China · SHANGHAI TOURS
Shanghai splits neatly between the riverfront and the canal towns west of it. These 15 cover both, plus the night cruises and the food lanes, with prices, durations and pickup points that matter if you are staying out in Pudong.
3-hour Central Shanghai street food tour for $79, with small groups, soup dumplings, roasted duck, and tea.
“Jade was a very fun and friendly tour guide, taking us to five amazing stops with a variety of great unique, local cuisine. It’s always fun to go to places you wouldn’t normally discover on your own.”
Private day trip pairing Zhujiajiao water town, Yuyuan Garden, the Bund and Shanghai Tower, with door to door pickup and lunch included.
“Great day! Excellent choice of tourist experiences. Excellent guide! Very knowledgeable and flexible! Driver very professional. Excellent lunch experience. We had a great day!!!”
Private full-day Shanghai tour mixing the Bund, Yu Garden, Old Town, French Concession, Jade Buddha Temple, and Shanghai Tower, with pickup.
“Perfect tour. Sammi was amazing, friendly and understood all we wanted to see. Very knowledgeable. Highly recommend”
Shanghai local food in 3 hours: Xintiandi dumpling soup, Huaihai Road stops, tea tasting, and shikumen architecture for $79.
“Our guide was great and friendly. There was a nice mix of different food, local places that you wouldnt find alone and explanation about the food and China itself. By the end of the tour I was full which I appreciate from food tours that give you variety and quantity. Worth it to try local food in a short time, or even just to find local shanghai places.”
Hop-on hop-off Shanghai bus with 3 routes, onboard audio in 8 languages, plus optional skyline stops like Huangpu River cruise and Jin Mao.
“Guides were very helpful. Got to see several places.”
A private half-day Shanghai tour to Zhujiajiao Water Town with hotel pickup, guided market and bridge stroll, and a canal boat ride.
“Snow provided a comprehensive tour of Zhujiajiao. She was punctual and accommodating and friendly to my family. Appreciative!”
A 3-hour small-group Shanghai night food tour through Changning and Jing'an, with included bites, drinks, and a hands-on xiaolongbao moment.
“This was a fun night with about a dozen people led by an American studying in Shanghai. We got to try many different dishes. At the end our guide stayed with us to help us get a taxi. We had no luck so he called the Chinese equivalent of Read more”
Huangpu night cruise with 360-degree views of the Bund and Lujiazui, holiday lights, three decks, and optional upgrades.
“It was an amazing experience from start to end. Really enjoyed the beautiful buildings on both sides of Huangpu River at night. Just a smooth ride.”
A 5-hour private Zhujiajiao tour from Shanghai with a canal boat ride and Kezhi Garden visit, plus an English-speaking guide.
“Our tour with Clair was fantastic. The transportation to the water village was smooth and very comfortable. We walked through the various shops, toured the private garden, and took a boat ride. Clair shared so much information with us about history and culture, she was an excellent guide.”
Full-day Suzhou and Zhouzhuang trip from Shanghai with Master-of-Nets Garden, included lunch, and a canal gondola ride.
“Tom was a Shanghai native and knows the city and its environs like the back of his hand. The town of Souzhou and the water village are definitely worth seeing!”
Ride up to Shanghai Tower’s Top Observation Deck at 546m for 360 views, Sky Wish Tree, and optional light-show floors, timed entry.
“Great views from the top. Don’t skip the art light show at the pinnacle.”
Private Suzhou day trip from Shanghai with hotel pickup and optional bullet train. Gardens, canal streets, boat ride, and lunch options.
“Excellent tour. Our guide Annie was great. She provided good explanation and her English is excellent. Good sense of humour as well. Knowledgeable about the history.”
Shanghai French Concession food crawl with 10+ dishes, unlimited local beer and soda, plus craft beer finale in a small group for $75.
“What a fun way to get to see the French Comcession area of Shanghai! We are sooooo much food and each dish was absolutely delicious. Our guide, Cloris, was friendly and very knowledgeable - we had no idea it was her first tour as she was very confident and knew so much about each local restaurant. Make sure you arrive hungry!”
A private full-day Shanghai highlights route with a flexible guide, Pudong skyline views, Yu Garden, the Bund, Confucius Temple, tea, and French Concession strolls.
“Jenny’s Tours is simply the best tour operator in Shanghai. My guide, Peggy, spoke impeccable English and was a very experienced and knowledgeable tour guide. She made me discover all what I was interested in and made me feel like a Shanghai resident. All of her suggestions were spot on (lunch, tea ceremony..) and she could answer all of my questions. I really highly recommend Jenny’s Shanghai Tours. Top notch!”
A well-paced 8-hour highlights loop of Shanghai, mixing Jade Buddha Temple, the Bund, and Yuyuan Garden with lunch and tickets included.
“This was supposed to be a tour of “best of Shanghai”—a visit to major sites for visitors to see the city. Yet we wasted an hour at a factory store, that was not part of the description of the tour on the website. When I called the representative before booking, I was specifically told there would be no such “activities”. Also wasted an hour on a very mediocre sit-down lunch. The result was that there was no time to actually spend a little time to enjoy other places we were taken. (For example, we could have had time to *walk* at the Bund, which is why people go there—vs. be…”
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