Full-Day Private Historical Guided Tour of Shanghai City
Get to know Shanghai with your own guide on this private day tour. After a convenient hotel pickup, walk through People’s Square and visit Shanghai Museum; walk around Nanjing Road, exploring surrounding communities and the thinnest building. In the afternoon, visit the largest Shanghai's ancient garden - Yu Garden and the oldest temple - Longhua Temple, explore the Historical Sites along Wukang Road and Hengshan Road. According to your preference, your guide will recommend some delicious local foods to eat.
- Learn about profound history and culture at Shanghai Museum
- Experience the original Shanghai atmosphere in Yuyuan Old Street and local communities
- Visit the central origin of Shanghai urban coordinate axis at Park Hotel
- Personalized experience with a private guide
- Make the most of limited time with convenient hotel pickup and drop-off
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Full-Day Private Historical Guided Tour of Shanghai City
Pickup included
What's included in Full-Day Private Historical Guided Tour of Shanghai City
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
People's Square (Renmin Guang Chang)
Your tour guide will meet you at your hotel at 09:00 a.m.. Then, we will transfer to People’s Square by public transportation and start the highlight tour. 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. Before 1949, the area of Shanghai People’s Square and the People’s Park was used as a famous horse racetrack which was built in 1861, honored as the ‘No.1 Racetrack in Far East’. Visitors still can find the ruins for the former main building standing at the northeast part of the People’s Square. We will see many scenic spots around people's square, such as the new Municipal Government Mansion, Shanghai Museum, Shanghai Grand Theater, Shanghai History Museum the Urban Planning Exhibition Hall. Later, we will visit Shanghai Museum.
Shanghai Museum (Shanghai Bowuguan)
Located in the center of Shanghai in People's Square, Shanghai Museum is a large museum of ancient Chinese art. Its style and presentation surround visitors with artifacts demonstrating ancient wisdom and philosophy. The exterior design of the round dome and the square base symbolizes the ancient idea of a round heaven and a square land. The museum is divided into eleven galleries and three exhibition halls. The eleven galleries cover most of the major categories of Chinese art: Ancient Bronze, Ancient Ceramics, Paintings, Calligraphy, Ancient Sculpture, Ancient Jade, Coins, Ming and Qing Furniture, Seals, and Minority Nationalities.
Shanghai Grand TheaterPass-by Only
We will admire the facade of Shanghai Grand Theater. Shanghai Grand Theater is uniquely designed and beautifully shaped. It combines western and Chinese architectural styles perfectly. The white arched vault sets off glass curtain walls like a crystal palace.
Inclusions
- Knowledgeable tour guide
- Private transportation
- Bottled water
- All Fees and Taxes
- Entrance fee of the indicated attractions
- Lunch
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Pickup and Dropoff
You can choose to be picked up from a list of locations, or alternatively, have the choice to make your own way to the meeting points
Please arrive at the pick up point 10 minutes before departure time.
