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“Night Shanghai” is a very felicitous name to describe the nightlife of Shanghai. The amalgamation of lighting and neon, as well as the bustling traffics and passerby are the characteristic of shanghai nightlife. The nightlife is a scene of Crystal’s amativeness.

As a common understanding, 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!

A great place to do some people watching in Shanghai at night is the Huangpu Park and the Bund. The bund has been a symbol of Shanghai for hundreds of years and is a popular destination for tourists. Walking along the Bund at night is a fascinating site, as the entire Pu Dong skyline is illuminated, including the Oriental Pearl TV tower and the 2nd tallest building in the world-Jin Mao Tower.

Cultural enthusiast can find in Shanghai large-scale performances of acrobatics, musicals, opera, dance, theatre, and classical and contemporary music.

Nightclubs and bars are blooming and can be found everywhere. Xin Tian Di offers the most choice and favorable appreciation. It collects international galleries, fashion shops, themed restaurants, coffee house and bars. The arrival of more and more boutiques, designer shops and luxury goods stores continually adds to the enjoyment of Xin Tian Di.
Fuxing Park, located at No.2, Haolan Road,

Nanjing Road is considered to be the “No.1 commercial street in China”. Here along its 5.5 kilometers (3.4 miles). You will find over 600 shops that on average are visited by some 1.7 million people each day. If you like shopping, do not miss it.

Tea Houses in Shanghai open 24 hours a day. Apart from enjoying a lone taste of tea, you can invite several friends and play or just chat. Once you are here, you can experience all this for yourself. Fashionable entertainments are favorites with young people. When night falls, Shanghai bathes in the light of various entertainment venues. Nightclubs, Karaoke, Discos, Bars and Coffee houses are all popular at night time meeting places.

The Bund Night Scene
The Bund is a must see when watching in Shanghai at night. The Bund concentrates almost all of the beauty of the shades in Shanghai, attracting agminate folks to enjoy the night. Many tourists are attracted by its illuminated night scene.

Xin Tian DI
Shanghai Xin Tian Di has many visitors. If you are visiting Shanghai for the first time, it is much safe to go Xin Tian Di for the nightlife. Xin Tian Di, the most fashionable area cultivated in the distinctive Shikumen Buildings. However, every building has a modern interior and its unique bares, shops and restaurants are more and more popular with the tourists.

Fu Xing Park
Fu Xing Park is another area for nightlife, which is also a recreational park. The only time Fu Xing Park feels hectic is between midnight and 04:00 am, and Park 97 inside the Fu Xing Park is reviewed as the most beautiful bar in Shanghai by public.

Nanjing Road
As the most famous Pedestrian Street of Shanghai, Nanjing Road collects most hundreds of Modernize commercial Mansions, China’s time-honored shops and specialties stores, where it is possible to pick up a bargain or enjoy a tasty morsel to eat.

Tea House
When the shops in Nanjing Road are closed, the tea house really come into their own and the night is still young. The tea house here opens for 24 hours. You can enjoy the quiet here or invited several friends to have a chat

Shanghai Acrobatics Show
Acrobatics is an interactive art. Every body, young or old, educated or not, can easily appreciate. Without language and culture barrier, you certainly feel the influx of adrenaline in your flood. Watch and experience the professional acrobatic group do really unforgettable show to your amazement and satisfaction.

Buffet
Golden Jaguar Restaurant
Adderss 1: Hui Jin Plaza 8th floor, No. 1000 Zhao Jia Bang Road, Xuhui District
Contact:021-64839999
Address 2: 4-5F, Zhongxin Taifu Plaza, No. 1168, West Nanjing Road, Jing’an District
Contact: (021) 64839999
Business hour: 11:00 – 14:30, 17:00 – 22:00
Average cost per person: CNY 180 – 220

Buffet dinner is sure a good choice when you are longing for various kinds of food and don’t know what to have first. Golden Jaguar entered Shanghai in 2003 which is belongs to the Golden Jaguar (China) group, a chain restaurant. Golden Jaguar successfully launches the pioneering service of international compound buffet with 1 million people expected every year.

Xi Duo Wu International Seafood Buffet
Adderss 1: 7F, Super Brand Mall, No. 168, West Lujiazui Road, Pudong New Area
Contact: 021-50470761 50470762
Average cost per person: CNY 180 – 200
Adress 2: 5F, Junyao International Plaza, No. 789, Zhaojiabang Road, Xuhui District
Contact: 021-64228547 64228548
Average cost per person: CNY 128
Business hour: 11:00 – 14:30, 17:30 – 22:00

Various kinds of fresh seafood are available here to ensure your appetite is satisfied. Like crabs, oysters, salmons, tuna, shellfish, abalones, sardine, roast eels, and lobster salad. Delicious desserts like Tiramisu and Häagen-Dazs ice cream are also available. The branch at Super Brand Mall has a better view because you can see the beautiful Huangpu River and the Bund from the window seats.

