Welcome to Shanghai, China’s most populated city and the second largest city by population in the world! Upon your arrival at the Shanghai Port, airport or train station, your local tour guide will greet you and escort you to your private vehicle to take you to your downtown hotel. You will have the rest of the day free to explore the local area on your own, or you can just rest up and relax from your trip to Shanghai. Feel free to consult with your tour guide for some ideas on what to see and do in the area around your hotel.
Recommended evening activitiy:
Experience the amazing Acrobatics Show, featuring breathtaking performances of traditional Chinese acrobatics. Usual showtimes are 19:30 – 21:00 daily.
Best ways to get to Shanghai:
As Shanghai is a major international travel hub, there are numerous international flights connecting Shanghai with other major cities throughout the world, as well as domestic flights available to and from most cities in China. There are also modern and convenient high-speed trains available from other major cities in China: Beijing (5 – 6 hours travel time), Xian (6 – 7 hours), Hangzhou (1 hour), Suzhou (30 minutes), Huangshan (4 hours) and more.
Accommodation: Overnight in Shanghai
Today we will start your exploration of this amazing city with a full day sightseeing tour. We will pick you up from the lobby of your hotel and take you to visit the world-class Shanghai Museum. Rated as one of the “Best Four Museums” of China, the Shanghai Museum has more than 120,000 pieces in its collections, including ancient bronzes, paintings, calligraphy, sculptures, ceramics, jade and much more that trace more than 5,000 years of China’s phenomenal history.
Next up is a visit to Yuyuan Garden, an ancient masterpiece of classical Chinese gardens. First constructed in 1559, Yuyuan consists of beautiful traditional architecture, water features, verdant green plants and rockeries that create an oasis of peaceful calm in the midst of modern Shanghai. Nearby is the Yuyuan Bazaar where you can try some traditional Shanghai snacks and shop for souvenirs and traditional Chinese handicrafts and works of art.
After Yuyuan we will take you to the Lujiazui area to visit the “Eye of Shanghai” – the Shanghai World Financial Center. As one of the world’s tallest buildings, the Shanghai World Financial Center has an observation deck with a glass-walled walkway that will give you a panoramic view of all of Shanghai and the Huangpu River from 474 meters above sea level.
From high above Shanghai to street level, we will move on to another of Shanghai’s popular attractions at Nanjing Road, a shopper’s paradise as well as a great place for a walk to experience the modern and vibrant atmosphere of the city. From Nanjing Road we will travel on to The Bund, which started off as a simple towpath for transporting goods from the river but eventually transformed into a world-class trading district. The Bund is a special area that fully reflects the fusion of Chinese and Western culture and architecture with the stunningly modern buildings of the new Shanghai skyline just across the river.
After today’s tour we will take you back to your hotel for the night.
Recommended evening activity (optional, for an extra charge):
Enjoy a relaxing Huangpu River cruise to see Shanghai’s incredibly beautiful skyline when it is lit up at night.
Accommodation: Overnight in Shanghai
After a nice breakfast at your hotel, we will take you by private car to the Shanghai Disneyland Park – Disney’s first resort park in Mainland China where the Magic Kingdom meets the Middle Kingdom. What makes this Disney theme park special is the meticulous care given to the melding of Disney’s culture with traditional Chinese culture. Honoring the company’s promise that the park would be “authentically Disney and distinctly Chinese” makes it a fascinating place to visit not just for children but for travelers of all ages. To be sure though, all of the iconic Disney imagery is here, including the massive Enchanted Storybook Castle and all of the costumed Disney characters such as Mickey and Minnie Mouse along with the many rides and attractions similar to those found at all Disney parks worldwide, but with Chinese characteristics. You will have the full day here to explore all of the magic that Disney has to offer, and at the end of the day we will pick you up again by private car to transfer you back to your hotel for the night.
Accommodation: Overnight in Shanghai
Today you will have free time before your departure from Shanghai. If time allows, you may want to explore a few places based on your own personal interests. You might want to check out the old alleyways of Shanghai at Tianzifang (田子坊) or Xintiandi (新天地). If you are interested in Buddhist culture, the peaceful surroundings of the Jade Buddha Temple await your visit. If you want to learn more about the history and development of Shanghai, you might want to visit Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center with its interesting exhibits. For a look at colonial Shanghai, you can see the former French Concession Area. And if you have an evening departure, you might want to take a trip to the outskirts of Shanghai to see one of the ancient water villages such as Zhujiajiao or Tongli. Please feel free to ask our friendly travel consultants or your tour guide for recommendations on how to spend this last day in Shanghai.
At the appropriate time, your tour guide and driver will escort you to the Shanghai Port, airport or train station for your cruise ship, flight or train on to your next destination.
Accommodation: None
1.The above routes accept Chinese people(people from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) and foreign visitors to attend the group booking, foreign guests and Taiwan tourists to Tibet, please contact us to apply for Tibet Permit!
2.Due to Covid-19, there has international travel restrictions for Tibet travel, so we can not guarantee travelers in one group are all English speakers. Our professional tour guide will provide Chinese-English service if there has English speakers in the join-in group. Therefore, we will not make any reimbursement for tour guide language reason.
3.June, July, August, September is peak season. Joining our group can guarantee the ticket of Potala Palace. The Potala Palace may be adjusted to the other days because of the current limitation of 2,300 visitors per day to protect the historic site.
4.Without affecting the original standards and scenic spots, we might change the sequences of scenic spots according to the actual situation on the day of the trip.
5.Patients with severe hypertension, asthma or heart disease should not join the group. Patients with colds should only go to Tibet after recovery.
6.Due to force majeure factors in case of landslides, mud-rock flow, avalanche, flood, earthquake and other natural phenomena influence or airline flight delay, cancel to causes such as the increase of expenses or unable to follow a normal schedule, we shall not bear the liability for compensation according to the tourism related regulations, but we will actively coordinate processing, in order to ensure a smooth trip.
7.Any failure to complete the activities during the tour due to the guests' own reasons or early departure will be considered as a waiver and the fee will not be refunded.
8.Tibet is a borderland area inhabited by ethnic minorities with limited tourist reception conditions. We hope that visitors can have reasonable expectations, respect the cultural beliefs and living habits of ethnic minorities and live in harmony with each other.
9.If there is a single room due to gender reasons, we will arrange a triple room (or double standard room with and extra bed) or fill the single room difference by the guest.
10.The shops in scenic spots do not belong to the travel agency's shopping shop arrangement. Please consider carefully.
11.Self-paid items are considered according to the time and the proportion of the approved members on the day, and no mandatory consumption is made.
1.Travelers with severe high blood pressure or heart disease should not go to Tibet. Please do not bring serious colds into Tibet. Don’t go before the serious colds recovered!
2.Tibet is located in the plateau and most of the travelers might have plateau reaction. Please pay attention to rest and have proper diet (do not eat too full, because it will increase the burden of the stomach). Travelers can be appropriate to take some drugs, such as: Gaoyuan An, Rhodiola, Nuodi Kang; travelers with serious can appropriately take oxygen or hanging saline.
3.Because of the long drive in Tibet, travelers will spend a lot of time in the car, and inevitably can not eat on time, please bring some snacks and biscuits during drive.
4.Due to the special conditions in Tibet, please pay attention to keep warm. On the first day of arrival, please do not try to take a bath. Taking a bath will accelerate blood circulation and increase the body's demand for oxygen.
5.Tibet has a strong sunshine, especially dry climate, sunscreen, sunglasses, lip balm and other essential are necessary.
6.From April to November is the best time for sightseeing.