Shanghai (上海市) · 5 places · 2 cities
5 places in Shanghai, grouped by city. The last column is the gate: 2 of them are open at all hours, and the others close, often earlier than the light does.
Most common here: City park (1), Mountain and forest (1), Specialist park (1). See all provinces, or the background on parks.
4 places
Shanghai (上海)
| Place | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Century Park (世纪公园)Recorded as the largest park in Pudong, laid out around a lake with a lawn left open to the skyline. Verbena in May and June and cherry blossom on the island in April are what bring people out. | City park | Open at all hours |
| Chenshan Botanical Garden (辰山植物园)Shanghai’s main botanical garden: glasshouses for tropical, desert and rare plants, a rose garden, and a sunken garden built into an old quarry pit. Baby blue eyes carpet a slope in April. | Specialist park | 8:00 to 17:00 |
| Gongqing National Forest Park (共青国家森林公园)The only national forest park inside Shanghai’s built-up area: conifer stands, a dawn redwood grove and a lake, kept deliberately rough. Hydrangeas in June, violet cress in April. | Mountain and forest | Open at all hours |
| Yu Garden (豫园)A merchant family’s private garden begun in 1559, now surrounded by the old city. Thirty mu of pavilions, rockeries and ponds, including the Exquisite Jade Rock, one of three famous Taihu stones in the lower Yangtze. | Historic garden or scenic site | 9:00 to 16:30 (旺季) |
1 place
Shanghai (上海市)
| Place | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Disney Resort (上海迪士尼度假区)The first Disney park on the Chinese mainland, opened in June 2016. Visitor numbers have passed a hundred million, with the foreign share rising since visa-free entry widened. | Theme park | 8:30 to 20:30 |
Which Ones Need a Whole Day
A city park is an hour before dinner. A geopark can be a full day with a shuttle and a cable car, and the gate closes earlier than the park does. Tell our local team where you will be and they will say which of these fit the day you have.