Best Shanghai City Tours and China Shanghai Package Tours 2023/2024
Shanghai, sitting on the eastern coast of China, has witnessed the most striking changes of China in the past seven decades and grown rapidly from a small village to today’s international metropolis, regarded by the world as China’s phoenix raising from old ashes. With the incredible co-existence of old relics and new skyscrapers, like Yuyuan Garden, Jade Buddha Temple, Zhujiajiao Water Town, the Oriental Pearl visible on the Bund and Disneyland, Shanghai appeals huge tourist volume to pour into each year, especially when the statues of world-class financial center bringing it priority of advanced convenient airports and railway stations connecting abroad and domestic cities, which also confirms its position as one of the three gateway cities together with Beijing and Hong Kong.
How Do I Plan My Shanghai Tour?
With a Shanghai one day layover, you can go for a Shanghai City Day Tour to Shanghai Museum, Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai Old Street, Nanjing Road, the Bund, World Financial Center and French Concession.
With 2-3 days or Shanghai 144-hours Visa-free Policy, you can consider deeper sites in downtown like Xintiandi and Jade Buddha Temple, and Shanghai side trips to Zhujiajiao Water Town, Suzhou gardens, and water villages as well as Hangzhou West Lake.
With more days, you can extend your Shanghai tours to other popular China destinations by high-speed trains and flights: Shanghai Suzhou Tours, Shanghai Hangzhou Tours, Shanghai Huangshan Tours, Shanghai Beijing Tours, Shanghai Xian Tours, Shanghai Guilin Tours, Shanghai Zhangjiajie Tours.
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Best Shanghai Tours
These are our top-rated Shanghai tours including visits to the most classic attractions. Far beyond showing you around the city, we are dedicated to creating your in-depth local culture and life experience, and interaction with local people. Our English-speaking guides are local insiders who can help advise and are glad to share the knowledge they have.
Shanghai Day Tours
The most popular gateway city in China, Shanghai offers a bulk of things to do. It is a world-famous metropolis blending ancient charms with thrilling modernization, East gardens, and ancient towns with West colonial architecture. The 144-hour visa-free transit policy in Shanghai and the nearby Jiangsu and Hangzhou Provinces makes it a great destination for stop-over travelers. We designed the Shanghai Day Trips of different themes for people with limited time in Shanghai. Upon your interests, you can follow a local expert guide to visit the Yuyuan Garden, the Bund, Shanghai Museum, Oriental Pearl TV Tower, and the surrounding ancient towns.
Shanghai Family Tours
Our Shanghai family tours will offer the best family vacations, being organized with kid-friendly hotels, family-friendly activities and spots. Sit back in our private vehicle, you will follow the local English-speaking guides to have fun at Disneyland Park, and Shanghai Ocean Aquarium, explore the antique charm of Shanghai in Yu Garden, wander around the Bund to appreciate many colonial buildings.
Shanghai Tours of Different Themes
We collected some Shanghai day tours of different themes to cater to people of different interests and styles. No matter whether you want a city walk to discover the charms of old Shanghai, want an exploration of nearby water towns, or visit local bustling night markets and streets, we have the ideal itinerary for you. The following itineraries are just part of the possibilities in Shanghai, our travel consultants would be more than happy to tailor-make your perfect trip based on your interests, time schedule, budget, and other requirements.
Shanghai Side Trips
Besides the classic attractions like the Bund, Yu Garden, and Nanjing Road in Shanghai, the nearby Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Huangshan also offer much to see and experience by making side trips. Our Shanghai side trips include exploration of ancient water towns and exquisite gardens in Suzhou, the experience of Longjing tea culture and West Lake in Hangzhou, as well as awe-inspiring Huangshan Mountain and Hui-style architectures in Tunxi and Xidi Ancient Villages.
Shanghai Small Group Tours
Want to explore Shanghai but have limited time? The following group day trips in Shanghai may enlighten your ideas. Covering Shanghai city tours and tours to nearby Suzhou and Hangzhou, these Shanghai day trips will take you to Yuyuan Garden, the Bund, Huangpu River Cruise, Zhujiajiao Water Town, Zhouzhuang, West Lake, etc.
Shanghai Night Tours
As the largest metropolis in China, Shanghai is standout for its colorful nightlife and sceneries. Our Shanghai night tours cover some of the best night activities in the city, like the acrobatic shows, food adventures in night markets or streets, Huangpu River night cruise, night walk around the Bund, etc. All these night tours in Shanghai are designed by local insiders, aiming to ensure your real experience of the metropolis.
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October 26, 2020
I selected 2-days private tour with excellent tour guide Noble Liu. He shared with me a lot of details from Chinese history and culture, even introduced me in person to lucky man who found the Terracotta army...more

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October 26, 2020
We did our own private tour and had the best time! Can’t recommend this service more! Starting from initial communication, to follow up questions, to back and forth detail trip planning, to the actual trip, this team gave us full service and attention ... more

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January 18, 2020
Thank you to Sophie very helpful and also thank you to Shasha our tour guide with good knowledge the history of Xian. We stay at Holiday Inn Express, very comfortable hotel and clean. Our hotel near to Muslim Quarters, easy to find halal food... more

Malerieeew
December 5, 2019
Great tour! A bus was on time to pick us up from our hotel and drove us to each destination. Noble was our tour guide and he not only provided information on each attraction, but was also able to answer any questions we had (we had a lot!)... more

Suzy
December 7, 2019
We booked 3 tours and our bullet train tickets with China Xian tours. We worked with Grace in the office before we arrive in China. She was fantastic answering our questions and getting back to us in a timely manor and making recommendations... more

Sandy
January 15, 2020
Completely turnkey tour by Grace. Everything is planned for you. Perfectly planned from transportation, food, hotel, touring. Outstanding English speaking guide, Tim. I would definitely request him. He has an incredible... more

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January 8, 2020
I have had a wonderful day trip to Xi'an from Shanghai, all arranged by China Xi'an Tour including hotel pick up and transfer back, flights and lunch. My guide named Mr. Coffee took us to terracotta warriors, ancient city wall, halal food lunch... more

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January 1, 2020
Ms. Grace (travel consultant) was very helpful in arranging the best trip for me and my family in Xi'an. The tour guide, Mr. Joe and the driver too were both very friendly and helpful to us. As we are travelling with 2 young children... more

richard5187
December 13, 2019
The tour guide assign to us was very knowledgeable on the history of the places that we had visited and that was very important to us as this trip was mainly to expose our 2 boys to appreciate the Chinese history. more