Cheap Flights to Shanghai
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Shanghai is probably the most evocative city in the whole of China, as its grand remnants of its colonial past are prominently featured along the Bund’s one mile strip of historic riverfront buildings. This important port city located on the Huangpu River is easily China's richest metropolis that is also replete with hundreds of glitzy restaurants, futuristic skyscrapers, hotels, bars and shopping emporiums that easily competes with any other rival Asian city.
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The parade of historical buildings such as Customs House with its famous bell; the Art Deco Peace Hotel; the former Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank HQ; the former Bank of China and other interesting edifices now stand proud along the riverfront Bund after having been lavishly refurbished. This is in complete contrast to the futuristic skyline of Pudong on the opposite riverbank. This new area with the hundred and one floor World Financial Centre; the emblematic orient Pearl Tower and the soaring modern art-deco JinMao Tower with its transparent glass floors and full-length glass windows are just some of the amazing new structures that have recently been constructed.
For those tourists who prefer something on terra firma, try visiting
Yu Gardens and Bazaar which covers several blocks of the historic downtown area. Here you will find bustling souvenir shops and packed eating houses that are grouped together in the brightly coloured alleyways. Once you have successfully fought your way through here, you can then make your way to the lovely Yu Gardens, which is a haven of tranquillity after the heaving bazaar. Here you will find exquisitely preserved tunnels and grottos, quiet pools and a stone boat that is use for staging river parties. On the outside of the walls there is the Pavilion Teahouse and the Nine Twists Bridge which have become poplar attractions themselves.
For some cultural involvement try going to the Shanghai Museum
which houses over a hundred and twenty thousand historical and artistic treasures including sculptures, ceramics, jades, furniture, bronzes and coins and is now considered to be one of the city's top cultural gems. For real history buffs the Museum of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party is another must go location where you can also see a life-size wax diorama of Chairman Mao at his first meeting.
The grand scale reconstruction of the People's Square is another unmissable central landmark, especially as it now houses the Art Museum, the Grand Theatre and the Urban Planning Exhibition Hall.
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Shanghai has two commercial airports: Hongqiao International and Pudong International, the former serving mainly domestic routes and the latter handling more international traffic than Beijing Capital. If you want to search for any cheap flights to Shanghai then just enter the destination name in our route finder link page and we will supply you with a list of all the cheapest flights that are available for your time period. Our unique Travel Comparison Engine has access to all the travel agents and airline companies that are in existence, so we are able to search for all the cheap flights that are on the market. It is that simple to book cheap flights, so next time you want to plan a trip, try using Travelspec.com first, you know it makes sense.
Alongside Hongqiao Airport (SHA) there are 6 airports within the 100 mile catchment area of Shanghai. These are PuDong Airport (PVG) (27 Miles) :: Nantong Airport (NTG) (64 Miles) :: Wuxi Airport (WUX) (66 Miles) :: Changzhou Airport (CZX) (88 Miles) :: Hangzhou Airport (HGH) (89 Miles) and Ningbo Airport (NGB) (93 Miles).
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