Plan your Shanghai Tour? Before your arrival at Shanghai, you’ve probably been bombarded by the images ( via TV and Internet ) of the futuristic and avant-garde megatall buildings in Pudong and the old art deco buildings on the Bund. In the fast developing metropolitan city of Shanghai, you may wonder whether there is a…
Plan your Harbin tour in winter? As the coldest city in the most northern China, Harbin’s coldest months fall on late December through early March. Late November through the whole January is the snowing season and January is the coldest month with the average temperature at -25 ℃. Harbin’s winter is dry, cold and long coupled with…
Plan your Suzhou tour, Hangzhou tour, or Shanghai tour? It is highly recommended to have an excursion to Zhouzhuang Ancient Town (周庄古镇) either from Suzhou, Hangzhou or Shanghai. Zhouzhuang Ancient Town is known as the No.01 Water Town in China. This over-900 year old water town has become a trove of oriental culture with its…
At the time of my writing, Jin Mao Tower is the fourth tallest building in Shanghai as well as in the whole China. It is said that no Shanghai Tour is complete without ascending one of the four iconic buildings in Shanghai such as the 88-floor Jin Mao Tower (420 meters ) and other three…
Among the dazzling ziggurats of Pudong across the river from the Bund stands the tallest building in Shanghai – Shanghai Tower, a 632-meter (2,073 ft), 125-story above the ground and 5-storey underground. It is in a shape of spiralling curve with double outer glass walls, a green, human and Knowledge skyscraper. Shanghai Tower is also…
Plan your Shanghai tour? Would you like to have a bird’s-eye view of the fast developing Shanghai? Only after Shanghai Tower – the tallest skyscraper in Shanghai, Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC) is the second tallest building ( 492 meters ) offering no less magnificent panoramic views from the sky over the magical city of Shanghai. The most…
Plan your China tour? Generally speaking, China is a very ATM friendly country, especially in the large cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hongkong, Macao and the list can be much longer. How to use ATMs in China? Most of the local ATMs machines accept Visa and Master. CITIBANK card and HSBC are also very…
Plan your Shanghai tour on a budget? Each year millions of travellers and businessmen visit Shanghai, the largest metropolitan city in China. Shanghai boasts plentiful splurge hotels and posh restaurants, local and international. But you don’t need to break the bank to visit this most advanced and futuristic city showcasing the fast development in the contemporary…