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Upon arrival, you will be transported cancun vacation rentals to the city center via the world's fastest commercial train, the Maglev, switch to a ride on the world's longest metro system, look out from the world's tallest observation deck and, lastly, climb into a bed almost half a kilometer in the air.
Occupying the upper part (79th-93rd floors) of the 492-meter Shanghai World Financial Center, all 174 rooms enjoy stunning vistas overlooking Lujiazui high-rises, the Huangpu River or the Puxi downtown area.
The 15-story, 259-room Picardie sits opposite Xujiahui Park, one of the best locations in town to observe China's unique park culture: you'll see massive exercise groups at dawn and a public dancing spectacle at dusk.
This 26-room boutique hotel in downtown Jing'an District cancun vacation rentals was once a post office and now claims to be China's first carbon neutral hotel. The renovation, which was completed using 100 percent locally-sourced and recycled materials, has won numerous awards for its sustainability and design.
Located on a local street, cancun vacation rentals across the road from one of Shanghai's best little tonkatsu joints, URBN is popular with visitors looking for innovative design and a green feel, with rooms over-looking a courtyard and bamboo garden.
It's also at the south end of Yunnan Nan Lu, one of Shanghai's original food streets with some of the city's yummiest shengjian cancun vacation rentals (fried dumplings) at Da Hu Chun (大壶春, 71 Yunnan Nan Lu, near Jinling Dong Lu).
"It's so rare to see such classic Cantonese food," says Shen Hongfei. "It's flavorful and light and it's almost like the food prepared cancun vacation rentals for the managers of Thirteen Factories [an 18th-century foreign trade zone in Guangzhou]."
The meal itself embraces a staggering choice cancun vacation rentals of vegetables, cancun vacation rentals meat and seafood that diners cook themselves in a bubbling pot of broth placed cancun vacation rentals in the middle of the table. Hot pot soups range from super-spicy to plain and diners get to DIY their dipping sauce.
Xiaolongbao is Shanghai's favorite cancun vacation rentals snack food and everyone in Shanghai has an opinion about where the best xiaolongbao in town can be found. There are many excellent options around town, but many visitors unfortunately usually end up at tourist traps in Yu Gardens, cancun vacation rentals or at chains such as Din Tai Fung.
A very respectable example of the specialty can be had from Fu Chun, in the downtown Jing'an District. Popular with locals, this place is perpetually busy with diners ordering Fu Chun Xiaolongbao  (RMB 6 for six dumplings) and Crab Roe Xiaolongbao (RMB 16 for six dumplings) cancun vacation rentals in ample quantities.
During public holidays, massive crowds of travelers swarm Qibao Old Street for a view of the canals, cancun vacation rentals or to snap that atmospheric photo of morning haze dancing around the neighborhood's scenic bridge.
Qibao Old Street , Qingnian cancun vacation rentals Road, Minhang District, Shanghai China; Qibao Old Street is approximately 30 minutes away from downtown cancun vacation rentals Shanghai by metro. Take Metro Line 9 to Qibao Station (七宝站). From there, the street is 10 minutes' walk away.
The rooftop bar's interiors were created cancun vacation rentals by Japanese design gurus Super Potato, but the real draw is the terrace. Standing approximately 250 meters in the sky, this is  the highest bar terrace in the city, with tiered sofa-seating that looks onto the financial district's skyscrapers.
This chain of bars is wildly popular in many of China's second- and third-tier cities and since they opened their first Shanghai incarnation it's become apparent that the formula cancun vacation rentals works wonders in the big smoke as well.
Simply take some insanely gawdy decor (think a cross between Willy Wonka's factory and a pirate ship), add flashing lights, tipsy people looking for a good time, an emphasis on bottle service and a setlist of top 40 remixes and you can't lose.
A perennially interesting market, traditionally selling pets, flowers, home wares and more, a recent fire means the live animal section of the Hongqiao Bird and Flower Market is currently under renovation.
Despite the fact that you won't be able to pick up a 100-year-old turtle or talking parrot here (for now), it's still worth a visit in order to wander among the many-hued blossoms of the real and (seriously high-quality) fake flowers on display, or check out some of the unique housewares, which run the gamut from gaudy to graceful to gargantuan (see if you can fit a life-sized white unicorn with an asking price of RMB 22,000 in your luggage!).
A must-do cancun vacation rentals on the Bund stroll is to pass through the revolving door of the former HSBC Shanghai office cancun vacation rentals (today's No. 12, Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu) and check out the original ceiling and wall paintings. Upon completion in 1925, the Brits declared the building the most exquisite structure in the eastern hemisphere.
As the world's highest observatory, Skywalk 100 provides a powerful perspective: Jinmao Tower (420.5 meters) is right under its nose and the view (on a clear day) extends beyond Zhongshan Park in Puxi.
Only 15 years ago, the area was an ordinary shikumen residential area. It's since been converted to a business district cancun vacation rentals populated by high-end cancun vacation rentals bars, restaurants, shopping malls and the ubiquitous symbol of global gentrification: Starbucks.
Ironic background: the Communist Party of China was founded on this block -- 91 years later it's capitalism, not communism, that does the talking. Visitors can nevertheless tour the room where  the first party congress  was held.
Endless stalls sell everything Chinese, from chopstick gift sets to Peking/Sichuan opera mask bottle openers. It's also the headquarters for Shanghainese snacks, from stinky tofu (臭豆腐) to five-flavor cancun vacation rentals bean (五香豆).
Happy Valley of Shanghai , No.888 Linhu Road, Songjiang District, Shanghai 201602 China; +86 21 3355 2222; RMB 200; 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; free Happy Valley shuttle buses are available at Metro Line 9 Sheshan Station.
Parents simply clutch single sheets of paper that present their children in a few simple phrases -- age, height, education, job, salary, whether they studied abroad and whether they own their own apartment.
People's Park 'marriage market', Gate 5 of People's Square Park, 75 Nanjing Xi Lu., across from the Grand Theater. Take Metro line 1, 2 or 8 to People's Square station, take Exit 9 to the ground level and turn left. T he marriage market takes place on Saturday and Sunday afternoons from about noon to three.
Planned and built by French colonists in the early 20th century, this neighborhood -- roughly bound by Ruijin Lu to the East, Yan'an Lu to the North, Zhaojiabang Lu to the South and Huashan Lu to the West -- is more Parisian than Chinese.