The Bund

Pros: Great history, cool looking old buildings, great view of downtown Shanghai
Cons: Not a whole lot of exciting things to do, the Huangpu River is pretty nasty

My wife and I have been living in China for the past 11 months and we had the opportunity to spend this last New Year’s in Shanghai with a couple of our friends. We were able to spend about four days in the city and one of these we spent exploring...

Pros: Old European architecture and ultramodern Chinese. Neat contrast!
Cons: Some areas run down and there's not a whole lot of old word China here.

The Bund, technically, refers to the side of the river with the old European buildings, but its aura is much larger, encompassing sort of the spirit of Shanghai. It's a Shanghai's "must see". Shanghai is one of the world's largest cities based on ...

Pros: The most famous skyline in the world day or night.
Cons: Tons of vendors pushing junk, beware of pickpockets.

The Bund was one part of my trip to Shanghai for the other part see my review under Shanghai entitled "Fourth Stop Shanghai". As the title suggest this was part of a 5 cities in 5 days tour, however The Bund deserved a little more space for a review. ...

Pros: Great cosmopolitan area, new and old, shopping, restaurants, etc.
Cons: Not enough green...concrete jungle; weather is moody

The Bund is a great part of Shanghai that shows the influences of the outside world on not only the city, but China in general. On one side of the river (Pu Xi) you have the European style buildings that were erected when the British and French divvided...

Pros: Great View
Cons: Crowded

The Bund… What kind of name is that anyways? I was confused as to where the heck is this place until I saw the picture. And then it hit me on the head like, hey, I lived around there! FYI, in Chinese the Bund is called "Wai Tan", meaning...

Pros: Great place to view city and water
Cons: One of the places street vendors can get annoying

The Bund was originally a tow path to pull barges of rice. Wàit`an is the Chinese name for the area. The Bund is the Anglo-Indian name for the embankments built up to discourage flooding of the area. It is comes from the word band, which means ...