Shanghai Audio Guided Walking Tour 3h and 22 audio reviews

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1. Opposite you stands the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Centre, a museum entirely dedicated to the city and its future. This bright building, with a magnolia flower roof, was designed by architect Ling Benli and inaugurated in 2000.

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2. At the corner of the Bund and Nanjing Road stands one of Shanghai’s most famous symbols: the Peace Hotel, or He Ping Fan Dian. With its green copper arrow and Art Deco granite facade, it embodies the elegance and modernity of 1930s Shanghai.

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3. You are in front of one of the Bund’s most majestic buildings: the former HSBC headquarters, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Built between 1921 and 1923 by British architects Palmer & Turner, it was considered the most luxurious building in all of Asia.

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4. Here, the atmosphere changes. The air embalms the incense, the roofs rise in elegant curves, and all around, the Ming and Qing style facades plunge the visitor into another era.

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5. Welcome to People’s Square, the beating heart of Shanghai. You are here in the center of the city, a place where history, culture and daily life intersect. Before being this large open and modern plaza, this place was a racetrack.

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6. You are in front of Shanghai Grand Theatre, Shanghai Dàjùyuàn, one of the most prestigious cultural symbols of the city. Located in People's Square, it embodies the meeting between Chinese tradition and modernity.

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7. This imposing building, with its clear facade and clean lines, embodies the power and modernity of Shanghai. This is the City Inn. Designed by the Japanese architect Kenzō Tange, one of the great masters of 20th century urban planning, it was completed in 1995.

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8. Perched on the tenth floor of New World City, a stone’s throw from People’s Square, Madame Tussauds Shanghai is much more than a wax museum: it’s a real celebrity scene.

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9. This is Nanjing Road, one of the most famous avenues in all of China. It stretches for more than five kilometres, from the Bund to the Jing’an Temple, and embodies the spirit of Shanghai: a fascinating blend of history, modernity and urban energy.

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10. Shanghai is a city that embodies all of China’s modern history. Located at the mouth of the Yangzi River on the banks of the Huangpu, it was still, at the beginning of the 19th century, only a small fishing port and local trade.

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11. Walking along Nanjing Road, amid the bright signs and lively display cases, you will encounter several bronze sculptures that often catch the eye of passers-by. Among them, one of the most emblematic is that of a mother and her child, placed directly on the pedestrian street, between Place du Peuple and Bund.

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12. You are here in Chen Yi Square, one of the iconic spaces of the Bund. Facing you, the bronze statue of Marshal Chen Yi stands in a calm and solemn posture, facing the Huangpu River and the modern city of Pudong. This orientation is no coincidence: it symbolizes a statesman’s vision of Shanghai’s future.

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Cancellation

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

Know before you go

How it compares in Shanghai

• Its from-price is 96% below the median of the 504 city tours we list in Shanghai.
• It is shorter than most of them.
• 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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