Tour Features: Shanghai is an important city in the early China. Shanghai was an important city in early China. Since then it has rapidly developed into a modern city, but some of the ancient cities nearby have been preserved. You will enjoy the modern Shanghai and the quaint ancient water town Zhujiajiao by this tour. The bustling streets, the towering buildings in downtown and the quaint shops and restaurants in the ancient town will give you two different impressions of Shanghai.
Day by Day Itinerary:
Day 1: Arrival in Shanghai, The Bund, Nanjing Road (-, L, -)
Upon arrival in Shanghai, your tour guide will meet you at Shanghai Airport and transfer you to your hotel by private car. Shanghai is the largest city in China in terms of population and is located on China's central eastern coast at the mouth of the Yangtze River.
You will start your tour in Shanghai with visiting the Bund, also called the Zhongshan Road, which is a famous waterfront and regarded as the symbol of Shanghai for hundreds of years. It winds a 1500 meters (less than one mile) length. The most famous and attractive sights are the 52 various European-style buildings of different architectural styles including Gothic, Baroque, Romanesque, Classicism and the Renaissance at the west side of the Bund .
Then you walk along Nanjing Road which has been a centre of commerce in Shanghai for more than a century. It is 3.4-mile-long and starts at the Bund in the east and ends in the west to People's Square. Then you will be driven back to your hotel.
Day 2: Shanghai Museum, Yuyuan Garden, Oriental Pearl Tower (-, L, -)
Today you will proceed to Shanghai Museum, located in the center of Shanghai in People's Square. It is a large museum of ancient Chinese art and possesses a collection of 120,000 precious works of art, including bronze, ceramics, calligraphy, furniture, jades, ancient coins, paintings, seals, sculptures, minority art and foreign art.
Then you will take a stroll through the Yuyuan Garden, located in the center of the Old Shanghai City, is considered one of the most lavish and finest Chinese gardens in the region. The pavilions, halls, rockeries, ponds and cloisters all have unique characteristics in the garden.
Finally you will go to the Oriental Pearl Tower by the side of Huangpu River. The 468-meter-high tower is the tallest completed tower in Asia and the third tallest tower in the world. Visitors can travel up and down the tower in double-decker elevators. The view of Shanghai from this height fills you with wonder at the beauty that surrounds you. Then you will be driven back to your hotel.
Day 3: Jinmao Tower, Zhujiajiao (-, L, -)
Today you will firstly enjoy Jin Mao Tower which is an 88-storey (420.5 m, almost 1380 ft tall) landmark supertall skyscraper in the Lujiazui area of the Pudong. It is the fourth tallest building of the world and the second tallest building in China. Two direct elevators operate at the speed of 9.1 m (nearly 30 ft) per second that can take visitors from the ground floor to the 88th floor in only 45 seconds.
Then you will be away from the fast life and tall modern skyscrapers of Shanghai and visit Zhujiajiao village which is a typical ancient water town and shaped like an ancient fan. It only takes 50 minutes drive from Shanghai. Quaint shops and restaurants line along the main street. You can take a stroll on the maze of paths and bridges, and take a boat ride to view the residences of this nicely-preserved water village. After this, you will be driven back to Shanghai.
Day 4: Jade Buddha Temple, Departure from Shanghai (-, L, -)
Visit Jade Buddha Temple in the western part of Shanghai. The old temple was founded in 1882 with two jade Buddha statues had been brought to Shanghai from Burma by a monk by sea. Both the Sitting Buddha (1.95 metres tall, 3 tonnes), encrusted by the agate and the emerald and the smaller Reclining Buddha (96 cm long) representing Buddha's death are carved with whole white jade.
Then your personal guide will escort you to the Shanghai Airport for your flight to next destination.
Itinerary: B: Breakfast AB: American Breakfast L: Lunch D: Dinner SD: Special Dinner
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