{"id":31656,"date":"2020-05-06T11:54:46","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T09:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/highlights\/beijing-shanghai-and-hong-kong\/"},"modified":"2021-10-25T10:24:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T08:24:38","slug":"beijing-shanghai-and-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"highlights","link":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/destinations\/asia\/china\/beijing-shanghai-and-hong-kong","title":{"rendered":"Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>China&#8217;s TOP 3 cities<\/h2>\n<h4><strong>Beijing, China<\/strong><br \/>\nComplex and immersive<\/h4>\n<p>With its centuries-old glorious <strong>past, Beijing<\/strong> is fast on its way to a power charged future; the city of millions is complex and immersive, from mystical opera, juicy Peking duck to eye-catching architecture. Beijing has it, and more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>In this fascinating city it is always rush hour; take the metro to <strong>Tiananmen Square,<\/strong>the <strong>Forbidden City,<\/strong>the <strong>Art District<\/strong> and the <strong>Summer Palace.<\/strong> For an unperturbed walk across the world famous <strong>Great Wall of China <\/strong>just outside, grab a taxi to the Wall at <strong>Zhu\u00e0ngd\u00e0ok\u014bu.<\/strong> \u00a0 If you have the chance, give your eyes and ears a living during a performance of the <strong>Beijing Opera.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Shanghai<\/strong><br \/>\nBig, bigger, largest<\/h4>\n<p>The <strong>Maglev<\/strong>, the fastest train on earth, takes you from the airport to the centre of <strong>Shanghai<\/strong>in no time , a burst-out metropolis where superlatives fall short. To the largest, most populous city in the world.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Pudong<\/strong>, the beating heart of capitalism, you&#8217;ll be buzzing with the fastest elevator on earth to the 121st floor of the <strong>Shanghai Tower <\/strong>for breathtaking 360-degree views of a skyline as far as the eye can see. Beyond the skyscrapers you will find pop-up boutiques, bustling markets, vintage shops, designer outlets and art galleries. The entertainment options are equally varied; from acrobatics shows to <strong>Chinese opera,<\/strong>from unpretentious jazz and indie venues to night-long hip-hop and electro dance parties. Re-arrival takes you on a gondola ride across the calm canals of the lovely historical <strong>Zhujiajiao.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Hong Kong<\/strong><br \/>\nExotic New York<\/h4>\n<p>Once a sweet fishing village, now a world city of size. Hong Kong welcomes with an iconic<strong>skyline,<\/strong>an exquisite cuisine and lush, protected nature. A pulsating city of millions shrouded in a blanket of English colonization, where people live not next to but above each other. Cruise the legendary<strong>Star Ferry<\/strong>, shop in<strong>Mong Kok<\/strong>, eats in<strong>Wan Chai<\/strong>, walk the<strong>Avenue of Stars<\/strong> \u00a0 and have your prayers answered in the<strong>Man Mo temple.<\/strong> At the end of the day, take the tram to<strong>Victoria Peak<\/strong> \u00a0 and behold the sparkling harbor before you flee the crowds and settle down on one of the hundreds of unexplored islands that Hong Kong is rich in,<em>where the world can&#8217;t find you&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our cities top 3 of China<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":27607,"parent":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"country":[255],"highlight_category":[],"continent_category":[217],"class_list":["post-31656","highlights","type-highlights","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","country-china","continent_category-asia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/31656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/highlights"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31656"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/31656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238165,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/31656\/revisions\/238165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=31656"},{"taxonomy":"highlight_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlight_category?post=31656"},{"taxonomy":"continent_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/continent_category?post=31656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}