🌇 The Bund

Shanghai, China

Best time: March–May and October–November, cool enough for evening walks

A riverside row of colonial-era banks and trading houses facing Lujiazui's skyscrapers across the Huangpu. Old facades by day, and after dark the two lit-up skylines make Shanghai's most famous view.

Good to know

• The lights are best from about 7 to 10 pm; weekends get very crowded.
• Take a Huangpu river cruise or the public ferry to see both skylines from the water.