SH01-02: One Day Private Shanghai City Tour

In the morning, you will meet your guide in the lobby of your hotel at about 09:00. After picking you up, we will have a comfortable ride to the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall. There, you can view many textual and graphic files and architectural models, which will help you get an overall understanding of the development of Shanghai. After that, our guide will accompany you to the Yu Garden. Renowned as a shinning jewel among classical gardens in southern Yangtze, it mainly features waterside pavilions, artistic stone carvings and wood engravings. Later, we will guide you in a walk along the bustling Yuyuan market. Lunch in this 1 day Shanghai city tour is not arranged by us. You can taste some wonderful local food in the market. Next, the Shanghai city tour package will continue to the lively Bund Area to admire its essential part - the architectural complex of 52 exotic and glorious buildings. Then, get to the World Financial Center to have a fantastic bird's eye view of the whole city. 

This Shanghai one day city tour will conclude at Tianzifang, an old-style cultural block featuring distinctive Shikumen buildings with art studios, themed cafés and bars, and handicraft workshops. Then you will be escorted back to the hotel.

Meals: No meals, advice freely available

The Urban Planning Exhibition Hall showcases the urbanization and modernization of Shanghai. You will know more about Shanghai's past and present by viewing the miniatures of the city, and rich materials about the city planning. Also, the high-tech methods are widely adopted to forecast the blueprint of Shanghai through 2020. Built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Yu Garden has been around for over 400 years. It is like an elaborate bonsai with buildings, rockeries, ponds and plants well arranged inside. The main buildings, including Sansui Hall, Wanhua Chamber, Dianchun Hall, Huijing Hall, and Yuhua Hall, are all decorated delicately with exquisite carvings. A skyscraper standing in the Lujiazui Financial Zone, the World Financial Center, takes the unique shape of a beer bottle-opener, with a height of 492 meters (1,600 feet). From its top, you can overlook the entire city in all directions. The landmark of Shanghai - the Oriental Pearl Tower stands opposite the center, and you can see this gorgeous building's peak as well.

Tianzifang