metro -- Xintiandi

Sat 14/3: Yuyuan Gardens (35 RMB?) -- Nanxiang xiaolongbao brunch -- Yuyuan Bazaar (free) -- walk -- Shanghai Old Street -- walk/taxi -- 1-hour Whampoa River cruise (70 RMB?) -- metro/ferry -- Shanghai World Financial Centre (150 RMB for top floor, get here just before sunset) -- walk -- Bund-view dinner in Super Brand Mall -- walk -- Riverside Promenade -- metro/ferry -- the Bund -- walk -- Nanjing Lu pedestrian street -- walk -- Wujiang Lu snacks street

For the last day, what are you more interested in doing? Shopping or more sightseeing (what are you interested in seeing)?

Thanks much! We%26#39;ll be staying at the Bund Hotel.

I will try to revise my itinerary (as suggested by CuteMinMin---thank you again!) and incorporate the other sites,

By the way, are there any must see night spots that we can go to at the end of the day?

Erm... did you read mine as well?

Hi Annie,

First, reserve your tall building visit, Pearl Tower or World Financial Center for a nice clear day. This month has been incredibly rainy, so if you find a nice clear day in March, visit your choice of high-rise immediately before the weather turns on you. The haze most of the time can make the trip to the top and the admittance fee marginal at best.

If you enjoy looking at period architecture, you might search out the Old China Hand Press Reading Room (Google search it) in the former French Concession area. They sell two full-color walking tour books which each have six distinct local walks.

The Huangpu River boat ride is another iffy way to spend money. You can see just as much of interest from the shores of the river. The rest of the river is pretty grimy industrial in nature. The ferry is a nice alternative, and cheaper.

I find the Shanghai Museum a lot to take in all at once. If you find your last day rainy, you might want to return to see the things you missed the first time through. However, Sundays are a very busy day, so get there at opening time. Get a late checkout and return to your hotel room to freshen up and store your bags with the hotel. Then you can take another Shanghai walk, visit the Jade and Longhua temples or you might enjoy the Confucius Temple, not often visited with a book fair on Sundays and the temple itself (admission charge) is almost empty and a great contemplative island in the sea of humanity in Shanghai. By all means avoid the typical Chinese attractions on Sunday, such as YuYuan Gardens, Nanjing Road, etc. Far too crowded.

Another interesting sight on nice mornings in Shanghai is to visit a local neighborhood park and observe the daily activities of the Shanghainese, such as Tai Chi, and singing in chorus or individually, etc.

Since you are spending three full days in the city, you might want to invest in the DK Eyewitness Guide to Beijing %26amp; Shanghai. Around $23, it is a cheap investment to have maps and color illustrations and pictures of everything interesting in Shanghai. All the sights are spelled out in Chinese too, so you just point at the names for the taxi drivers.

You notice I did not lay out a day-by-day plan. Because weather changes your objectives from indoor to outdoor activities and back again, I find it more convenient to fit in the outdoor stuff while you can. (Make hay while the sun shines, as they say.)

Sorry ellyse, I meant to mention your name...If you noticed my sentence was hanging there, as I was supposed to say that I will revise it to include your suggestions :) xie xie!

SoBeSparky, that is very insightful. Yeah, weather could be very tricky, we%26#39;ll make our itinerary flexible.

We plan to make the most out of the 3-day trip.. So if you have additional suggestions, they are very welcome.

Also do you have suggestion for bars and hangouts where we can have a nightcap?

I already included Xintiandi. However that might be a little expensive, so you might want to try Tongren Lu. My ';favourite'; place was actually Abbey Road in the French Concession, but that%26#39;s because it was near where I lived, and it had a Scrabble board! The food and drinks are quite decent as well. :)

Thanks elysse, yes..we%26#39;ll go to Xiantiandi.

Btw,the hotel that we are staying in is ';The Bund Riverside'; not the Bund Hotel... I think there is a difference. :)