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Private Shanghai Day Tour: Explore the City Highlights at Your Preference
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Shanghai
Discover the best of Shanghai on a private day tour tailored to your preferences. Visit iconic landmarks like the Bund and Yu Garden, or choose your own itinerary. Flexible start time. Book now!
Discover the best of Shanghai on a private day tour tailored to your preferences. Visit iconic landmarks like the Bund and Yu Garden, or choose your own itinerary. Flexible start time. Book now!
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Yu Garden (Yuyuan) - Your first stop will be intricately designed Yu Yuan Garden, a classic creation of the Ming dynasty, and the ancient Shanghai Old Street, which is originated in the Qing dynasty. Then you can have a rest in an ancient Chinese tea house.
- People’s Square (Renmin Guang Chang) - After the tea, you will be driven to the People…
- Yu Garden (Yuyuan) - Your first stop will be intricately designed Yu Yuan Garden, a classic creation of the Ming dynasty, and the ancient Shanghai Old Street, which is originated in the Qing dynasty. Then you can have a rest in an ancient Chinese tea house.
- People’s Square (Renmin Guang Chang) - After the tea, you will be driven to the People Square where you can see the City Hall and surrounding buildings from outside. If you like museums, you can visit the Shanghai Museum here.
- Former French Concession - Traveling on, you will stroll along the Xintiandi in the Former French Concession, which is considered to be one of the most charming places in Shanghai for Chinese and foreigners. After the morning tour, you will have your lunch on your own.
- The Bund (Wai Tan) - Then Bund, Shanghai’s picturesque waterfront, well known as the International Architecture Exhibition for its spectacular soaring skyline. From here, enjoy sweeping views of both sides of the Huangpu River.
- Jade Buddha Temple - Continue the tour to visit one of the most beautiful and famous Buddhist temple -Jade buddha temple. Admire the exquisite Jade Buddha Status from Burma, explore different chambers of the temple and learn the fascinating religious culture, wisdom from your knowledgable guide.
- Pudong New Area - At last, we drive to Pudong Financial and Business Center where all the main skyscrapers locate. You will see the tallest building Shanghai Tower as well as the “Bottle Opener” and Jinmao Tower there.
- Shanghai - You also can create your own customized Shanghai tour. Choose the places you would like to visit instead of the itinerary above. It’s up to you! -Itinerary should be within an 8 hour time frame and no more than 80 km of driving.
What's Included
- Bottled water included
- Enjoy a private tour experience
- Guided by a professional
- Convenient hotel/port pickup and drop-off
- Transportation in a comfortable private vehicle
- Bottled water included
- Enjoy a private tour experience
- Guided by a professional
- Convenient hotel/port pickup and drop-off
- Transportation in a comfortable private vehicle
What's Not Included
- Parking fees
- Entrance tickets
- Lunch
- Gratuities
- Parking fees
- Entrance tickets
- Lunch
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Maximize your cultural exploration of Shanghai with a comprehensive day-long tour across the city. You are at liberty to follow the recommended itinerary, taking in Shanghai’s top spots like the Bund, French Concession, Yu Garden, Old Town, Jing’an Temple, People Square, Shanghai Museum and Pudong Financial & Business Center. Alternatively, tailor the…
Maximize your cultural exploration of Shanghai with a comprehensive day-long tour across the city. You are at liberty to follow the recommended itinerary, taking in Shanghai’s top spots like the Bund, French Concession, Yu Garden, Old Town, Jing’an Temple, People Square, Shanghai Museum and Pudong Financial & Business Center. Alternatively, tailor the tour to your preference with your private tour chaperone. Enjoy the liberty to choose exploration time, with a suggested start of 9 am or later. The choice is wholly yours!
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Location
Yu Garden (Yuyuan)
No.218 Anren Street, Huangpu District
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(16 Ratings)
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Fabio_t
Jul 19, 2025
I just got back from an... - I just got back from an incredible Shanghai tour and wanted to share my experience with you! If you’re considering a visit to this vibrant city, I definitely recommend this tour—it was packed with all the best sights, and I had an amazing time with my tour guide Vicky
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Troy_m
Jun 30, 2025
Fantastic tour of Shanghai - Fantastic experience. Saw everything we wanted to see! Ton was an excellent guide, very informative, gave great insights and recommendations and was great with the kids. Absolutely recommend!
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Vivian_y
Jun 8, 2025
Best in class! Private and attentive! - Excellent tour, our tour guide Jamie was wonderful. Our driver also was great, the van we had was clean and nice! Jamie was very knowledgeable about all of Shanghai. She knew all the buildings and history of the places we went. She gave us recommendations on places to eat and helped take pictures for us. One of the best!!