Japanese Food
Chuhua
Adderss: 3/F, Gubei Garden Hotel, 1446 Hongqiao Lu, Changning District
Contact: 021-6219 1910/ 6208 0645
Average cost per person: CNY 217
Business hour: 6-9am, 11am-2pm, 5-11pm

Chuhua is an elegant restaurant features a glorious buffet which is located in a four-star hotel in Shanghai. Need to make reservation before 3 weeks. It offers Sashimi, Cod fish, Eel, Prawn, Tenderloin, Tempura and Potato and beef, etc. After the main course you can order some dessert, the silky, not-too-sweet caramel blancmange is highly recommended. Chu Hua also offers authentic Japanese breakfast: for about RMB50 per person, you can have a quiet, gourmet start of the day.

Matsuri123 Food Stadium
Adderss: 4/F, 951 Hongxu Lu, Changning District
Contact: 021-6262 7123
Average cost per person: CNY 230
Business hour: Mon-Fri 5:30pm-10:30pm; Sat-Sun 11am-2pm, 5:30pm-10:30pm
The concept of this place is in the name: it’s a stadium of food. The selection in this place is huge. This is a typical Japanese style construction, weird shapes everywhere, a mixture of bright lights and colors and shapes. Now let’s see its menu: Dry noodles, Soup noodles, Stir fried food, Teppenyaki style grilled meat, Ice cream, Sushi, Sashimi, Cutlets, Little cakes, Shellfish, English stuff, Pizza, Pasta and some other Ricey things.

Vegetarian
Jen Dow Vegetarian
Adderss: 2787 Longhua Lu, Xuhui District
Contact: 021- 6457 2299/ 6457 7821
Average cost per person: RMB 138 during lunch time, RMB 158 in the envening
Business hour: 11:30am-2pm, 5:30pm-9pm
Jen Dow Vegetarian is a vegetarian buffet dinner restaurant which is owned by a Taiwanese. It offers more than 200 dishes, including Chinese, Japanese, and Italian dishes. All dishes here are no meat–unless you consider duck legs made out of mushrooms close enough. Jen Dow Vegetarian is an up market version of vegetarian buffet which charge quite a bit more, but is worth it for its extremely high quality and extensive range of food as well as the classic decoration.

L’Abre de Provence
Adderss: 4/F Metro City, 1111 Zhaojiabang Lu, Xuhui District
Contact: 021- 6426 7698
Average cost per person: RMB 138
Business hour: 10am-10pm
It serves both meat and vegetable. Though it offers some western dishes, but mostly are Asian fare, including dim sum. The extensive lunchtime is during 11:30-13:30. Buffet in this period are salad, rice, noodles, mock meats, stir fried vegetables, and soups. Menu indicates in which items contains meat, but it does not indicate which items include dairy, so just be sure to ask.

Big Brand
Oriental Pearl Revolving Restaurant
Adderss: Inside the Oriental Pearl Tower, 1 Century Avenue, Pudong New Area
Contact: 021- 8797138/ 58791888
Average cost per person: RMB 280
Business hour: 5pm-9pm
It is the highest revolving restaurant in Asia which is at the height of 267m of the Oriental Pearl TV Tower. Chinese and Western buffet are available. Dinner costs 280 RMB per person, without drinks, and reservations are suggested for a window seat. The restaurant will revolve around by every 2 hours. It definitely leaves you a deep impression while dining there.

Dong Jiao State Guest Hotel
Adderss: 1800 Jinke Road, Pudong Zhangjiang District
Contact: 021- 58958888
Average cost per person: RMB 196
Business hour: 5pm-9pm
It is a 900-square meter banquet hall which can contain about 900 guests. Take the full pleasure of Chinese and Western delicacies as well as beverages. A breakfast buffet is served each morning while lunch and dinner are available á la carte, from set menus or in the form of a buffet. The self- serve is equipped with the advanced facilities. But it also offers a banquet service. A professional banquet service team is on hand to provide you with the top-grade service.

Jinshan Langxia is a modern agriculture park with leading science and technology and a fine environment. The village provides to tourists board and lodging in the farmer’s homes, tours, caroms, chess, cards, fitness and entertainment through leasing out separate farmhouse and sells tourist products and agricultural by-products related to the merry Shanghai countryside tour.
　　Address: No. 9177 and 9188, Caolang Highway, Langxia Town, Jinshan District
　　Telephone: 021-57395433
　　Entrance Ticket: Free
　　Traffic: Lianzhu Special Line → Fengqi Line → Langxia No. 1 Road → Zhonghau Village
　　Self-drive Line: A8 → Dagang Exit turing to A30 → going towards Xingong and turing to A6→ Zhangyan Exit →Qinwan Road → Caolang Highway turning right
　　Opening Hours: 8:30-22:00

