No tourist buses, no filler. How to weave the Bund, the plane-tree lanes of the Wutong Quarter, soup dumplings, art corridors, and a symphony-and-vinyl night into seventy-two effortless hours.
Why Didi’s 3-minute waiting limit fails on a four-meeting day in Lujiazui, where to open a laptop in peace between calls, and how to exit Shanghai International Circuit or Qizhong Tennis Center without waiting two hours for a cab.
Fifty-eight floors above Lujiazui: face-to-face with the Oriental Pearl sphere and the entire Bund sweep.
Riverfront tranquility in Lujiazui with Michelin-starred Yong Yi Ting and a private sunset river yacht.
Atop the IFC Mall in Lujiazui; soak in a tub facing the Pearl Tower and ride up to 58th-floor Flair at dusk.
Occupying floors 84 to 120 of the 632-meter Shanghai Tower—literally sleeping above the clouds.