Found a hidden gem of a hotel in the mountains of Shanghai, I don't want to leave

Shanghai in August🔥 I owe my life to the AC, but the joy is all thanks to Sheshan! Last week, I couldn't handle the 40°C heatwave anymore🌡️ Dragged my bestie to escape the city overnight, and ended up having so much fun in Songjiang that I didn't want to go home!! I've put together a summer escape itinerary that covers both the pitfalls and the hidden gems. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to do it👇 ━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌿 Stop 1 | Chenshan Botanical Garden | A must-visit for forest-style oxygen breathing ━━━━━━━━━━━ 📍3888 Chenhua Road, Songjiang District 🎫 60 yuan/person ⏰ 8:00 AM–5:30 PM (Last entry at 4:30 PM) 10-minute drive from the resort area🚗 August exclusive highlight: The Giant Water Lily is in full bloom!! The giant lily pads floating on the water are super stunning. Can you believe kids can stand on them without sinking?🤯 The water lilies nearby look like a Monet painting. No need to edit your phone photos, they look great straight out of the camera✨ ✔️Must-visit route: Enter via Gate 1➡️Quarry Garden (the stunning waterfall canyon is super photogenic) ➡️Greenhouse Cluster (great for cooling off + seeing tropical plants) ➡️Giant Water Lily Pond➡️Aquatic Botanical Garden ⚠️Tested summer escape guide: Be in the first group at 8:00 AM! Finish the outdoor areas before 11:00 AM. Hide in the greenhouse at noon to enjoy the AC and look at flowers and plants. Head out for round two at 3:00 PM📸 ━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎨 Stop 2 | Yuehu Sculpture Park | A sanctuary for art & families ━━━━━━━━━━━ 📍1158 Linyin New Road, Songjiang District 🎫 Adults 50 yuan, children/seniors 25 yuan ⏰ Summer 7:30 AM–5:30 PM My personal favorite hidden gem park💕 100 hectares of lake surface + 150+ international sculptures. There's also a Jurassic-themed exhibition right now🦖 40+ giant dinosaurs hidden in the woods. Bring the kids, they'll be screaming with excitement! You must go to the lakeside beach in the evening🏖️ Walk on the soft sand and watch the sunset dye the sky rose gold. It's the kind of beauty that doesn't even need color grading for your vlog🌅 ━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎢 Stop 3 | Happy Valley EV Music Park | Exclusive night session fun ━━━━━━━━━━━ 📍888 Linhu Road, Songjiang District 🎫 Night tickets are a great deal! ⏰ Open until 9:30 PM during summer Fully upgraded and back this year!✨ Tens of millions in lighting and stage design + 3D giant screen. The live performances and water splashing party are super hyped💃 The roller coasters I was too scared to ride during the day, I actually dared to try once the night lights turned on! (Just kidding, I was still scared, but the atmosphere was amazing😝) The Maya Water Park next door is also open💦 My bestie rode the 17-meter water drop ride 3 times in a row. Brave souls can come and challenge it🏄‍♀️ ━━━━━━━━━━━ 🏨 Accommodation | Healing hotel in the mountains ━━━━━━━━━━━ After playing, returning to the room is pure healing!! The balcony faces Yuehu Lake and the distant mountains⛰️ The night breeze blows in, cool and moist. The toiletries have a premium woody scent🌲 The moment I lay down: "I'm not going anywhere tomorrow, I'm just staying here!" ━━━━━━━━━━━ 🚗 Transportation & Money-saving tips ━━━━━━━━━━━ ▪️Metro Line 9 "Sheshan Station" is the hub. Transfer to buses/shuttles to reach all attractions directly. ▪️If driving, take the G60 Shanghai-Kunming Expressway Sheshan Exit. The drive between attractions is ≤10 minutes🚙 ▪️High-speed rail Songjiang Station ticket stubs offer attraction discounts (check specific applicability before departure). ▪️Recommended 2-day itinerary: Day 1: Botanical Garden + leisurely tour of Yuehu. Day 2: Have a blast at Happy Valley🎪 Who else understands the joy of a 1-hour trip from Shanghai!! It's hot, really hot, but the joy is reaaaally, reaaaally joyful!💫