Garden
Ming-dynasty rockeries and koi ponds tucked behind the city's loudest bazaar.
Yu Garden Pavilions · Shanghai
Lujiazui Heights
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Pudong's finance district packs three of China's tallest towers into one frame: the Jin Mao, the bottle-opener SWFC, and the 632m Shanghai Tower with the world's fastest lifts. Skip the Pearl TV Tower queues and book the SWFC's 100th-floor glass-floored sky-walk, or just drink it in from a Bund-side bar across the river. Come back at dusk when the LED facades flicker on and the Huangpu goes silver.
Good to know
- Best time — sunset — Arrive ~1h before sunset for daylight + golden hour + lights coming on in one visit; check air clarity.
- Shanghai Tower 118F observatory ~08:30-21:30 (last adm ~21:00); Oriental Pearl ~08:00-21:30.
- Book SWFC observatory, skip the Pearl Tower
- Cross via Bund Sightseeing Tunnel or ferry
- Shanghai Tower lift hits floor 119
Insider tip — Go up Shanghai Tower (tallest) so the Oriental Pearl is IN your photo - you can't photograph the Pearl from inside it.
Photo: Zhou Xian · Unsplash License
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