Shanghai Trip Overview
Shanghai is an international metropolis with a blend of rich history and fashionable modernity. This tour will provide a great opportunity to explore Shanghai. With the guide, we will take the lift to the Jin Mao Tower, visit the city’s model and walk into old street. The itinerary includes Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai Old Street, Yu Garden, Nanjing Road, People’s Square, Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall and the lobby of Park Hotel.
1.Take the lift to the 88th floor of the Jin Mao Tower to have a bird’s-eye view of Shanghai
2.Discover Shanghai Old Street and Yu Garden
3.Take the Dangdang sightseeing tram to visit Nanjing Road
4.Visit the largest city model in Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
5.Visit the central origin of Shanghai urban coordinate axis at the lobby of Park Hotel
6.Travel by Metro as a local
Additional Info
Duration: 9 hours
Starts: Shanghai, China
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Shanghai, Shanghai Region, China
Shanghai is an international metropolis with a blend of rich history and fashionable modernity. This tour will provide a great opportunity to explore Shanghai. With the guide, we will take the lift to the Jin Mao Tower, visit the city’s model and walk into old street. The itinerary includes Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai Old Street, Yu Garden, Nanjing Road, People’s Square, Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall and the lobby of Park Hotel.
1.Take the lift to the 88th floor of the Jin Mao Tower to have a bird’s-eye view of Shanghai
2.Discover Shanghai Old Street and Yu Garden
3.Take the Dangdang sightseeing tram to visit Nanjing Road
4.Visit the largest city model in Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
5.Visit the central origin of Shanghai urban coordinate axis at the lobby of Park Hotel
6.Travel by Metro as a local
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Jin Mao Tower, No.88 Century Avenue, Pudong New Area, Shanghai 200121 China
Being the forth tallest building only to Shanghai Tower, Shanghai World Financial Center and Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai, Jin Mao Tower is located in the center of Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone in Pudong. The architect, Adrian D. Smith, of this skyscraper ingeniously combined the elements of traditional Chinese culture with the newest architectural styles of the time, which makes it one of the best-constructed buildings in China.
The 88th floor-the highest floor, is reserved for the tower’s observation deck, which can hold 1000 people at any one time. From there, visitors can get a sweeping view of the sceneries on the banks of Huangpu River.
The tower has the best elevators available. Two direct elevators operate at the speed of 9.1 meters (nearly 30 feet) per second that can send visitors from the ground floor to the 88th floor for only 45 seconds.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Yuyuan Old Street, Houjia Road, Fangbang Middle Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai 200001 China
Shanghai Old Street, historically called Miaoqian Dajie, is an old business street that has a combination of tourist attractions, shops, entertainment and cultural exhibits. It owes its special social attractions and rich commercial background to the fact that the earliest bank, gold shop, jeweler’s store, wine shop and tea house of the city were all to be found here. Visiting the old alleys of Shanghai is a great way to discover the traditional culture of this city and experience the real life of the Shanghainese.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Yu Garden (Yuyuan), No.218 Anren Street, Huangpu District, Shanghai 200010 China
Yu Garden is the largest of Shanghai’s ancient gardens with Ming and Qing architectural styles. Yu Garden is small in size, but it contains all elements that a classical Chinese garden should have. The pavilions, halls, rockeries, ponds and cloisters all have unique characteristics. The garden has six areas, each with its own style. The Grand Rockery, in the center of the Garden, is the most renowned sight. You can walk to the Zigzag Nine Bend Bridge. Chinese people believe that the number nine symbolizes auspiciousness. Walking across the Bridge is said to bring people good luck. The Bridge leads to Mid-Lake Pavilion Teahouse, which is the oldest teahouse in Shanghai.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Nanjing Lu (Nanjing Road), Nanjing East Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai 200000 China
Nanjing Road is considered to be the ‘No. 1 commercial street in China’, which has been a landmark for this city for a long time. Along its 5.5 kilometers, you will find over 600 shops that on average are visited by some 1.7 million people each day. Here, you could purchase everything wanted, spanning from special and cheap souvenirs to the luxurious world famous brands.
Taking the Dangdang sightseeing tram. It’s an unforgettable experience to take a ride on the old-style Dangdang tram. On the slow bus, you can see various stores out of the window, old or new, leaving your view one by one.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: People’s Square (Renmin Guang Chang), People’s Square, Huangpu District, Shanghai 200000 China
Shanghai People’s Square is located at the very center of Shanghai and is the demarcation point of East Nanjing Road and West Nanjing Road. It is a flourishing place for people to look around.
There are many scenic spots around people’s square, such as the new Municipal Government Mansion, Shanghai Museum, Shanghai Grand Theater and the Urban Planning Exhibition Hall. Along the south side of the People’s Avenue, there are several large underground structures, including Hong Kong Famous Brands Street and Dimei Shopping Center, the largest underground city transformer substation of Asia and the largest underground parking garage of Shanghai.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall, No.100 Renmin Main Street, Huangpu District, Shanghai 200003 China
Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall was built to show the achievement of the city planning and construction. The main body of the building covers Shanghai’s development from ancient times to the present and beyond. There is a city model made in a scale of 1/500, total 600 square meters, the largest in the world.
Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall will be closed for adjustment from December 1st 2019. The reopening date will be announced. We may visit Shanghai Museum instead.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Hotel Park Hotel Shanghai, 170 Nan Jing Xi Lu, Huangpu Qu, Shanghai Shi, China
Park Hotel is one of the oldest hotels in Shanghai. It was the tallest building ever in Shanghai. Here is used as the central origin of Shanghai urban coordinate axis. Park Hotel is considered an architectural milestone that lends a touch of historic charm to the animated cityscape.
Duration: 1 hour
