Shanghai Highlight One Day City Tour

Itinerary
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Stop At: Yu Garden (Yuyuan), No.218 Anren Street, Huangpu District near Fuyou Road, Shanghai 200010 China

To join in this day tour, please choose the pickup time and meeting point that is most convenient for you, and wait for the guide at the hotel Concierge: Four Points by Sheraton Shanghai Pudong Hotel at 08:15 am, Grand Hyatt Shanghai at 08:30 am, Shanghai Marriott Hotel City Centre at 09:00 am, The Portman Ritz-Carlton Shanghai at 08:30 am.

Meet your guide and hop on the bus to start the city sightseeing, you will firstly visit the Yuyuan Garden - the largest ancient garden of Shanghai. With a history of about 400 years, Yuyuan Garden possesses amazing buildings, pavilions, corridors, flowers, trees, and ponds, which makes it unique among all of the landscape gardens in China. Then head to the Confucius Temple, also named Wenniao, which is the only ancient architectural complex dedicated to Confucius in central Shanghai.

Move on to the Bund to enjoy the magnificent combination of the old European style architectures and the modern skyscrapers, and visit a Pearl Center where you can get useful information to distinguish the real pearls and select your preferred souvenirs.

After lunch, continue sightseeing to the Former French Concession Area, walk around the quiet and idle pedestrian street, learn the history and unique beauty of the city and to escape from the bustling city for a while. Then move to one of the most famous Buddhist shrines in the city, Jade Buddha Temple. Both the Sitting Buddha and the Recumbent Buddha are carved with whole white jade, these two precious jade Buddhist statues are not only rare cultural relics but also porcelain artworks.

Later you will visit the Silk Museum to learn Chinese silk culture and buy beautiful silk product. The last site will be the Shanghai Museum situated on the People's Square, it is considered one of China's world-class modern museums and especially famous for its collection of bronzes, ceramics, paintings and calligraphy.

After the trip, the guide will transfer you back to the original departure point, and this highlight city tour concludes.

Duration: 8 hours