A$3,000 | 10 days | from Sydney | Comfortable
Why you'll love it
Shanghai is China's biggest city, where the colonial Bund faces the glass towers of Pudong across the Huangpu River. It gets Triptakeo's top score for food, and scores 9 out of 10 for luxury, nightlife and safety, so it makes an easy, polished first trip to mainland China.
The best time to visit Shanghai is April to May and October to November, with mild days and clearer skies. Summer is hot, humid and wet, and the first week of October is a national holiday, when crowds and prices peak. Winter is cold but quiet.
Walk the Bund at dusk, then ride up the Shanghai Tower for the view. Wander the lanes of the former French Concession and Tianzifang, eat soup dumplings at a local xiaolongbao shop, and visit Yu Garden. Fast trains reach the canal towns of Suzhou and Hangzhou in under an hour.
Shanghai suits food lovers, city lovers and first-time visitors to China.
Your trip cost
For 10 days from Sydney