Shanghai Trip Overview
It is no surprise that Shanghai’s place in China is one of immense power and multicultural allure: regaining its status as the country’s financial capital, numerous pockets of culture and history fill that gap between the modern and the traditional.
• Explore the hidden corners of former French Concession
• Wander over The Bund, Shanghai’s renowned boulevard
• Meander the streets of the Old Bazaar
• Watch how modern and old Shanghai merge
• Lunch is included at a local restaurant
Additional Info
Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Shanghai, China
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Shanghai, Shanghai Region, China
It is no surprise that Shanghai’s place in China is one of immense power and multicultural allure: regaining its status as the country’s financial capital, numerous pockets of culture and history fill that gap between the modern and the traditional.
• Explore the hidden corners of former French Concession
• Wander over The Bund, Shanghai’s renowned boulevard
• Meander the streets of the Old Bazaar
• Watch how modern and old Shanghai merge
• Lunch is included at a local restaurant
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Jade Buddha Temple, 170 An Yuan Road, Shanghai China
Your guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel in downtown Shanghai early in the morning. Depending on the location of your accommodation, we commonly try to head over first to the French Concession. The former foreign concession in Shanghai from 1849 until 1943, this area remained the premier residential and retail district of Shanghai and was also the centre of Catholicism in Shanghai. Next, we head over to the Jade Buddha Temple; with its Song Dynasty-style grounds, the temple houses two priceless white jade Buddha brought from Burma in the 1870s.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Zhongshan Road Walking Street, Siming District, Xiamen 361001 China
The Bund’s importance for the city also has made it one of its unofficial tourism and trading centre of Shanghai Also called Zhongshan Road, it is Shanghai’s iconic waterfront and regarded as the symbol of the city for already hundreds of years. The unique shape of the Oriental Pearl TV Tower is visible on the opposite side as well as one of the tallest buildings in China, the Shanghai World Financial Centre.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Yu Garden (Yuyuan), No.218 Anren Street, Huangpu District, Shanghai 200010 China
Before we move on, we serve lunch at a local restaurant where you will get a taste of local cuisine in an authentic setting. After lunch, it is time to head into the fully-restored garden of Yuyuan, inaugurated in the Ming dynasty and has a total area of 20,000 square meters. Although the Garden occupies less than five acres, demonstrates perfectly the sophisticated art of combining several different elements to create a world in miniature.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Old Town, Old Town, Shanghai
The nearby Old Bazaar has established itself as a leading centre for local commerce where visitors loitering among a cluster of shops, restaurants and recreation facilities.
It is without a doubt that, after you’ve safely returned to your hotel, you will see this exciting multicultural metropolis as a blend of the modern and the traditional.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
