China

Shanghai

Shanghai gives families a scale of ambition that few cities match, where Shanghai Disneyland anchors one end of the experience and a gondola ride through Zhujiajiao's 36-bridge water town sits at the other. The city's history runs deep beneath the modern skyline: the 1933 Old Millfun, a converted Art Deco slaughterhouse in Hongkou, is the kind of discovery that makes exploring off the main tourist routes feel worthwhile. For soup dumplings, Jia Jia Tang Bao near People's Square has been running the same family recipe since 1986, and the queues are part of the ritual. Download Alipay before you arrive because cash is genuinely rare in the city now, and the metro Jiaotong Card handles everything else from day one. FamiVentura's Shanghai guide covers 15 picks across activities, food, hidden discoveries, and excursions, plus 2-day and 5-day itineraries, a neighbourhood guide, and a survival guide for a city that rewards families who look beyond the Bund.