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Nasser_s
May 27, 2025
Most Amazing Tour Guide for Shanghai !! - Our tour guide "Tom" was wonderful. He picked us from our hotel in a nice SUV and took us around to various sights in Shanghai. Tom is extremely polite, interesting, cordial, knowledgeable, kind, caring, and entertaining. We go on Viator tours all the time, and Tom is definitely among the top 5 tour guides we have ever met.
The tour was absolutely wonderful. We saw many sights. Shanghai is huge! You can see just a tiny portion in one day. During the tour, Tom pointed out various additional things we might enjoy doing on our own, later during our stay in Shanghai.
A day or two AFTER the tour, I messaged Tom to ask the location of a certain shop we had visited during the tour. I knew generally where it was but could not find it again. Tom quickly messaged me with the exact location. THAT's how you know you found an amazing tour guide. He was eager and willing to help customers, even after the tour was long over.
If we are ever in Shanghai again, I can guarantee that I will contact Tom's company and book another tour. It was one of the very best tours we have ever been on.
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Pablo_d
Sep 26, 2023
Great Shanghai Tour - The tour with Tom was great. I was able to get a great overview of the landscape, history and development of the city, which still continues. I learned lots about how the traditional architecture is linked to ancient Chinese philosophies as well as the western influences on the unique architecture of Shanghai. The Jade Buddhist temple was a real highlight and Tom's deep knowledge of Buddhism made it even more interesting and meaningful. I highly recommend this tour.
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B_n
Sep 4, 2023
A wonderful end to a hectic trip! - I travelled to China on business with my daughter and wanted to mix in history and tours with the process of visiting companies.
We didn't know what to expect in Shanghai, but Vicky was our guide and was excellent. She asked us what we wanted, managed to engage a shy child and she really had a deep grasp of the history of China and the sites visited.
We had a brilliant day at the Buddist temple, the sculpture park, the peoples square, the park hotel, lunch in the chichi french quarter, the bund, the ?something? garden and then some local shopping... and then a short metro ride back to our hotel (we'd specifically asked if we could ride it!!) a superb and full day that also seemed so easy.
Really great and I would thoroughly recommend.
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Carina_a
Jul 30, 2023
One unforgettable day of my life - It was the best choice, I could make. Tom is a very experienced and empathic travel guide. He shows me so many interesting and beautiful places and had a lot to say about. No boring Minute. I loved the tea time, the buddha temple with his huge history and meanings, the Chinese lunch was great. The „i-Point“ were the explanation about chinese culture, behaviour and Symbols. Thanks, Tom, for one unforgettable day in my life and thanks to the driver, je also made a great Job.
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Brandon
Dec 31, 2019
Fantastic Guide can’t thank him enough - Tom is so knowledgeable and helpful. He has an amazing depth of knowledge of most things . He is polite and punctual and will definitely want to use Tom again when we return to Shanghai
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Thomasc881
Aug 31, 2019
Great experience. - We took several tours with Mark and Tom. We initially found them through a website for Shanghai tours; however, it is just as easy to book directly with them.
We initially took an evening tour of old city, new city and a river cruise. This is a must!!
The cruise along the river at night was spectacular and they arrange for a VIP section of the boat. Seeing the old city was also very interesting.
We liked Mark very much, so we used him as well for a tour of French Concession and Yu Garden. I am probably spelling the garden wrong, but we got the correct guide. He was very informative and we learned much. We then went for tea and then to see the French Concession. Learning about the tea was very much fun and we bought several samples for our family. We ran a bit behind schedule and I needed to take a business flight, but Mark did a great quick tour of the French Concession to give us a concise synopsis - he would have stayed longer, but I wanted to get back to the hotel with extra time due to Shanghai traffic.
As we really trusted the team so much, while I was away on business my wife went with the owner Tom to Suzhou. She had a phenomenal tour of the gardens, a nice lunch and did some shopping. I felt my wife was in excellent hands for the day I was gone!!
In summary, 3 tours with them. ALL EXCELLENT and consistently informative and fun. The costs are very reasonable and I can’t imagine a better organization.
We had a great time.
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Warren
Aug 25, 2019
Tom was fantastic! - Tom was fantastic! Took my family of 4 (including 11 and 17 yr olds) on an 8 hour private tour of Shanghai. He met us in the lobby of our hotel and took us all over Shanghai, explaining about local sites and culture as we went. Very informative, top notch English, and very helpful all day long. No way we could have seen and done as much as we did were it not for Tom; we wouldn't have even known where to start! Example; he took us through a nondescript door, up one flight of stairs, and all of a sudden we're in a full-on tea house with terrific views from the balcony, where a nice English speaking lady conducts a tea demonstration/sampling for us! We saw You garden, Jade Buddha temple, and many, many other places. With an 11 yr old in tow, I was especially grateful that Tom went out of his way to minimize our walking in the sun, finding a/c for a little break, bringing around the car, etc. Highly recommended! Would use this service again!
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