Shanghai Tower
China's tallest building; observation deck on the 118th floor.
Visitor info
- Opening hours
- 08:30-22:00
- Ticket
- 199 CNY
- Suggested visit
- 1-2 hours
Price is indicative — final quote on inquiry.
Why it's worth it
China's tallest building at 632 metres — a twisting glass fin whose 120-degree spiral cuts wind load. The observation deck on the 118th floor sits 546 metres up, reached by elevators that climb at 18 metres per second, ears popping all the way.
Don't miss
- The deck at sunset: the Bund glowing on one side, the river bending south on the other
- Looking straight down the tower's twisting flank to the streets below
- The top of Shanghai World Financial Centre's 'bottle opener' square hole at eye level next door
Getting there
Metro Line 2 to Lujiazui, Exit 6; the tower is the tallest thing in front of you — a five-minute walk.
Tips
- Buy timed tickets online in the evening slots; weekends sell out and the queue can be an hour
- Haze kills the view — check the visibility before paying; a clear winter day beats a humid summer one
- The deck stays open late; the last ride up around 21:30 means a near-empty deck
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More in Shanghai
- Yu Garden
Ming dynasty rockeries, pavilions and the zigzag bridge of City God Temple area.
- Zhujiajiao Water Town
17-bridge canal town 45 km from downtown; gondolas under Ming bridges.
- The Bund
Colonial riverfront facing Pudong's sci-fi skyline; walk it at dusk both ways.
- The Bund
Shanghai's calling card and a microcosm of its modern history: a 1.5 km riverside stretch on the west bank of the Huangpu River, running north from Waibaidu Bridge (Garden Bridge) to Yan'an East Road, is lined with 52 historic buildings in Gothic, Baroque, Art Deco and other styles, collectively known as the "World Architecture Exhibition"
- Lujiazui 'Big Three' Viewing
The heart of Pudong's financial-district skyline: Shanghai Tower, at 632 m China's tallest building, rises in a twisting spiral form that reduces wind load; its 546 m "Top of Shanghai" observatory ranks among the world's highest, and on floor 125 you can see the thousand-ton damper nicknamed the "magic needle that steadies the building"
- Oriental Pearl Tower
A 468 m TV tower completed in 1994, once the tallest tower in Asia: three 9 m-diameter slanted columns support 11 spheres of varying sizes, inspired by the verse "pearls large and small falling onto a plate of jade"