Putuo
Putuo District is a municipal district of Shanghai Municipality, People's Republic of China.
Putuo District is a municipal district of Shanghai Municipality, People's Republic of China. It covers an area of 54.83 km2 (21.17 sq mi). Putuo District borders Baoshan District to the north, Jing'an District to the east and south east, Changning District to the south west and Jiading District to the west.
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Worth seeing in and around Putuo
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Oriental Pearl Tower
The Oriental Pearl Tower is a futurist TV tower in Lujiazui, Shanghai. Built from 1991 to 1994, the tower was the tallest structure in China until the completion of nearby World Financial Center in 2007.
9.5 km · TV tower in Shanghai, China · Wikipedia - 02Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University is a public university in Shanghai, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China.
6.9 km · university in Shanghai, China · Wikipedia - 03East China Normal University
East China Normal University is a public university in Shanghai, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education and co-funded with the Shanghai Municipal People's Government.
3.1 km · university in Shanghai, China · Wikipedia - 04Shanghai Museum
The Shanghai Museum is a public municipal museum of ancient Chinese art, situated on the People's Square in the Huangpu District of Shanghai, China. It is funded by the Shanghai Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau.
7.6 km · museum in the Huangpu District of Shanghai, China · Wikipedia - 05Shimao International Plaza
Shanghai Shimao Festival City, previously known as Shimao International Plaza, is a 333.3 m tall skyscraper of 60 stories in Shanghai's Huangpu District. It was completed in 2006 under the design of Ingenhoven, Overdiek und Partner, East China Architecture and Design Institute.
7.6 km · skyscraper · Wikipedia - 06Shanghai Stadium
The Shanghai Stadium is a converted football-specific stadium in Shanghai, China. Between 2009 and 2019, the stadium hosted home matches of the Chinese Super League team Shanghai SIPG, and has been the current home of Shanghai Shenhua since 2023.
8.9 km · stadium in Shanghai, China · Wikipedia - 07Yu Garden
Yu Garden or Yuyuan Garden is an extensive Chinese garden located beside the City God Temple in the northeast of the Old City of Shanghai at Huangpu District, Shanghai.
9.2 km · classical garden in Shanghai · Wikipedia - 08People's Square
People's Square is a large public square in the Huangpu District of Shanghai, China. It is south of Nanjing Road and north of Huaihai Road.
7.6 km · public square in Shanghai, China · Wikipedia - 09Shanghai Grand Theatre
The Shanghai Grand Theatre is a complex located at the intersection of Renmin Avenue and Huangpi North Road in the northern part of the People's Square in the Huangpu District of Shanghai. The building houses the Shanghai Opera House and other performing companies.
7.2 km · opera house and concert hall in Shanghai, China · Wikipedia - 10Shanghai University
Shanghai University is a municipal public university in Shanghai, China. It is owned by the Shanghai Municipal People's Government.
6.9 km · university · Wikipedia
Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Getting to Putuo
- Airports
- Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA), 9 km · Shanghai Pudong (PVG), 41 km · Sunan Shuofang (WUX), 96 km
- Stations
- Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, 8.5 km · Shanghai railway station, 5.2 km · Xujiahui station, 7.4 km · Shanghai West railway station, 1.1 km · People's Square station, 7.5 km
- Shanghai (Pudong) → Putuo15 km · quickest by road, 33 min · ¥7–10
- Wuxi → Putuo110 km · quickest by road, 2h 8m · ¥48–65
- Hangzhou → Putuo158 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · ¥70–90
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Putuo
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Putuo. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inYou can also take a ferry from Dongcheng road (near the line station) in Pudong to Jingling road south of the Bund and follow the above-mentioned signs.
- Get inAt Dongcheng Road Pier, the ferry departs from the right side - the other one goes to Fuxing Road which is less convenient.
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Next door to Putuo
Putuo is 4 km from Jing’an, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Shanghaiprovincial-level municipality in China7.4 km
- The Bundhistorical district in central Shanghai, China8.8 km
- Huangpu Districtdistrict of Shanghai, China8.8 km
- Jing'an Districtdistrict of Shanghai, China5.3 km
- Xuhui Districtdistrict of Shanghai, China8 km
- Putuo Districtdistrict of Shanghai, China600 m