Maybe it is old. I have reach it by taxi.

Quite late into the evening between 8pm and 10pm

We took the hop on hop off to the sites.

The French Concession as an area is quite big. Therefore there are quite a few relevant Metro stations. You can consider HengShanLu station. Again you would want to check out the map. Whilst in Shanghai you can use the Metroman App to manoeuvre the metro. It's very user friendly

Hi there We used Viator, filtered to Shanghai and looked for cycling tours. It was really good fun. Cheers Mark

Guten Tag, das Französische Viertel ist auch nicht besonders zu erkenn, es ist einfach ein stadtquartier. Es befindet sich in dem Bereich Maoming Lu/Changle Lu. Kennzeichen des Viertels sind die vielen Maßschneider. Wenn Sie mit der Metro fahren, nehmen Sie Haltestelle Linie 1 "South Shaanxi Lu" und Ausgang Moaming Xi (South) Lu bis zur Changle Lu, dort ist auch das Zentrum des Viertels mit dem alten "Jin Jiang" Hotel; gehen Sie ruhig mal dort rein, im "Cathay (South) Building" gibt es eine beeindruckende "Hall of fame" der Ehrengäste. Und dem Hotel diagonal gegenüber ist enes der besten Restaurants Shanghai's: "Di Shui Dong (D-SH-D) (56 Maoming South Rd., 1 Stock ) - ganz ohne Schnick-Schnack echt gutes chinesische Küche. Namensgeber des Viertels ist die frühere French Concession bei Kreuzung Changle Lu/Wulumuqi Lu.

I am sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Definitely, yes, I did see some vegetarian and whole food restaurants (and Indian) but I did not try them. You have a much better chance of finding something good in the French Concession than anywhere else as I think the Chinese do not 'get' real vegetarian food. Good luck!

As Peter B answered, your Hotel will help you and they will also tell your taxi driver. Remember to get a Hotel card or directions in local language for your return trip to your Hotel. Not all drivers speak enough english to understand you. We did this with every cab no matter where we went and it elimated any confusion. Make sure you eat at Lost Heaven on the Bund. It has an amazing out door roof bar and food is fabulous. Have a great trip, awesome city.

I would do it on my own. There are SO MANY stores and boutiques and sites in general, I would hate to feel rushed through the process. My son is American but lives in Shanghai so we made a day of it. We just walked around for about six hours and took in "Guardians of the Galaxy" in English. I had read about the area online prior to our tour so I felt reasonably informed. Not being boxed into a time slot worked for me. I guess it depends on what you like as an experience.

Nice hotel are the Garden Hotel Ort the andaz ( my Favorit )