🏨 Full-Day Shanghai Top Sights Private Guided Sightseeing Tour Activity

Full-Day Shanghai Top Sights Private Guided Sightseeing Tour

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Departs: China, China

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

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Overview

New visitors to Shanghai can get acquainted with the city at an easygoing pace on this small group tour. With an expert guide, travel the city by private vehicle, stopping at major attractions like Former French Concession, Sun Yat-sen's Former Residence, Xujiahui Catholic Church, 1933 Old Millfun, People’s Square and Nanjing Road. We will admire the western-style architectures around Former French Concession area and discover a lesser-known side of Shanghai's history at Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum. According to your preference, your guide will recommend some delicious local foods to eat.

1. Learn about profound history and culture at Shanghai Museum
2. Walk around Nanjing Road, explore surrounding communities and the thinnest building
3. Enjoy an in-depth immersion into Chinese history courtesy of your private guide
4. Hassle-free pickup and drop-off from your Shanghai hotel

What's Included

Bottled water

Entrance fee of the indicated attractions

Knowledgeable tour guide

Private transportation

What's Not Included

Lunch

Traveler Information

INFANT: Age: 0 - 2
CHILD: Age: 3 - 17
ADULT: Age: 18 - 75

Additional Info

Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Specialized infant seats are available
Wheelchair accessible

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

Sinan Mansions

Your tour guide will meet you at your hotel at 09:00 a.m.. Then, we will transfer to Former French Concession area and start the highlight tour.
Firstly, we will stroll along Sinan Road and visit Sinan Mansions.
Sinan Road is a famous French-style road in Former French Concession Shanghai. There are about twenty garden houses on both sides of the street that are representative of almost all the residential styles of Shanghai in the early 20th century. There are boutique hotels, apartment hotels and enterprise mansions. Moreover, there are a variety of restaurants, bars, coffee houses, tea houses, as well as a large number of clubs, convention centers, showrooms, cultural salons, designer shops and recreational parks. Stroll down this clean and romantic one-way street and enjoy the shade of the plane trees on both sides of the road. You can feel the peace in the middle of the crowded Shanghai.
Then, we will visit Sun Yat-sen's Former Residence.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Shanghai Museum of Sun Yat-sen's Former Residence

The Former Residence of Sun Yat-sen is a two-storey European-style building. Sun Yat-sen, also named Sun Wen, is the great forerunner of the Chinese democratic revolution, the founder of the Republic of China and the respected contributor to Chinese modern history.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Former French Concession

We will walk around Former French Concession area, such as: Jinjiang Hotel, Okura Garden Hotel Shanghai, Moller Residence, Cathay Cinema and so on.
Known for its tree-lined boulevards, the former French Concession is a stylish neighborhood boasting a charming mix of Chinese and European architecture. Walk along quiet alleyways, absorb the botanical beauty of a French-style park and admire the intricate facades of villas and apartments built in the early 20th century and discover the famous figures that have resided within.

Later, we will visit Xujiahui Catholic Cathedral and 1933 Old Millfun.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Xujiahui Catholic Church

St. Ignatius Cathedral was built in 1896 during Qing Dynasty. As an international church in Shanghai, it used to be called 'The largest Cathedral in the far east', which is now referred to as 'the Cathedral on Sheshan'. The building is in a Gothic style. The top is 50 meters high and is quite unique among the skyscrapers of the city.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

1933 Old Millfun

1933 Old Millfun, or 1933 Laochangfang in Chinese, or simply 1933, was originally a slaughterhouse, built in the year 1933 at the intersection of Hongkou Port and Shajing Port, not far from the Bund. Nowadays, it has been transformed into a cluster of creative art precincts and has become the center of Shanghai’s fashion, design, shopping and entertainment. We can see Lattice Windows, Umbrella Columns, Covered Bridges, Central Atrium and Sky Theater.

At noon, we will free exploration in 1933 Old Millfun. According to your preference, your guide will recommend a place to eat, which could be a small local eatery or elegant cuisine restaurant.

After lunch, we will transfer to Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum and discover a lesser-known side of Shanghai's history.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum

It is a museum commemorating the Jewish refugees who lived in Shanghai during World War II after fleeing Europe to escape the Holocaust. The museum features documents, photographs, films and personal items documenting the lives of some of the more than 20,000 Jewish residents of the Restricted Sector for Stateless Refugees, better known as the Shanghai Ghetto, during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai.
See important sites from that era including the Jewish Refugees Museum (formerly Ohel Moishe Synagogue), Huoshan Park and Xiahai Temple. Learn from your informative guide about the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, hear about modern day life in the historic neighborhood and meet local residents on this fascinating tour.

Then, we will transfer to People’s Square, visit Shanghai Museum and admire the facade of various significant edifices around People's Square.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

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

1 hours • Admission Ticket Free

People's Square (Renmin Guang Chang)

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 can see many scenic spots around people's square, such as the new Municipal Government Mansion, Shanghai Museum, Shanghai Grand Theater, Shanghai History Museum and Mu'en Church. Then, we will visit Shanghai Museum to learn about profound history and culture.

Then, we will walk around Nanjing Road, explore surrounding communities and the thinnest building.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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.
We will take the Dangdang sightseeing tram. It's an unforgettable experience to take a ride on the old-style Dangdang tram. On the slow bus, you can see various stores out of the window, old or new, leaving your view one by one. You can also visit the surrounding neighborhoods and the thinnest building.
You can also visit the thinnest building 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.

Afterwards, enjoy comfortable transfer back to your hotel, Wrap your memories and say good-bye in your hotel.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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