Expat Visitor Support Shanghai :
How to prepare for visiting friends and family

Prepare for your Visitors

With tales of Shanghai's resurgence in the media, it won't be long before you'll be deluged with visitors eager to see this new wonder of the world.

Nearly every expat will tell you horror stories about how they had their friends/family/friends of family to stay for three weeks and how it drove them around the bend. If you don't have lots of space - don't do it.

People will understand - and are sometimes happier - if you book them into a nearby hotel for some or all of their trip. Unless you know you can get along well for the duration of their stay, be cautious, you don't want to spoil a friendship.

To make everyone's visit smooth, gather the following

Visitor Center Sign Shanghai

Stock up on brochures and information from your nearest hotel, and buy the Perilous Map of Shanghai

Give them your set of `taxi cards' for getting around

Have your address written out in Chinese for them to carry around

Contact the Shanghai Historic House Association for tours of historic Shanghai (see below)

Show them how to get to the Portman / Shanghai Centre, an English-speaking oasis for a break or questions

Give them a short lecture on what's appropriate and not in a Shanghai context.

Offer them several websites for their pre-trip planning

Give them the latest cInform them about precautions regarding SARS opies of the English language listings magazines - That's, City Weekend, etc.

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Famous Streets and Top Sightseeing

Info:

Xintiandu, Luwan District
Shikumen architecture, dining, retail entertainment

Nanjing Road Pedestrian Mall, Huangpu
China's no 1 commercial street

Riverside Avenue - Pudong New Area
dine alongside the river

Duolun Road, Hongkou District
historical villas with shops selling antiques and ceramics, paintings

Hengshean Road, Xuhui District
nightlife with bars and dining

Meichuan Road, Putuo District
50,000 sqm shopping center

Zhongshan Road E1 The Bund
symbol of Shanghhai featuring 52 buildings of different architecture

Shanghai Old Street - Fangbang Road
road with architecture from Ming and Qing Dynastys - handicraft shops

Qibao Old Street, Minghang District
traditional style of small town street features

North Street - Zhujijiao Township
best preserved ancient street in Shanghai

Info:

Market	Areas
Confucius Temple Book Market	215 Wenmiao Lu near Zhonghua Lu Huangpu District
Dong Tai Road Antique Market	Xizang Nan Lu near Liuhekou Lu Huangpu District
Jiangyin Flower and Bird Market	18-28 Huangjiajue Lu near Zhonghua Lu & Penglai Lu
Jingwen Flower Market	225 Shaanxi Nan Lu
Qi Pu Lu Clothing Wholesale Market	168 and 183 Qipu Lu near Henan Bei Lu Zhabei District
Shanghai Tongchuan Aquatic Product Market	871 Tongchuan Lu near Cao Yang Lu Putuo District
Xiangyang Fashion and Gifts Market	Xiangyang Nan Lu near Huaihai Zhong Lu Xuhui District
Gubei Bird and Flower Market	Gubei Nan Lu
Nanjing Xilu Stones and Curios Market	Nanjing Xilu Xi Lu
Wenmiao Book Market (Sundays)	215 Wenmiao Lu Confucian Temple
Flower Market Changshou Lu	1148 Changshou Lu Near Caojiadu
Shanghai Metropolis Flower Market	Xizang Zhong Lu behind Shanghai No 1 Department Store

Website:
Tourist information and service centre listings by district:	http://www.tourinfo.sh.cn

Expat Visitor Support Shanghai : How to prepare for visiting friends and family

Expat Visitor Support Shanghai :
How to prepare for visiting friends and family