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The famous Shanghai "Fabric Market" is home to hundereds of tailors and seamstresses, and is the city's prime destination for bespoke clothing garments. If it can be stitched and sewn, they can do it for you at the South Bund Fabric Market.

Tourist destination with markets selling everything from tea, antiques, Chinese seals, souvenirs and toys to everyday items and clothing. Toys, Christmas decorations and random weirdness can be found in two of the buidlings surrounding the main Yu Garden.

This Epcot Center-styled arena was completely refurbished in 2005 to prepare for ERA: Intersection in Time, the multi-million dollar acrobat/circus show that runs daily. Fetchingly modern, Shanghai Circus World boasts a revolving stage, computer controlled lighting, mirrored cage and digital water curtain. Tickets for Era: Intersection of Time are available from SmartTicket here.

Built in the 1930s as the clubhouse for the race track that stood where People's Square is now, the Shanghai Museum of Art has recently expanded its exhibition roster to include foreign artists. The Museum is also the hub for the Shanghai Biennale. Kathleen's 5 rooftop restaurant sits atop the building.

Although the actual authenticity of many of the items available at the stalls therein is questionable, the Dongtai Lu Antique Market, an open market on a small street near Xintiandi, is great for mementos and souvenirs of a trip to Shanghai. And for engaging in the city's most beloved amateur sport: haggling. To get there, either take a 5 mins walk heading east from Xintiandi, or drop off by Taxi...

One of Shanghai's best and most visited museums, the Urban Planning Exhibition Hall at People's Square documents the changing face of Shanghai and is an essential vising point for those interested in the evolution of the city. A perfect scale model of the entire city on the 6th floor model shows planned and recent developments of Shanghai.

The Jinmao Tower is the eighty-eight story skyscraper in Pudong's financial district, Lujiazui. It's not the tallest building in Shanghai anymore -- the Shanghai World Financial Center, known affectionately as "the bottle opener", owns that title for the time being (a taller tower is under construction across the street). It is, however, perhaps the most elegant and striking skyscraper in...

Located on the tenth floor of the New World Building, Madame Tussauds allows visitors to mingle with the rich, famous and (sometimes) deceased. Aside from taking your picture onstage with Michael Jackson you can also walk through Madame's maze of horror. This experience, appropriately named 'Scream' promises to leave you terrified.

Originally built in 247 BC, relocated and rebuilt in the 1880s and recently thoroughly reconstructed, this Buddhist temple is one of the major tourist draws in Shanghai. For 30rmb visitors can view the three main halls and their assorted historical relics. If you are only interested in a photo, the temple sports a particularly majestic appearance in the evening.

Lupu Bridge -- the second longest arch bridge in the world (longest is now in Chongqing) -- gets its name from the two districts it connects: Luwan and Pudong. At the time of its completion in 2003, it was actually the longest in the world. The Lupu Bridge Climb -- actually it's called the "Shanghai Climb" -- is one of Shanghai's better tourists destinations, as for an 80rmb fee, visitors can...