4-Hour Flexible Private Shanghai City Tour

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Itinerary

1. Meet up your friendly private guide at your hotel in the morning, afternoon or evening, and have a short discussion with your guide for your things to do list. Then hop-on the comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle to start your exciting 4-hour journey. You can either following the sample itinerary or going with your own customized one. Typically, you will visit The Bund, see the amazing city landmarks along the Huangpu river such as pearl TV Tower, shanghai tower and world financial center. Stroll down the river and have a close look of the old colonial buildings.

   40 min

2. Continue the tour to visit beautiful Buddhist temples -Jade buddha temple. Take a stroll at the temple complex with multiple chambers and impressive buddha statues. See the local worshipers and learn the fascinating religion culture from your guide. (Jade buddha temple close at 4:20pm)

   1 h

3. Next, heading to the Yuyuan garden, a very ancient and well-preserved garden with the history of 400 years old where to see the stylish Chinese pavilion and authentic old architectures. If you like to do shopping and have a bite of street food, Yuyuan bazaar can be a good choice for you. (Yuyuan garden close at 4pm and every Monday).

   1 h

4. Head to French concession, the old center of colonial life. See the impressive French style architecture, learn the history of Shanghai during 1840th and take a nice stroll along the walkways with beautiful French trees. . Based on your interests, you can choose other attractions besides the sample itinerary, • Shanghai Old Street • City of God Temple • Fuxing Park • Pudong city landmark (Shanghai Tower, Pearl TV Tower or Shanghai World Financial Center). At the end, your guide will take you back to your hotel.

   30 min

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Reviews

Ratings come from 312 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.

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• 5Guide was excellent. Got...

  Guide was excellent. Got overall perspective of Shanghai. If you like to build perspective alongwith site seeing guided tour is advisable

  Shreyash_DSeptember 2026via Viator

• 5Shanghai tour of Buddhist temple, Wu Garden and French Concession.

  We had a wonderful experience with Kalvin. Very knowledgeable, very engaging. Knew the history of China like the palm of his hand! Narrates very well, clear and easy to understand. Very attentive and responsive.

  Wie_PSeptember 2026via Viator

• 5Great half-day tour, excellent guide

  I spent a half-day tour with Kalvin visiting some of the top sites in Shanghai: the Jade Buddhist Temple, Yu Gardens, Bund, and French concession. Kalvin is a wonderful guide with tons of experience and he gave me lots of interesting history and information everywhere we went. He is a native Shanghai resident and it was great to hear directly from him about how the city has changed and grown during his lifetime. He was also a really pleasant person to spend the day with! The driver was also very kind and very prompt picking us up from all the sites and the ride was comfortable. I would 100% recommend this tour to anyone visiting Shanghai who wants a bit of personal attention while visiting top sites in this beautiful city.

  Kathleen_BSeptember 2026via Viator

• 5Lin was Fantastic. Had a...

  Lin was Fantastic. Had a great day around Shanghai with her. She showed us all the best sites and was very helpful.

  Jason_CSeptember 2026via Viator

• 5Excellent service and knowledgeable tour guides!

  Xin and KIKI were perfect tour guides. Both were knowledgeable and friendly. I would absolutely recommend them for any tour.

  Angela_TSeptember 2026via Viator

• 5My city tour highlights of Shanghai absolutely awesome.

  I had a brilliant tour today and my tour guide Kalvin, was absolutely amazing. He went to great lengths to make sure I saw everything I wanted, plus more. Nothing was a bother to him as he wanted to make my tour very special. Which it was. 💯% My driver was also a very pleasant and lovely man. I will definitely be recommending this tour to my family and friends.

  blaney01September 2026via Tripadvisor

Know before you go

How it compares in Shanghai

• Its from-price is 36% below the median of the 504 city tours we list in Shanghai.
• It is shorter than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 10 of 504.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Shanghai

Shanghai is China's dazzling financial city on the Huangpu River, where a colonial-era waterfront faces a futuristic skyline and old lanes hide teahouses.

The Bund, a riverside promenade lined with grand banks and hotels from the early twentieth century, faces the towers of Pudong across the water, among them the Oriental Pearl Tower, the Jin Mao Tower and the twisting Shanghai Tower. The view is at its most dramatic after dark, when both banks light up and river boats glide between them.

Top-ranked sights in Shanghai: The Bund (Waitan), Yu Garden (Yuyuan), Shanghai French Concession.

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