Zhaojialou Water Town Private Day Tour with Shanghai City Highlights

Zhaojialou Ancient Town

2 hours

Your local friendly guide and the driver will pick up at your Shanghai hotel. Begin your great tour to the five hundred year old ancient water town- Zhaojialou. Upon arrival, follow your guide to explore the charming town by wandering along the alley streets full of colorful markets, see the old traditional architecture decorated with lanterns along canal while learning the interesting local culture, history and custom. You may sample some authentical street food such as soup dumpling, pancake, shaomai etc.

The Bund (Wai Tan)

30 min

Continue the tour to the Shanghai city center, one the way discuss with your guide the sites you prefer to visit, following are recommended itinerary but be sure to tell your guide if you want to tailor made your own. Make the stop at the Bund area, one of the must visit in Shanghai, enjoy a nice walk along the waterfront, once was the “British concession”. Also known as “Free Museum of International Architecture”. Set your cameral ready and take the fantastic view of the city’s old and new skylines while learning the important colonial history that made Shanghai prosperous.

Pudong New Area

1 hour

Continue the tour to Pudong New Island by enjoying a quick ferry ride, take the nice walk on the skybridge among the “Towers of the forest”, see some of the amazing modern architecture include Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Shanghai Tower, Shanghai World Financial Tower, Jinmao Tower. On a nice clear day, you could choose to go one of the top observation decks to enjoy a 360-degree panoramic view of the mega Shanghai.

Former French Concession

1 hour

Next , pay the visit at the city’s chic area at former French Concession, have fun explore the unique streets lined with leafy” French trees”, see the traditional Shikumen old houses that once popular in Shanghai from 1930’s, enjoy the leisure wander around that immersion with the European glamor .As the private layover tour, if you have been to the above sites, you could replace to other popular attractions such as: Nanjing road shopping street, French concession, Jade Buddha temple, People square etc. After the great tour, your guide will see you off at your hotel or other downtown area as per your request.