The Songjiang Qushe Agricultural Leisure and Sightseeing Park is located in the water resources conservation zone in the upper reaches of the Huangpu River with an area of 3000 mu. It is 60 kilometers away from the center of Shanghai. In the park, there are leisure farms such as Green Grapery, Tomato Farm, Aquatic Farm and Xianggelila Farm and facilities such as sightseeing park of farmed species of dog, flower base, rain water collection system, tortoise and turtle breeding base, Xinqing vegetables plots. Songjiang Agricultural Science Popularization Exhibition Hall and Metropolitan Agriculture Training Center, integrate Shanghai tourism leisure, vacation, practice and experience.
　　Address: No. 8 Xishe Road, Wushe Agriculture Park, Songjiang District
　　Telephone: 021-57878181
　　Entrance Ticket: 20 yuan/person
　　Traffic: Metro Line No.1 (Xinzhuang Station)→Lianfeng Line, Songjiang Line→Songwu Special Line
　　Self-drive Line: A8→A30→Maogang Exit turning right and going for 4 kilometers
　　Opening Hours: 8:00-16:30

The palace also called the Forbidden City, is located in the centre of Beijing, used to live, is 24 emperors of the Ming and qing dynasty palace, now bi the national Palace Museum. Courts in various dynasties display of art treasures, isChina’s most abundant culture and art treasures. The palace of the whole building splendid, beautiful, solemn was known as the world one of five big palaces (Beijing the imperial palace, Versailles palace, Buckingham Palace, the White House and the kremlin), and for the United Nations KeJiaoWen organization listed as “world cultural heritage”.

Imperial palace’s palace building, is now the largest and most complete complex of traditional Chinese architecture. The palace is along a north and south of the axis of arrangement, left and right sides is symmetrical, south of YongDingMen, north to the drum, the clock tower, throughout the Forbidden City. Planning in neat formation, verve, very spectacular. Grand No matter in the layout, stereo and the grand and magnificent, in the form of the solemn, harmonious, belong to the incomparable masterpiece. It marks the long history of culture tradition in China more than 500 years ago, shows the our country in architectural art achievements.

The palace you travel in China tourism also called the Forbidden City, is located in the centre of Beijing China, used to live, is 24 emperors of the Ming and qing dynasty palace, now be the Forbidden City in china. Courts in various dynasties display of art treasures, is China’s tourism most abundant culture and art treasures. The palace of the whole building splendid, beautiful, solemn was known as the world one of five big palaces (Beijing the imperial palace, Versailles palace, Buckingham Palace, the White House and the kremlin), and for the United Nations KeJiaoWen organization listed as “world cultural heritage”.

Imperial palace’s palace building, is now the largest and most complete complex of traditional Chinese architecture as a tourism in China. The palace is along a north and south of the axis of arrangement, left and right sides is symmetrical, south of YongDingMen, north to the drum, the clock tower, throughout the Forbidden City. Planning in neat formation, verve, very spectacular. Grand No matter in the layout, stereo and the grand and magnificent, in the form of the solemn, harmonious, belong to the incomparable masterpiece. It marks the long history of culture tradition in China more than 500 years ago, shows the our country in architectural art achievements.

Huangshan, which is a relatively new tourism city, has been attracting more and more tourists each year from around China and around the globe. One of the biggest concerns of visitors to Huangshan is their accommodations. Because of the influx of tourists, Huangshan has witnessed a recent growth in new hotels. Visitors can not only stay in Huangshan city, but on the top, or at the foot of the magnificent Huangshan Mountain.
For the tourists who come to Huangshan for a brief tour, they have no chance to stay on the top of Huangshan Mountain, but visitors who take a longer trip to Huangshan can stay on one of the five hotels located on the top of the mountain. Although there are no five-star hotels on Huangshan Mountain, there are several three and four star hotels designed to make guests feel relaxed and refreshed after a day of climbing on the mountain. The facilities in the four-star hotels are well designed and managed. These hotels feature standard room, suites, and deluxe suites, as well as dorm style rooms that can house 8 or more people. Although the mountain does not have five-star hotels, the views from the hotel’s windows are unbelievable. The cost of hotels on the top of Huangshan Mountain is higher than in other places because of the difficulty in constructing them. For visitors who do not wish to spend the night on Huangshan Mountain, a number of hotels can be found on the foot of Huangshan Mountain as well as the many hotels in Huangshan City, which is an hour away by car. There is one five-star, two four-star, and three three-star hotels located at the foot of Huangshan Mountain.
The hotels located on Huangshan Mountain are not grouped together, but placed on different parts of the mountain to allow each hotel to have unspoiled views of the surrounding landscape. The hotels that China Odyssey Tours would recommend for their customers who wish to spend the night on Huangshan Mountain are: the Beihai Hotel (four-stars), Huangshan Shilin Hotel (four-stars) and Xihai Hotel (four-stars), and the Paiyunlou Hotel (three-stars). At the foot of Huangshan Mountain, there are a number of hotels with a rating of three to five stars. Of these, China Odyssey Tours recommends: the Huangshan Golf Hotel (five-stars), the Huashan Hotel (four-stars), the Huangshan Media Hotel (four-stars), the Huaxi Hotel (three-stars), the Taoyuan Hotel (three-stars), and the Huangshan International Hotel (three-stars). Visitors staying at these hotels will have easy access to some of the most famous sites in the areas around Huangshan City. Many of the desk workers and concierge of Huangshan’s hotels can speak English, so the language barrier is not a problem. They will serve each guest with great hospitality and do everything in their power to make visitors feel at home.