Shanghai Travel Guide 2025: Your Complete Insider's Handbook

Shanghai isn't just China's largest city—it's a glimpse into the future that somehow coexists with centuries of tradition. This is where Art Deco mansions line the Bund while Pudong's towers pierce the clouds across the river. Where elderly residents practice tai chi in morning shadows cast by the world's second-tallest building. Where you'll slurp the best soup dumplings of your life in a cramped alleyway, then sip cocktails at a rooftop bar 400 meters above the ground.

I've spent years exploring Shanghai's labyr...