Sheshan National Forest Park
The only natural hilly woodland on Shanghai's mainland (main peak approx. 100 m), split into East Sheshan and West Sheshan: Sheshan Observatory on West Sheshan, founded in 1900, once held the largest-aperture refracting telescope in the Far East and is now the Shanghai Astronomy Museum
Visitor info
- Opening hours
- 08:00-17:00
- Ticket
- Free (Astronomy Museum / Deep Pit Hotel activities charged separately)
Price is indicative — final quote on inquiry.
The only natural hilly woodland on Shanghai's mainland (main peak approx. 100 m), split into East Sheshan and West Sheshan: Sheshan Observatory on West Sheshan, founded in 1900, once held the largest-aperture refracting telescope in the Far East and is now the Shanghai Astronomy Museum; on the hillside, the Basilica of Our Lady of Sheshan is a famous Catholic pilgrimage site in East China, and together with the bamboo sea at the foot of the hill forms the “bamboo shadows and bell tolls” scenery. The nearby Moon Lake Sculpture Park and the Shimao Deep Pit Hotel (InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland), converted from a disused quarry pit (one of the lowest-altitude hotels in the world), together make up the Songjiang mountain-and-water leisure triangle.
Getting there: Metro Line 9, Sheshan Station
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