Shanghai 5 Days 4 Nights: A Complete Travel Diary
A real 5-day Shanghai diary — French Concession strolls, Disneyland tips, Yuyuan night lights, and honest food picks from someone who actually went.
Trip Highlights
Day-by-Day Diary
5 Days in Shanghai
Arrival → Nanjing Road → Xian De Lai
Landed at 7pm. Checked into hotel → walked Nanjing Road Walking Street (南京路步行街) → dinner at Xian De Lai (鲜得来) for their famous pork chop rice cake (排骨年糕).
People's Square → French Concession → Bund Night
Morning: People's Square → Shanghai Museum (上海博物馆) People's Square branch.
Midday: Shanghai Xintiandi (新天地) — lots of shops worth browsing.
Lunch: Haohai Huoshaoyun Dai cuisine (takeaway).
Afternoon: Wukang Building (武康大楼) → Wukang Road (武康路) → Anfu Road (安福路) → Yanqing Road (延庆路).
Dinner: Chop Chop Thai → Bund night view (外滩夜景).
Shanghai Disneyland 🏰
Full day at Shanghai Disneyland.
🌟 Buy Early Entry or Premier Access to save time — we arrived at 9am and it was already late.
🌟 Favourites: Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and TRON Lightcycle Power Run — thrilling!
🌟 Claim fireworks viewing spots early or you'll be blocked the entire show.
🌟 Hong Kong Disney staff are more immersive, but Shanghai's rides are bigger.
Yuyuan → North Bund → Pudong Art Museum → Lantern Show
Morning: Yuyuan Garden (豫园) → City God Temple (城隍庙).
Lunch: Li Bai Crab (李百蟹).
Afternoon: North Bund Mini Dome (北外滩小巨蛋) → Waibaidu Bridge (外白渡桥) → Zhapu Road Bridge (乍浦路桥) → Pudong Art Museum (浦东美术馆) → Lujiazui.
🌟 Pudong Art Museum's sunset corridor was closed for an event — check before going!
Evening: Takeaway dinner → Yuyuan Lantern Show (豫园灯会).
Jing'an Temple → Yuyuan Road → Depart
Morning: Jing'an Temple (静安寺) → Jing'an Kerry Centre.
Lunch: Huma (胡麻) at Kerry Centre.
Afternoon: Yuyuan Road (愚园路) — worth exploring!
Then head to airport.
