Travel to Shanghai for the intoxicating mix of old meets new, and east meets west; for the impressive architecture, museums and exotic street life that ensure you are always aware you are in China.Nowhere in China is the marriage of old and new more apparent than in Shanghai.

Western influence, in particular during the early 20th century, means Shanghai has more of a western feel than other cities in China. Don’t miss the Yuyan Gardens, a traditional Chinese garden with numerous artifacts or The Bund, an impressive street of old colonial buildings and once the financial center of the Far East.

The Temple of the Town Gods, a well known Taoist Temple, and the modern, impressive skyscrapers of nearby Pedong, should also top every visitor’s to-do list. Shanghai lives up to its reputation of avant-garde metropolis: glass skyscrapers, luxuriant gardens, bustling crowds. Here Zen ideals and prosperity converge to imbue a vibrant city with perfect balance.