One Day Tour of Shanghai City Essence

Your guide will pick you up from your hotel lobby at around 09:00 and drive you to visit the symbol of Shanghai – the Oriental Pearl Tower. This Tower has been standing for over 20 years. It’s the best place to get a bird’s eye view of both Pudong and Puxi areas. Challenge yourself and walk on the glass observation deck to see the tiny vehicles and people under your feet. The Shanghai Urban History and Development Museum in the Tower offers an excellent history of this city.

Looking out over the Oriental Pearl Tower

Your next stop is Yu Garden. Built in 1559, it is a masterpiece of classical Chinese gardens and represents the advanced architectural style of about 450 years ago. Delightful ponds, fish, pavilions, trees, corridors, rockeries, and paintings on the wall are all the things which you would expect to see if you could have gone back to Ancient China.

Yu Garden

Outside of Yu Garden, you will arrive in Yuyuan Bazaar. You can find clothes, souvenirs, jewelry, gold and also lots of snacks stalls. This is your chance to really have fun practicing your bargaining skills. Nanxiang Shanghai dumplings have a hundred years of history. You will have this traditional food as lunch at an old shop.

Snacks Stalls in Yuyuan Bazaar

After lunch, you will go to the Old French Concession, which covers an area including lots of small and interesting streets. Fuxing Lu, Wuyuan Lu, and Anfu Lu have plenty of leafy trees, cafes, quiet laneways, interesting shops, old houses and former leaders' residences. This area is really historical, unique, and very comfortable for a ramble. After walking, you can sit down at a fancy coffee shop in Xintiandi to have a tasty coffee. The well designed and relaxed nature of this area with indoor and outdoor seating, car-free, all makes it a nice place to be.

the Old French Concession

You will go to Nanjing Road which extends from The Bund to People's Square through the central part of downtown Shanghai. You can find various shops and restaurants, as well as a number of important heritage buildings. There are many Art Deco corner buildings, and turn of the century office and department store buildings.

Nanjing Road

You will reach The Bund while walking along Nanjing Road. As a walkway along the Huangpu River, one of the best places to see the skyscrapers in Pudong and historical buildings in Puxi, and the location of des Nations Building Expo Group, it has become a must see in Shanghai.

The Bund

Your tour ends here. Your guide and driver will send you back to your hotel.

(Note: the order of the attractions is subject to change based on your hotel location and weather conditions.)