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1-Day Private Shanghai City Tour: Explore Past, Present and Future of Shanghai
4.9
12 Ratings
Shanghai
Discover the rich history and vibrant future of Shanghai on this private full-day city tour. Visit the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall, Yu Gardens, the Bund, Shanghai World Financial Center, and Tianzifang. No shopping detours or distractions, just pure sightseeing.
Discover the rich history and vibrant future of Shanghai on this private full-day city tour. Visit the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall, Yu Gardens, the Bund, Shanghai World Financial Center, and Tianzifang. No shopping detours or distractions, just pure sightseeing.
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall - Your tour guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel and drive you to the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall. There, you can view many textual and graphic files and architectural models, which will help you get an overall understanding of the development of Shanghai.
- Yu Garden (Yuyuan) -…
- Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall - Your tour guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel and drive you to the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall. There, you can view many textual and graphic files and architectural models, which will help you get an overall understanding of the development of Shanghai.
- Yu Garden (Yuyuan) - Then, your guide will accompany you to the Yu Garden. Renowned as a shinning jewel among classical gardens in southern Yangtze River of China, it mainly features waterside pavilions, artistic stone carvings and wood engravings.
- Yuyuan Bazar - After leaving the garden, you will be guided to the nearby Yuyuan market to take a leisurely walk along the bustling pedestrian street. The pseudo-classic architectures lie along ancient streets to form a market selling souvenirs and snacks. You may have lunch here on your own choices.
- The Bund - Next, your trip will continue to the lively Bund Area to admire its essential part - the architectural complex of 52 exotic and glorious buildings. Take a leisure walk on the Bund and enjoy the spectacular view of the Huangpu River.
- Shanghai World Financial Center - After that, you will ascend the World Financial Center, a skyscraper takeing the unique shape of a beer bottle-opene, with a height of 492 meters (1,600 feet). Here you will have a fantastic bird’s eye view of the whole city. Take photos from the spectacular perspective of the city.
- Tianzifang - This Shanghai one day tour will conclude at Tianzifang, an old-style cultural block featuring distinctive Shikumen buildings with art studios, themed cafés and bars, and handicraft workshops. After that, your guide will escort you back to your hotel.
What's Included
- Air conditioned car with chauffeur
- Centrally located hotel pick-up and drop-off
- Private English Speaking guide
- Free use of umbrellas
- Unlimited complimentary bottled water
- Air conditioned car with chauffeur
- Centrally located hotel pick-up and drop-off
- Private English Speaking guide
- Free use of umbrellas
- Unlimited complimentary bottled water
What's Not Included
- Meals
- Gratuities
- Meals
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Shanghai, a vast global city with rich historical context, offers this exclusive full-day city exploration aimed at those curious about its past, present, and future. The journey begins at the exhibitory galleries of Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall. Wander in the charming Yu Gardens and enjoy a meal at the adjacent Yu Bazaar, followed by a…
Shanghai, a vast global city with rich historical context, offers this exclusive full-day city exploration aimed at those curious about its past, present, and future. The journey begins at the exhibitory galleries of Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall. Wander in the charming Yu Gardens and enjoy a meal at the adjacent Yu Bazaar, followed by a leisurely walk on the Bund. The trip proceeds to the Shanghai World Financial Center for a bird-eye’s view of the city, then explores shops and Shikumen-style structures in the mood-filled alleys of Tianzifang in the historic French Concession. The package covers entry fees, accommodation pickups and drop-offs. Your valuable time at tourist locations won’t be consumed by shopping detours, factory outlets, tea ceremonies, or shopping site eateries, allowing for an unadulterated tourism experience.
- Pick-up from hotels within the Middle Ring Road of Shanghai. An additional transfer fee will be incurred if your hotel is outside the above mentioned area.
- Please wear comfortable walking shoes.
Location
Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
No.100 Renmin Main Street, Huangpu District,
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(12 Ratings)
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Turkait
Oct 14, 2024
Best 1 day tour in Shanghai with tour guide Ms. Sophie Lee - I only had 24 hours to spend in the amazing city of Shanghai and luckily for me and my friends, Ms. Sophie Lee was our tour guide. We had a full and exciting day exploring the new museum, Financial District, Yu gardens, French quarter, The Bund, the river cruise to see the ever expanding g skyline and skyscrapers in this futuristic city.
We also had time for lunch at an excellent Chinese restaurant chosen by the tour company. We concluded the day with a tour in the historic bazaar area and a walk along Nanjing Road in the evening in amazing autumn weather back to our hotel on the People's Square before leaving to the airport.
The whole day was made more enjoyable and informative by the energy, historical storytelling and good sense of humour of Ms. Sophie Lee. Her experience, enthusiasm for the city and its future as well as the care and exceptional service she provided to her tour clients (myself and 2 friends) definitely came through and was very well received and appreciated.
I'm already thinking about my next trip to see this amazing city and hopefully stay for a few days to be able to explore more of the city and visit the neighbouring towns.
