Shanghai Day Tour: Shanghai Tower + Shanghai Museum + Yu Garden + Nanjing Road + The Bund
After breakfast, you will head to the Lujiazui business district in Pudong, Shanghai, to visit the tallest building in Shanghai and even in China - [Shanghai Tower]. Here, you will take the world's fastest sightseeing elevator (73.8 km/h) directly to the "Top of Shanghai Observatory" on the 118th floor, 546 meters above the ground, and enjoy a 360° panoramic view of Shanghai's magnificent skyline and the city, overlooking the famous buildings around. If you are interested, you can also send a special blessing from above the clouds to your family and friends at the Top of Shanghai Air Post Office, currently the highest post office in the world.
Afterwards, head to visit the [Shanghai Museum East], admire various exquisite precious cultural relics, and gain a deeper understanding of China's long and profound history and culture. There are many cultural relics to see in the Shanghai Museum East, and especially worth seeing are those famous treasures of the museum: • Da Ke Ding: This bronze vessel from about 3,000 years ago is majestic and solemn in appearance and is an outstanding representative of China's Western Zhou bronze culture. • Shang Yang Fang Sheng: As a relic of Shang Yang's reforms, it is not only a physical standard of weights and measures in the Qin Dynasty, but also carries the ultimate code of the rise of Great Qin's economy. • Zi Zhong Jiang Pan: On this bronze water basin from the Spring and Autumn period, more than 30 lifelike aquatic animals are carved. When clear water flows into the basin, these animals all rotate 360°, full of fun, and it also showcases the superb craftsmanship of the ancients.
Afterwards, head to [Yu Garden], known as the "Crown of Famous Gardens in the Southeast," to enjoy the scenery of China's classical gardens in the Jiangnan style. Yu Garden was first built in the 38th year of the Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty (1559 AD), with a history of more than 460 years. It was originally a private garden built by Pan Yunduan, the Ming Dynasty provincial administration commissioner of Sichuan, for his father to spend his later years in peace. Strolling along the winding paths of Yu Garden, you can admire China's exquisite garden layout, beautiful classical architecture, and superb brick carvings, stone carvings, clay sculptures, and wood carvings. The Yuyuan Bazaar near Yu Garden is a very lively area where you can taste the most authentic Shanghai cuisine or browse various traditional Chinese handicraft shops.
Afterwards, you can walk along [Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street], known as "China's No. 1 Commercial Street," to the Bund, about 2 kilometers in total. Along the way, you can appreciate Shanghai's architectural style from the 1930s and 1940s and browse various century-old brand stores. [The Bund] is located on the west bank of the Huangpu River and is one of Shanghai's landmark attractions, known as the "Exhibition of World Architecture." It brings together 52 exotic buildings of different styles, such as the Shanghai Club, Peace Hotel, HSBC Building, etc. Stepping into it feels like entering the golden age of the former Oriental Wall Street. Standing by the river, you can also look out at landmark buildings such as Shanghai Tower, Oriental Pearl Tower, Jin Mao Tower, and Shanghai World Financial Center.
Tips: 1) Yu Garden is closed on Mondays, so it will be replaced with a visit to Shanghai City God Temple; 2) Shanghai Museum East is closed on Tuesdays, so priority will be given to arranging the People's Square branch. If the People's Square branch cannot be booked, other downtown attractions will be arranged as a replacement.
🍽️ Breakfast and lunch included
🏨 3-star hotel in central Shanghai
