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GROOVY MAP NýýN GUIDE SHANGHAI

Format: Map
Author: Aaron Frankel
ReleaseDate: 01 April, 2005
Publisher: Groovy Map Co
Rating:

great map
It is very up to date and well laid out. I really loved the idea of having the tourist spots identified on the map. It folds nicely to carry and is better than any other maps of Shanghai I have seen.

Shanghai "Groovy" Map
It's laminated, and it has all the downtown streets clearly marked and major hotels, office buildings, parks, and other reference points clearly shown. I found this map to be extremely helpful in Shanghai. The back side has quick-and-dirty lists of the best restaurants, pubs, nightclubs, etc. so you can use that info and leave your heavy tourist book at home.
There are not many other Shanghai maps available, and the others that I found are nowhere near as well-designed or useful as this one was. The $8 price is a bit high, but the map is really worth every penny, and this is the map to have if you need a good, detailed map of the downtown area.

Colorful but not expansive
Basically, it just locates on a map what any standard guidebook would tell you about which areas are the best for tourist attractions. This map shows various restaurant, club, and shopping areas in a visual fashion. It also has a map of the subway. The brief descriptions on the back are handy too, because then you don't need to carry around a heavy guidebook all day, just the map (which you'd need anyway).

However, it didn't cover the area I was really interested in: XuJiaHui, the area around Shanghai Jiaotong University. For most tourists the focused section of the map may be enough but for those going for a longer stay, particularly near the shopping areas of Jiaotong, a bigger map will be necessary. I bought a second map to cover that area and more clearly delineate the district names.

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