I highly recommend Ms Sophie Lee to anyone who is this thinking of visiting Shanghai whether it's your first time or not as she will definitely be able to suggest and help you explore more gems of Shanghai
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Victoria
Jun 30, 2024
Shanghai private tour seeing the old and the new .. - Chris, our excellent guide showed us Shanghai’s Pudong District skyline towers Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai Tower & Jin Mao Tower, and quickly “shot” the 88th observation floor of the Jinmao Tower. We visited the beautiful Yuyuan Garden and explored its nearby traditional bazaar, purchasing specialty fruit teas & took a cruise tour on the Huangpu River of the Bund District, seeingthe old and new Shanghai business districts and skyscrapers from the river level. We visited the Shanghai Museum furniture, costumes, calligraphy and cloissoine art exhibits, an overall great day in Shanghai thanks to Kris!
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Joannafc1387kh
Jun 11, 2024
Shanghai English Private Tour. one day - Shanghai is an impressive city. Our guide Sophie Lee enlightened us about the history and experiences of the city, told us very interesting things and was absolutely friendly and approachable. I definitely recommend her as a private guide. Guide in English. Thank you very much Sophie.
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Ruthsk503ro
May 30, 2024
Very nice tour and guidance in Shangai ! :) - Shanghai is just amazing with all the skyscraper, especially if you see from the 88th floor of the Shanghai tower. Thanks so much Kris for all you caring, sharing the information with us, for your good recommondations and the conversation we had with you. We really enjoyed the nice and relaxing time with you. We have lots of good memories! Thanks so much !!!
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Asian49er
May 23, 2024
Fantastic one day tour - We were coming from a cruise and the one day tour was everything we could have asked for. Sean was a great Guide and took us to the old and new parts of Shanghai. Only wish we had more time!
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Voyage12806982609
May 11, 2024
Shanghai is rich with history. - Travel Guide China has been awesome, Shanghai is the third and final leg of our tour. Someone was waiting at the airport when we exited baggage claim, out to the pickup point and on our way to the hotel.
Shanghai is an amazing city with so much to see and experience. There is so much history here to absorb, one day is not enough.
Sophie, our guide for the day made sure we experience as much as possible in one day. When she left us at the end she made sure that we understood what time to be ready for the airport in two days.
Sophie made clear that their agent would get us to the airport and checked in on our flight.
She also said not to hesitate to contact her with any questions the next day as we were on our own.
It’s the little things and personal touches that make our adventures smooth and stress less.
First time visiting China I would definitely recommend China Travel Group for a smooth experience.
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Andyw3359
Jan 15, 2024
Excellent tour of Shanghai City - Excellent tour of Shanghai with tour guide Ryan. The tour covered the history, architecture, culture and food of Shanghai. Highly recommend.
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Paulj92029
Oct 28, 2023
Ryan with Travel China Guide was amazing! - Ryan is an amazing tour guide! He is super knowledgeable regarding all of the best places to visit in Shanghai, he had an extensive knowledge of Shanghai's history, geographics, and architecture. His command of the English language was excellent, especially his vocabulary which is better than most native speakers. He took great care of us. We especially enjoyed the Yu Gardens and seeing the awesome skyline from various parts of the city and the river. The driver was also excellent, caring, and very safe. He arrived an hour early to make sure he was on time. (Sorry I don't remember his name, he's also a German tour guide.)
Traveling throughout China with Travel China Guide (Marco Polo), Ryan was our 5th Travel China Guide tour guide, and his driver was our 9th driver with the various transfers, they are all dedicated professionals each having worked for 10 to 15 years in their field, we were very, very impressed by their professionalism, care and compassion.
Dinner at the top (45th floor) of the Radisson (not included in the tour) in the rotating restaurant provided great sights and a fun time. It was a first class meal, but was a little pricey.
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Vacation604414
Nov 27, 2019
One Day Isn't Enough for Shanghai - Our one day tour of Shanghai as part of Travel China Guide's 14 day package was derailed because Macron and Xi were meeting in Shanghai. Security was pervasive and really restricted our movements and the locations we could visit. Because we couldn't take the river tour of the Bund in the day time, we took it by night. Bonanza! Don't take the tour except at night. The buildings along the Bund put on a really spectacular light show which is not to be missed. Our guide, Sophie Lee, was the most knowledgeable and English-fluent guide we had at any time in the tour. (All the guides have good comprehension, good reading and writing skills and large vocabularies. What they lack is speaking skills because they very apparently haven't spent enough time conversing with and listening to native English speakers. As a result their pronunciation is very difficult to understand.) Sophie also took us to a restaurant that had the best food we ate in China. If you go to China, spend at least three days in Shanghai. It's an enormous city with lots to offer including the best food in China. The Travel China Guide tour put us on an 8 hour train trip to Shanghai followed by a two hour bus ride from the train station to our hotel, arriving after midnight. If you have the option of adjusting parts of your tour, try to avoid the long train ride, the late arrival and the bus. The MagLev train goes from the train station to the Bund in a few minutes and is a thrill all by itself at 300 miles an hour.
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Stephenwk7728ad
Nov 7, 2023
1 day tour of Shanghai - Very enjoyable tour of Shanghai with Eileen. She looked after us very well, was very knowledgeable and spoke excellent English.
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