Shanghai is China’s largest and wealthiest city, boasting an impressive skyline of cutting-edge structures, Michelin-starred restaurants, world-class galleries and upscale shopping centres and boutiques. Despite Shanghai’s contemporary appeal the city still beams with historic charm and ancient tradition; there are lots of restored heritage structures and centuries old temples and pagodas dotted around. Traveasy offers cheap flight deals to Shanghai, taking you to this captivating city in style.

Shanghai is home to a great number of world-class museum spaces which allow a deeper insight into the city’s interesting culture and heritage. The best of the bunch is the Shanghai Museum, which displays thousands of artefacts and Chinese artworks. The Jewish Refugees Museum is also worth visiting, which is a tribute to the Jewish refugees who settled in Shanghai during World War II.

Shanghai boasts lots of beautiful parks and gardens which offer a welcome respite from the city bustle. The tranquil Yu Garden is an ideal spot which is home to pretty lotus ponds, rock formations, ancient structures and exotic fauna amongst landscaped gardens. Or you could visit the largest municipal botanical garden in Shanghai which features around 3500 plants, flowers and shrubs including rare plant species.