Private Shanghai Shopping Tour: Experience Local Bargains and Culture

Embark on a private shopping tour in Shanghai and discover the city’s vibrant shopping scene. Uncover local bargains while immersing yourself in the rich cultural heritage of this dynamic city.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • South Bund Soft Spinning Material Market - Meet your experienced private shopping guide at your central Shanghai hotel at your desired time.
    Then, set off on your fun shopping adventure, spend few mins to discuss with the guide for the shopping to do lists. Following is the popular itinerary to follow. Of course, your expert guide will lead you to the best selected markets based on the items you are looking for.
    In general, your first stop will be the popular Shanghai South Bund Fabric Market, home to hundreds of tailors’ stalls selling a huge variety of fabrics. The experienced tailors will use the fabrics available to make up garments and customize shirts, suits, dresses, and coats for you, and also sell scarves, accessories, handbags, gloves, and belts.

  • Shanghai’s Hongqiao Pearl Market - Next, continue to either Pearl Market, old town market, eyeglass market, where you can find all kinds of souvenirs, tea, good quality pearls, porcelains, arts, handicrafts, Jade, trinkets, eye glasses and more.

  • A.P. Plaza Yinyang Market - If you are looking for high-end knock offs, then spend fun shopping at A.P Plaza market, with all sorts of shoes, clothes, scarfs, electronics, together with good quality purses, watches, shoes, and other wares.

Your shopping guide will advise you on how to bargain with the local vendors, so you can enjoy the fun and interest of bartering for the best prices.
If you have any particular shopping requirements, such as visiting the shops on the famous Nanjing Road, feel free to tell your guide. Plus, if you want to try some local food during your tour, simply ask your guide to make some good recommendations.

After your shopping, your tour ends with a drop-off back at your central hotel or other downtown area as per your request.

What's Included
  • Private driver with air-conditioned car (selected tours only)
  • Convenient hotel pickup and drop-off in downtown Shanghai
  • Guided shopping experience with a professional guide
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities
  • Local transportation, taxi and metro tickets (if Tour by Taxi or Metro option is chosen)
  • Overtime charge: $25.00USD per hour
  • Outskit hotel pick up and drop off( Can be arranged at surcharge)
Additional Information

Shanghai has been acclaimed as ‘the Shopping Paradise’ and ‘the Oriental Paris’ historically. The city boasts a plethora of renowned shopping destinations, including malls, department stores, wholesale markets, heritage stores on the old streets of Shanghai, specialty boutiques, and custom tailor markets. This four-hour exclusive shopping excursion is tailor-made to suit your preferences, ensuring not only great deals but also a cultural immersion experience.

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Please provide your special shopping interests upon booking
  • The duration for this tour is 4 hours only, and overtime charge is $25.00USD per hour
  • This tour is NOT suitable for the people who are specifically looking for the Lady’s or Men’s fashion clothing or any fashion desings.
Location
South Bund Soft Spinning Material Market
No.399 Lujiabang Road, Huangpu District
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Sarah_s
Jul 26, 2024
Don’t hesitate to book this tour with Sunny! - I was staying in Shanghai for a short period of time and really wanted the opportunity to do some targeted shopping and just get a bit more understanding of the city and local culture. It’s such a huge place I knew I wouldn’t have the same success going on my own without local knowledge and, travelling on my own, it’s nice having someone with you (especially when it comes to dealing with enthusiastic local shopkeepers who can be quite forceful). Sunny’s English is also excellent which is great as she’s able to translate with local people rather than having to resort to an app. I booked a shopping tour with Sunny with private transport included. You can do it using public transport but to be honest it’s so much quicker and more convenient having the car ready to pick you up and drop you wherever you want to go and really maximises use of the time available. After booking the tour Sunny asked what sort of shopping I was interested in doing so I gave her my wish list (which focused on handbags and pearls) before I went. She arranged to pick me up at my hotel and arrived on time. Sunny made the whole experience not only so much easier but much more fun. I bought a fabulous handbag and beautiful pearl necklace in places I would never have found on my own and we had a nice stop for coffee at my request to break up the morning. She also gave me a wonderful insight into local culture and we did a couple of cultural stops during the day in addition to shopping. Things you would never discover as a tourist. I highly recommend booking a tour with Sunny, whatever it is you want to see or buy. I ended up paying for a few extra hours as we had such a great time! Don’t forget to download WeChat before you get there to make it easy to communicate as there’s no gmail or WhatsApp in China.
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Depends2018
Jul 25, 2024
Great fun shopping - Very enjoyable tour. Thanks so much Sunny.i had fun shopping in the fabric markets and also local clothing market . Nice stop at French concession too. Totally recommended!
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Mariejozev
Jul 6, 2024
Wonderful shopping - Great fun Shipping in the fabric matelots Sunny shared lots of information.Happy with the tailles and recommend go to museum after the tour to stay cool. very helpful and friendly. Will definitely do it again.
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Bacsam777
Jun 23, 2024
Stall 134 Jojo Tailor - High quality tailoring and exceptional service. Jojo and her team work really hard to produce a great jacket and did exceptionally well to deliver the following day.
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Jacqueline_b
Jun 18, 2024
Go for the tailoring, stay for the history lesson - I had wanted to visit the Tailors market, get some clothes made and see a little of the city. Sunny was an incredible guide and the morning surpassed all my expectations! At the market, she found the right vendors for me who could turnaround what I was looking for quickly, helped with the negotiations and the Alipay process and much more. She suggested a few additional places I might like to see. Best of all, her excellent English, openness, enthusiasm, energy and willingness to talk and share meant I learnt so much about the history of the city about China along the way. I could not have asked for a better guide.
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Odyssey38670843382
Apr 26, 2024
A must-do experience if you like to shop. From jade and pearls to silk and cashmere, Sunny knows the best places! - Excellent way of discovering insider shopping tips of the best of Shanghai. Sunny is also a fantastic tour guide, negotiator and provides great advice. A must-do for anyone wanting to shop for gifts or having tailor-made clothing!
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Angela_m
Mar 14, 2024
Checks all the boxes! - Amazing tour, we simply told her what we were looking for and got everything on our list. Sweet, professional and knowledgeable. I would recommend this tour to everyone.
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Peter_g
Feb 27, 2024
Sunny Time in Shanghai - Sunny is well-named, very bright, warm and full of life. She really knows her way around the unique shops in Shanghai. We scored some beautiful items that will remind us of Shanghai. We had a wonderful day.
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Lillia_r
Dec 9, 2023
A very good choice. - The private tour allowed for a very strategic and efficient morning. All requested tasks were completed within the allotted time frame. With a little time left over for visiting local malls.
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Davidbeckwith
Dec 4, 2023
Helpful and fun - We had a great time shopping with Sunny. She took us to several places for jewelry and accessories. It was nice to get in some sightseeing and history while we shopped too. She made the overall experience helpful and fun. We would highly recommend this tour.
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