Description
What You will Do
scheduling :
We will pick you up at 9:00 at the door of your hotel
Around 9:20, we will take a taxi to Shanghai Yuyuan Tourism Area (2 hours of sightseeing). After the guide takes us to the central point, we will have free time to experience intangible cultural heritage traditions such as shadow play, tie-dye or paper-cutting.
Yuyuan Garden: As a well-preserved Jiangnan classical garden in Shanghai, Yuyuan Garden was originally built during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. With a history of over 460 years, it is hailed as the “Crown of Southeastern Gardens”. Integrating the essence of Ming Dynasty architecture, it features more than 30 pavilions and towers, each unique. This product includes a ticket to Yuyuan Garden for 40 yuan.
Around Yuyuan:
Time-honored brands gather: Yuyuan Shopping Mall has many time-honored brands for hundreds of years, such as Laofengxiang, Laomiao Gold, Tonghanchuntang, Nanxiang Mantou Shop, Shanghai Old Restaurant, etc. These time-honored brands carry the historical memory and cultural heritage of Shanghai, providing high-quality goods and services.
Rich in characteristic food: Yuyuan Garden gathers all kinds of snacks from Shanghai and the whole country, such as Nanxiang steamed buns, five-spice beans, pear paste candy, dim sum in Green Corridor, etc. Visitors can taste authentic Shanghai flavor here.
Around 12:00, free lunch tasting. All kinds of snacks and delicious food around Yuyuan.
Around 13:00, take the “Line 3” sightseeing bus to the Lujiazui tourist area (a 2-hour tour), a highlight often included in china travel guides and china travel packages for its iconic skyline. Lujiazui is the core functional area of Shanghai’s international financial center, and it is the location of the headquarters of many multinational banks in China (including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan). There are modern building complexes such as the Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower, Shanghai Center Building, Shanghai World Financial Center, and Shanghai Jinmao Building within Lujiazui—landmarks frequently discussed on china travel reddit for their stunning architecture and panoramic views.
Check-in: The exterior of the Oriental Pearl Tower + the center point of the three skyscrapers in Shanghai (the exterior of the Shanghai Center Building, 632 meters high, the Shanghai World Financial Center, 492 meters high, and the Shanghai Jinmao Building, 420.5 meters high. These three representative buildings in Pudong Lujiazui are humorously called the “kitchen trio”, and they are respectively vividly referred to as the bottle opener, the syringe, and the egg mixer).
Around 15:30, take the “Line 3” sightseeing bus to the Bund. The tour guide leads the tour of the Bund: Listen to the tour guide’s introduction of the classic human culture of old Shanghai, taste the accumulation of culture, witness the evolution of history, admire the international architectural of the Bund， enjoy the beautiful scenery of different eras on both sides of the Huangpu River， and stroll along the first street in China， Nanjing Road (free activity， enjoy free tasting of Nanjing Road cuisine and dishes). (Activity time： approximately 60 minutes)
18：00， the tour ends， and the tour guide finishes his work. (Send all guests on the sightseeing bus No. 2 for a night tour of the Bund or arrange freely)
You can choose from:
Shadow Puppet Mini-Theater, Suzhou Embroidery, Imperial Wheat Straw Mosaic Painting, Straw Weaving, Chinese-Style Handmade Jewelry Craft, Yuyuan Garden Peking Opera Makeup Photography, Tie-Dye / Bandhnu, Peking Opera Mask, Paper-Cutting
