How to enjoy Shanghai Nightlife?

 

Plan your Shanghai Tour? Don’t miss a night tour in Shanghai! Shanghai is the most exciting city in China, and the nightlife in Shanghai shines as brightly as its skyline. Shanghai has the most colorful night life in China, but if you have ever participated, you may feel it is probably the most colorful one in the world! It offers visitors a great variety of events and activities – extravagant dinners, exotic night snacks, breathtaking shows, romantic bars, lighted streets and buildings…
 
The Bund Night Scene (The Bund)
Walking along the river on the promenade and enjoying the sights of the brightly lit street scenes was very enjoyable. Buildings in the Bund are the combination of all kinds of architecture styles. From the Bund it is a great view of the Pudong Area including Orient Pearl TV Tower, Jin Mao Building, and Shanghai International Convention Center.
Many restaurants built along the river and have a good entire view of the Bund. So eat in the Bund at night is also a joyful thing.
How to get there: take Buses No. 868, 921, 37, 55, 33, 123(which travels part of its normal route)…
 
Shanghai Nanjing Road
Nanjing Road is a walking street that is always packed with people waching other people. It is regarded as the first commercial road in Shanghai. The 5.5-km long Nanjing Road is the most bustling and prosperous street in Shanghai. It was first built in 1851. Now Nanjing Road has turned into the number one site for shopping in the city.
Bus Routes:
East Nanjing Road: 37, 65, 66, 108, 123, 135, 220, 251, 305, 306, 307, 314, 317, 330, 868, 910, 928, 929, 940, Tourist Bus Line 8 or Subway Line 2 and get off at East Nanjing Rd. Station.
West Nanjing Road: 36, 57, 76, 128, 148, 206, 304, 323, 451, 738 or Subway Line 2 and get off at West Nanjing Road Station.
 
Cruising on Huangpu River
A Huangpu River Cruise at night is probably the best place to witness the pulse and dynamism of Shanghai. Huangpu River is very quiet during night. Cruising Huangpu River can have a better view of both Lujiazui and the Bund.
When the lights are all on, it is gorgeous. Cruising river at night is mysterious and a perfect harvest. Not only the fascinating Bund and Lujiazui but also other attractions are long the river. From Yangpu Bridge to Nanpu Bridge and Lupu Bridge every scene is impressive.
Add: Jinling Dong Lu, the Bund, Shanghai
 
Yuyuan Market at Night
Outside the Yu Garden, Yuyuan Market is a crowded, bustling and touristy market with different snacks and trinkets. A slow pace in the Yuyuan the ancient style garden area at night is the one of the most popular choices. Yuyuan Market, Yuyuan Garden and the Old Town Temple are the major parts in this area at night. The night Yuyuan is folk-customized paradise, is an ancient teller, is a dreamland inside people’s heart.
How to get there; take Buses No. 11, 126, 926, 66…
 
Hengshan Road Bar Street
Hengshan Road is one of the oldest drinking spots in Shanghai, near to the more modern Xujiahui. Walking on Hengshan Road at night or enjoy yourself in the Bars is a good way to relax.
Hengshan Road is only 2-kilometer long, but there are many relaxed Western-type bars which offer all the favorite tipples from home and show live sports, from football to rugby to baseball. There are many buildings of European-style architecture of the 1920’s and 1930’s on the both sides of Hengshan Road.
Add: Hengshan Road, Shanghai
 
Shanghai Xintiandi
Xintiandi is most famous for its nightlife when the Western style bars open their doors for business. It has a more active nightlife than Hengshan Road and it is busy in both weekdays and weekends. Whenever the dark falls down, Xintiandi will be bright and all the lights will start to work. Xintiandi Bar Street is a collection of public house in European style. No doubt every westerner that comes to Shanghai will pay at least one visit here, if not more. All these bring people back to the 1920s and 1930es of this city.
Add: 181 Lane, Taicang Road, 123 Lane, Xingye Road, Shanghai
How to get there: buses No. 146, 109, 923, or Tunnel 8
 
Old Shanghai Tea House
Locating at Old Street of Shanghai and in the teahouse, there’s map of old Shanghai of 1930s and 1940s, people’s ID Card and passport of the period of Republic of China, phone books, etc., which reflecting the style of reminiscence.
Built by cotton merchants in 1784, this historic locale nestled in Yuyuan Gardens was converted into a teahouse a century later and is now a favorite among tourists. Famous for its jasmine and lung ching tea as well as your typical oriental dishes, modern day tea drinkers can watch as tourists zigzag across the nine-cornered bridge below.
Add: 385 Fangbang Zhong Lu, Shanghai, China
Tel: 86 21 53821202
 
Shanghai Yue Opera
Yue Opera is one of Chinese major local operas founded around 1906. It is widely welcomed in Zhejiang province, Shanghai, Jiangsu province, Anhui province and other places. Yue Opera is generally considered to be an elegant opera.
To enjoy the charm of orient, Yue Opera is a good choice for you. Its voice, its garments, its gestures, and the music background are strongly featured of Chinese profile.
Shanghai Yue Ju (Yue Opera) Theater
Add: No.16, 10th Lane, Fuxing West Road, Shanghai
Tel: (021) 64375837
 
Shanghai Acrobatics
Chinese Acrobatics is one of the oldest performing arts in China. It started from Warring States Period. The Acrobatics at Shanghai are not to be missed. They are held each night and last for about 2 hours.
There are two famous Shanghai Acrobatic Theatres. Varieties of exciting programs with countless near-impossible feats of flexibility, strength, endurance, and sheer will-power are performed on stage that will leave you completely astounded.
Shanghai Center Theatre
Add: No. 1376 Nanjing Road (W), Shanghai
Opening Hours: 09:30-22:30
Tel: 021-62798600
Shanghai Circus World
Add: 2266 Gonghe Xinlu, Baoshan District, Shanghai
Tel: 021-66300000

The Oriental Tower seen from Jinmao Tower

Huangpu River seen from Jinmao Tower

The Bund seen from my boat cruising on Huangpu River

A beautiful skyline seen from the Bund after dark

The Bund after dark

The Bund after dark 1

The Bund after dark 2

Waibaidu Bridge over Suzhou Creek after dark

Xintiandi after dark

Shanghai by Night Illuminations Tour RMB 360

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