Shanghai Trip Overview
Get to know Shanghai with your own tour guide on this full-day private that covers Zhujiajiao Ancient Town and Shanghai city highlights. Explore the ancient water town of Zhujiajiao, visit important attractions such as Chenghuangmiao, North Street, Kezhi Garden and more, then take the boat to have a different experience. After lunch, discover Shanghai city highlights which including Yuyuan Garden or White Jade Temple, The Bud. Finally enjoy bird’s-eye views of the city from Shanghai Tower. This private tour including English speaking tour guide, entrance fee ,boat ride, lunch and door to door transfer.
Additional Info
Duration: 6 to 9 hours
Starts: Shanghai, China
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Shanghai, Shanghai Region, China
Get to know Shanghai with your own tour guide on this full-day private that covers Zhujiajiao Ancient Town and Shanghai city highlights. Explore the ancient water town of Zhujiajiao, visit important attractions such as Chenghuangmiao, North Street, Kezhi Garden and more, then take the boat to have a different experience. After lunch, discover Shanghai city highlights which including Yuyuan Garden or White Jade Temple, The Bud. Finally enjoy bird’s-eye views of the city from Shanghai Tower. This private tour including English speaking tour guide, entrance fee ,boat ride, lunch and door to door transfer.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Zhujiajiao Ancient Town, No.36 Meizhou Road, Qingpu District Zhujiajiao Town, Shanghai 201713 China
Meet your tour guide in the lobby of your Shanghai hotel, hop on your private air-conditioned vehicle, heading directly to Zhujiajiao Ancient Town. (1 hour drive) Sit back and enjoy the scenery along the way.
With a history of more than 1,700 years, Zhujiajiao Ancient Town is regarded as Shanghai’s Venice. Unique old bridges across bubbling streams, small rivers shaded by willow trees, and houses with courtyards attached all transport people who have been living amidst the bustle and hustle of the modern big city to a brand-new world full of antiquity, leisure and tranquility.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Zhujiajiao Kezhi Garden, No.109 Xijing Street, Zhujiajiao Town, Qingpu District, Shanghai 201713 China
Follow your tour guide to explore the ancient town, stroll along Beidajie, many buildings has a history of hundred years.
Explore Kezhi Garden. The architecture in the garden is a combination of the Chinese traditional and the Western styles. It consists of three parts – the main hall, the garden and an artificial hill area. The most iconic landmark of the garden is a five story building with a pavilion on its roof, which is the tallest building in old Zhujiajiao.
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Zhujiajiao Chenghuangmiao Temple, No.69 Caohe Street, Zhujiajiao Town, Qingpu District, Shanghai 201713 China
Admire the God of Mercy at Chenghuangmiao Temple.
Stop At: Zhujiajiao Museum of Humanities & Arts, No.36 Meizhou Road, Zhujiajiao Town, Qingpu District, Shanghai China
Explore Qing Dynasty Post Office where you can find antique post cards of old Shanghai and letters written on bamboo.
Explore Tong Tian He Chinese Pharmacy and take photos of different bridges.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Zhujiajiao Bridge, North Street, Zhujiajiao Town, Shanghai China
Later, enjoy a relaxing boat riding on the canal to see beautiful surrounding.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Yu Garden (Yuyuan), No.218 Anren Street, Huangpu District, Shanghai 200010 China
Enjoy lunch in the local restaurant, then go back to Shanghai city, and visit Yuyuan Garden,
Yuyuan Garden is the largest ancient gardens with Ming and Qing style architecture. Follow your tour guide to explore the garden, learn how to form a perfect garden. Then visit the Old City God Temple, where various of local snack shops and streets are scattered around.
Since Yuyuan Garden is not open on Monday, so you can choose to visit Jade Buddha Temple instead.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Jade Buddha Temple, 170 An Yuan Road, Shanghai China
If you choose to visit Jade Buddha Temple, you will see the White Jade Buddhas which were brought here from Burma in the nineteenth century. Stroll around halls and courtyards in the temple with your tour guide, learn the history about the temple and buddhism in China, see how the locals come to worship and burn incense.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: The Bund, The Bund, Shanghai
Continue to the Bund, where you will see amazing city skyline, including the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Shanghai World Financial Center Shanghai Tower, Shanghai Tower and colonial buildings along the Huangpu River. Take a walk and stop for photos.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Shanghai Tower, No479 Lujiazui Ring Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai China
From the Bund, move on to Shanghai Tower which is the highest building of China. Take the high-speed elevator to the observatory and enjoy a panoramic view of the whole city with a 360 degrees dimension from the observatory.
If you have already visit some of those places above before, and want to do something different. Please feel free to discuss with your tour guide on where to go, you can choose these attractions or activities base on your interests:
Shanghai Museum/ Pearl TV Tower/World financial center/Jinmao Tower
After the tour, your guide will take you back to your hotel in Shanghai.
Duration: 30 minutes
