Shanghai

Panda Guides Shanghai has what a traveler needs to learn about the culture, history, and travel in and around Shanghai. A perforated pullout city map is provided with listings of transportation hubs, accommodations, and restaurants. Colorful neighborhood mini maps are throughout the book for nightlife, accommodations, food. There is info on the city's history, culture, art scene, and more! Hot topics like internet censorship, pollution, taboos and etiquette, travel with kids, food and water safety are explored. It includes a Mandarin phrasebook, pronunciation, conversion and transportation guide. Chapters cover major sights, off-the-beaten-track attractions, sleeping, eating, nightlife, shopping, and distractions. Travel stories from expat authors, and side trips outside the city; sample itineraries to assist travelers in planning their days. The Getting Prepared chapter helps a traveler plan for the trip, get a visa, book a flight, etc.