File photo: Shanghai Happy Valley's EV Music Festival is a popular music event among the young. [Photo/WeChat account: sheshanlvyou]

Check out the five recommended routes to tour through the Shanghai Sheshan National Tourist Resort in Songjiang district of Shanghai this summer. The resort is holding the 2021 Summer Carnival, a major summer tourism event, and is home to a number of popular tourist attractions.

Route I Two-day tour for the young at heart

Enjoy electronic music shows at Shanghai Happy Valley → Taste Sheshan delicacies at Lan Sun Mountain Villa → Spend the night at Hilton Hotel → Join the open-air music party at Playa Maya Water Park

Route II Two-day tour for couples

Enjoy electronic music shows at Shanghai Happy Valley → Watch an 18-minute water show at night at Shanghai Happy Valley → Spend the night in the underwater guest room of InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland → Moon Lake Sculpture Park

Children learn about plants at the Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden. [Photo/WeChat account: sheshanlvyou]

Route III Two-day tour for parents and children

Explore the natural world at Chenshan Botanical Garden → Play at Smurfs theme park → Spend a night in the underwater room of InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland → Experience swimming and golf at Tianma Country Club

Route IV Two-day tour through the history of Shanghai

The millennium "Leaning Tower", or Bead Protection Tower, on Tianma Mountain → Guangfulin Cultural Relics Park, which is dubbed the "Root of Shanghai" → Spend the night at Guangfulin Prime Minister's Mansion Hotel → The Cathedral on Sheshan, also called the largest Cathedral in the far east → Taste local delicacies at Sheshan Forest Family Restaurant

Route V One-day tour escaping summer heat

Sheshan Forest Park → Moon Lake Sculpture Park → Spend the night at Sheshan Forest Hotel

The Sheshan Forest Park is a popular destination to escape summer heat. [Photo/WeChat account: sheshanlvyou]