The City - The Rough Guide to Shanghai - page 31

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The Bund and

Nanjing Dong Lu

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hanghai's signature skyline, and the first stop for any visitor, is the
Bund , a strip of grand colonial edifices on the west bank of the
Huangpu River, facing the flashy skyscrapers of Pudong on the
opposite shore. The product of the city's commercial frenzy at the
beginning of the twentieth century, this was where the great trading houses
and banks built their headquarters, each trying to outdo the last in the pomp
of their edifices. Today it's the most exclusive chunk of real estate in China,
with pretensions to becoming the nation's Champs-Elysées; the world's most
luxurious brands have recently set up shop, and there are a clutch of celebrity
restaurants and some rather good hotels.
Having strolled the length of the Bund and soaked up some history, visitors
can get a first taste of the frantic pace of Shanghai's modern consumerism on
the roads that lead from it back towards People's Square - Nanjing Dong Lu
and Fuzhou Lu .

The Bund wài tān 外滩

Broadway Mansions 上海大厦 shàng h i dà shà

Russian Consulate 俄罗斯领事馆

é luó sī l l lng shì gu n

Pujiang Hotel 浦江饭店 p jiāng fàn diàn

Main Post Office 国际邮局 guó jì yóu jú

Waibaidu Bridge 外白渡桥 wài bái dù qiáo

Huangpu Park 黄浦公园 huáng p gōng yuán

Bund Tourist Tu nnel 外滩观光隧道 wài tān guān guāng suì dào

Peace Hotel 和平饭店 hé píng fàn diàn

18 The Bund 外滩18号 wài tān shí bā hào

Customs House 上海海关 shàng h lái h i guān

Five on the Bund 外滩5号 wài tān w hào

Three on the Bund 外滩3号 wài tān sān hào

Huangpu Cruise Dock 黄浦江游览船 huáng p jiāng yóu l l ln chuán

Nanjing Dong Lu 南京东路 náng jīng dōng lù

Fuzhou Lu 福州路 fú zhōu lù

Raffles Mall 莱福士广场 lái fú shì gu ng ch ng

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