Private Shanghai Full Day City Tour with Old and New Highlights
Description
This great 8-hour Shanghai city tour takes you to discover the must see sites in Shanghai from its old and modern perspectives, from its colonial Bund riverside to the modern skyscrapers Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Shanghai Tower, from the elegant Ming Dynasty Yu Garden and old town Bazaar to the charming French Concession, from the exquisite Jade Buddha Temple to China's No.1 famous shopping street Nanjing Road and more! Experience the local culture, history and life with your local guide. Enjoy the flexibility of the exclusive private tour and explore the city at your desired way and pace! You can either choose to experience the city with the tour option by public transit such as metro, taxi, or you can choose the option with your own private vehicle. No matter if you are a solo traveler or travel with friends or family, you won't want to miss such an amazing and memorable day!
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Itinerary
Meet your private guide at your central Shanghai hotel at your prefered time.Tell your guide if there’s anything you want to see more of on your tour: your itinerary is flexible and can be 100% customized around you. Following is the sample itinetary and you are welcome to discuss with your guide if you want to customize your own tour. Typically, you will visit The Bund , the colonial-era promenade along the Huangpu River. Admire the stunning views of old and new Shanghai, including buildings such as the Bund's Old Customs House and iconic skyscrapers.
Then, follow your guide to Yu garden ( Closed on every Mondays), here you will enjoy explore the five century old garden built with charming chambers, exquisitive rockeries, ponds ,pavillions doctted in the lush greens while learning the fasinating history from your guide.
Beside the Yu garden, visit the Old town bazaar also know as the "China Town" built with the traditional Qing-Dynasty architecture complex. Enjoy fun walking along the lucky ‘Nine Zigzag’ bridge and the unique vibes of the old Shanghai. Here you may also enjoy fun shopping around in the local bazaar markets for souvenirs as handicrafts, antiques, jade, pearls, silk, and other wares etc. If you wish, experience a tea ceremony (own expense) and sample some high quality local tea.
Then, visit Shanghai’s French Concession, once the center of colonial life and now a hip area. Visit the ‘French Park,’ to see locals enjoying activities like ballroom dancing, Tai-chi, singing, and water calligraphy, and stroll around the Concession with its charming avenues of ‘French trees’ and traditional houses.
After the wonderful morning activities, you will take a break and savor a local delightful lunch in the nice restaurant. Your expert guide will help you order the dishes based on your own dietary requests.
After lunch,head to visit one of the most beautiful and famous Buddhist temples -Jade buddha temple. Admire the exquisite Jade Buddha Status from Burma,explore different chambers of the temple and learn the fascinating religious culture ,wisdom from your knowledgable guide.
Next, continue the tour to Pudong Lujiazui area ,take a leisure walk along the skybridge among the futuristic modern skyscrapers. Marvel at the fast development of city. If nice clear day, choose to visit one of the top observation decks in Shanghai Tower, Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Shanghai Financial Tower, Jinmao Tower based on your own preferences. Enjoy the spectacular birdeye view of the mega Shanghai city. As the exclusive flexible tour , if you have been to the above mentioned attractions , you could also have alternative options to visit Xintiandi, Tianzifang, Shanghai Museum, Urban Planning Hall, Shanghai poster art museum, AP Plaza market etc based on the time and your own interests. After the wonderful day you will be dropped off back to your downtown hotel or other downtown area as per your request.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Pick up and drop off is provided anywhere in downtown Shanghai. Please advise your pick up details at time of booking.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- If your hotel is not located in downtown Shanghai, an arrangement can be made to meet near the downtown area
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
Reviews(1,258)
The tour was great, and made better by the guide - Feifei. Highly recommend
We couldn’t have asked for a better tour guide in Shanghai than Fei Fei! From the very beginning when we met her, she was incredibly patient, knowledgeable, kind, and attentive to every detail all day. She took the time to answer all of our questions, shared so much interesting history and culture, and made sure we were comfortable throughout the entire experience, even helped us take family pictures! We were hesitant in booking this trip considering my mother just had spinal surgery 3 months ago and I’m sure glad we did. Fei Fei made everything in her power to make sure my mom was always okay, looked out for steps, where she could sit and adjusted the plan to our needs. Fei Fei truly went above and beyond to make our trip special. She has been the best tour guide we have ever had!!! Thank you for making our experience so memorable! 🇨🇳❤️
Annie is the best! Very authentic and provided great information in a fun/ easier manner. Took us to a great local restaurant for lunch. And easily adapted to our schedule/ requests! Would recommend 100/100. -Andrew S
We were lucky enough to have Wing be our guide for our day in Shanghai!! Her knowledge plus her flexibility were amazing. I cannot encourage you enough to book this tour and request Wing, you will not be disappointed.
I had a fantastic day exploring Shanghai with Ruby. She was friendly, knowledgeable and an excellent guide throughout the day. I saw all of the key sites listed in the TripAdvisor advert, and the whole day was very well organised. Ruby was happy to answer questions, shared lots of interesting information about Shanghai, and made the experience really enjoyable. I honestly have no complaints or criticisms at all. Everything was excellent from start to finish, and I would highly recommend this tour — particularly Ruby as a guide. A brilliant way to see Shanghai!
Feifei made sure our family was very well looked after on this day tour around Shanghai. We would recommend it to other families and small groups. Great communications too with the tour organisers at Sunny Tours
Hugely recommend this trip. Annie is fantastic - perfect English, hugely knowledgeable, very helpful and an all round amazing guide. Ethan was also a great driver and the car was luxurious.
With only few hours available, we were excellently guided by Roy through some of the most beautiful treasures of Shanghai. A passionate, knowledgeable and discrete master, Roy gave us the perception of traveling through time and history, putting us in contact with the struggles and challenges that brought to modern - and astonishing - Shanghai. The tour was greatly facilitated by a very comfortable - even luxurious- minivan, excellently driven. Our gratefulness to Sunny Travel and Roy for having organized such a perfect experience.
We had the absolute pleasure of having Michael show us around his beautiful city of Shanghai, and we couldn’t have asked for a better guide! Michael was warm, friendly, incredibly knowledgeable, and so accommodating and flexible throughout our day. His English was excellent, which made communication easy and meant we could really understand and appreciate everything he shared with us. It was also the little details that made the whole day run so smoothly. Michael coordinated everything so well with our driver that we never had long waits between destinations, allowing us to make the most of our time without ever feeling rushed. He thought ahead, was attentive to what we needed, and was always happy to adapt the day to suit us. And then there was lunch — an experience we will always remember! It was so much more than simply stopping for a meal. Michael gave us the opportunity to experience something authentic and local, and it became one of the highlights of our day. What stood out most was how genuinely passionate Michael is about his job. It’s rare to come across someone who clearly enjoys what they do so much, and his enthusiasm was infectious. You could also immediately tell just how much he loves Shanghai and how proud he is to share his city with visitors. Thank you, Michael, for making our day in Shanghai so enjoyable, effortless and memorable. We feel very fortunate to have experienced the city with someone who knows and loves it so much. We would highly recommend Michael to anyone wanting to experience Shanghai with a knowledgeable, friendly and genuinely passionate local guide. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Everything was awesome. Please thank Feifei again for me, she was amazing! It was a very nice experience and we enjoyed every bit of it!
