8 Full-Day Tours in Shanghai to Build a Day Around

1.Private Shanghai Full Day City Tour with Old and New Highlights

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 995 reviews · from $115Our pick

Private Shanghai full-day tour blending the Bund, Yu Garden, French Concession, Jade Buddha Temple, and Shanghai Tower. Pickup and lunch options.

“The tour with Annie was delightful, we had a wonderful time and greatly enjoyed seeing various sights across Shanghai. The hotel pickup was super convient, and we found it great that we could discuss ideas for what to see with the guide - Read more”

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2.Private Full-Day Tour: Incredible Shanghai Highlights

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 352 reviews · from $109

Private full-day Shanghai highlights with a guide: Pudong tower views, Bund walk, Yuyuan Garden, Confucius Temple, tea ceremony.

“Apple was a great tour guide! She showed up early in the hotel lobby. We changed my tour last minute to include the water town because my flight the next day got moved. You 100% should go see water town if you have time. It is beautiful and Apple got us amazing snacks while there. We went to see the bund and the garden. Highly recommend the tour. The dumplings and noodles were so good! Apple was very knowledgeable. You should go on this tour.”

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3.Full-Day Private Guided Tour of Shanghai

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 211 reviews · from $99

Private 8-hour Shanghai day with hotel pickup, flexible transport, Jade Buddha Temple, markets, Nanjing Road, Bund views, and guidance.

“I had a private tour of Shanghai the other day & it was great! My tour guide Jane was exceptional in her knowledge & experience. Everything was well planned out & when I wanted to take more time or asked to see anything else she was Read more”

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4.Wuzhen and Xitang Water Town Private Full Day Trip from Shanghai with Lunch and Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 60 reviews · from $284

Private full-day trip from Shanghai to Wuzhen and Xitang with guide, boat ride, lunch, riverside dinner, and time for sunset and night lights.

“🌟 Wonderfull. Three of us did this day tour with Caroline and she was very friendly and knew all the best spots and photo angles. I 100% recommend this tour. The places we visited were beautiful and having a driver and a guide made it comfortable, not to mention the great food!”

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5.Full Day Classic Bike Tour With an Authentic Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 19 reviews · from $85Best value

A 7-hour Shanghai bike tour linking People’s Square, the Bund, and the French Concession, with colonial sights, local lunch, and Tianzifang stops.

“May the guide was great, I learned so much about Shanghai and we spent very good time biking, discussing and seeing ! I would recommend this tour and thanks May you are great, positive energy 👌🙏”

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6.Private Flexible Shanghai Full Day City Tour in Your Way

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · from $138

Private Shanghai full-day tour with an English guide and car. Flex your route from the Bund to Yu Garden, Jade Buddha, and Pudong views.

“We had a fantastic day in Shanghai with our amazing guide SAMMI !!! We went to Bund and took a promenade admiring old and new Shanghai, walk on Nanjing Road and visit french concession. In 500years old Yu Garden we spent some time walking along the lucky "Zig Zag Bridge", saw architecture of Ming Dinasty, picturesque ancient pavillons ,local markets with food and souvenirs etc. Afternoon we spent in Jade Buddha Temple with fascinating religious culture. Tina was amazing guide and very helpfull. She teached us a lot about Chinese traditions and culture as well helped us to book dinner in famous Oriental Pearl Tower revolving restaurant and took us…”

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7.Full Day Private Tour Amazing Shanghai City Highlights

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · from $158

Private English-led full-day Shanghai highlights, The Bund, Jade Buddha Temple, Shanghai Tower, French Concession, Tianzifang, and Xintiandi.

“Wonderful way to get to know Shanghai, there’s no way we could have seen or heard about all of these areas of Shanghai without our wonderful guide. She was friendly, professional, easy to understand, passionate, and very knowledRead more”

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8.Private Full-Day Tour: Shanghai Past and Present

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 3 reviews · from $147

Private 8-hour Shanghai tour of Yuyuan Garden, Jade Buddha Temple, Shikumen Museum, Bund, Nanjing Road, plus silk making and lunch.

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