Private Full-Day Tour of Shanghai with Dim-sum Lunch
This classic leisure full-day tour will amaze you with must-see attractions in Shanghai. After a convenient hotel pickup, learn about profound history and culture at Shanghai Museum; walk around Nanjing Road and explore the thinnest building; appreciate the Sikumen style old houses at Xintiandi; stroll around Yuan Old Street and visit a classical garden. At dusk, enjoy panoramic views of Shanghai and sunset on the 88th floor of Jin Mao Tower.
- Admire classical Chinese architecture, exquisite sculptures and carvings at Yu Garden
- Get in touch with the everyday people and experience local lifestyle at Shanghai Old City
- Enjoy traditional Chinese dim sum - Xiaolongbao for lunch
- Learn about local insights, history and geography from your private guide
- Take it easy with 2-way door-to-door private transfers and guiding
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Private Full-Day Tour of Shanghai with Dim-sum Lunch
Pickup included
What's included in Private Full-Day Tour of Shanghai with Dim-sum Lunch
(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 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 Then, we will walk around Nanjing Road, exploring surrounding communities and the thinnest building.
Nanjing Lu (Nanjing Road)
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 can purchase everything wanted, spanning from special and cheap souvenirs to the luxurious world famous brands. You can also visit the surrounding neighborhoods and the thinnest building. The thinnest in Ningbo Road is known as Paper Building(纸片楼). The building was once reported by British Daily Mail, stated as perhaps the world's flattest and thinnest building. Standing diagonally in the front of the the building, it just looks like a piece of paper. The old house had four floors, not all that thin; it takes the shape of triangular polygon. This novel and strange building still has a large number of residents. Then, we will walk around Yuayuan Old Street, experiencing the original Shanghai lifestyle and visiting a classical garden and Chinese pharmacy.
Inclusions
- Knowledgeable tour guide
- Private transportation
- Bottled water
- Dim sum - Xiaolongbao
- Entrance fee of the indicated attractions
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Pickup and Dropoff
Choose to be picked up from a list of locations
Please arrive at the pick up point 10 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
We pick up from hotels centrally located in Shanghai.
