Oriental Pearl TV Tower
The 1994 pink-sphere TV tower that started the Pudong skyline. More retro icon than best view — its glass-floor sphere and the space-age silhouette are the draw; queues are the price.
Real-name tickets through the official 东方明珠 WeChat service account (Chinese and English pages since 2024) or OTAs such as Trip.com and Klook. The standard two-sphere ticket has no time slot; some combo tiers do. A ticket window exists on site (concession tickets are exchanged at the visitor centre) but same-day stock is not confirmed — buying online is the safer routeVerified · 2025-06Source ↗
Passport required; see details for entry handling. Real-name ticketing. Online-booked foreign visitors pass the gate with the passport used to book (Shanghai govt, Jun 2025); a venue notice describes a manual ID check at entry — either way, have the passport in hand
Weekend and holiday queues for the elevators regularly exceed an hour. Go at opening, or accept that the tower photographs better than it views — shoot it from the Binjiang riverside or the ferry instead.
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