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Big Shanghai Disliked Cities Vacation Quiet Places 是

Front (You've always disliked big cities, why go to Shanghai on vacation?) Even though Shanghai is a big city, there are still many quiet places. (not A 是 A)
Back 上海尽管是一个大都市,可是还是有不少安静的地方。
('尽管。。。,(可是/但是)还是。。。' to indicate in spite of a certain fact in context, it makes no difference to the situation)
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