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4 Best Shanghai Day Tours & 8 Best Day Trips from Shanghai 2024/2025

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Shanghai, the magic place where the East meets the West and the new China intersects with the old China, is full of teeming things to do in and around the city. You can even stay for weeks in Shanghai to explore the landmarks as well as the hidden gems. But sometimes, you may be happened to have a short break or layover in Shanghai, or just want to split your Shanghai tour into several day trips so that you can travel as leisure as possible. What are the most recommended attractions and things to do? Generally, The Bund, Yu Garden, Shanghai Tower (or Oriental Pearl Tower or World Financial Center), Wukang Road, Shanghai Museum are the Must-see sites. If you travel with kid, the Disneyland is a Must-go. To make your Shanghai experience more interesting, you can add some interesting activities, such as Huangpu River Cruise, Acrobatic Night Show, city biking, etc.

No matter what kind of day trips you are looking for in Shanghai, you can always find one, and it is always easy and simple to enjoy a day trip in and around Shanghai, with the help of the highly developed transportation system, flexible choices of hotels, and assistance of our expertise knowledge and reliable tour services. Many sides of China will be explored with our valuable Shanghai day trips.

  • Shanghai Day Tours 2024/2025
    1 Day Shanghai City Highlights Tour (Yu Garden, the Bund, Shanghai Tower)

    Visit the three best highlighting attractions of Shanghai. Take a leisurely stroll along the Bund to encounter the city’s mixed culture, enjoy a panoramic Shanghai view from Shanghai Tower, and explore notable Yu Garden's ancient architectures and classical garden culture.

  • Shanghai Day Tours 2024/2025
    1 Day Shanghai Contrast Tour (Tianzifang, Wukang Road, Nanjing Road, The Bund)

    Enjoy a contrast trip to find out how some well-preserved ancient heritage sites hiding among Shanghai’s modern faces, Trace back on Shanghai’s history, witness present achievement and look for the vista of Shanghai. There are a lot of experiences – walking, food street, fashion, etc.

  • Shanghai Day Tours 2024/2025
    1 Day Romantic Water Town Visit to Xitang

    Take a private tour to visit Xitang, a romantic ancient Water Town near Shanghai which is beautiful with all the typical features of water towns but less-crowded as Zhouzhuang and Wuzhen. Enjoy the ancient houses, water canals, old bridges, stone-paved streets, laid-back living…

  • Shanghai Day Tours 2024/2025
    1 Day Leisure Shanghai Disneyland Family Tour

    Take our private car to Shanghai Disney Resort and enjoy high flexibility to arrange your Disneyland day tour by yourself. Enjoy various thrilling rides and games, closely contact with famous Disney characters, indulge in beautiful Disney film scenes and rouse your long-lost puerile happiness.

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Multi-days Shanghai Tours – Strongly Recommended

Shanghai is big and dazzling. It is strongly recommended to plan at least 3~5 days for your Shanghai trip so that you can not only cover the best highlighting attractions and experiences, but also explore some unique things to do, such as peaceful water town, picturesque Yellow Mountain, China Silk, etc. If you are eligible to the 144-hour Transit Visa Free, you can even visit Shanghai and nearby region up to 6 days without visa. Below are 4 most recommended Shanghai tour packages for you?

Antal's family enjoyed the scenery of Shanghai skyscrapers in March 2024
3 Days Shanghai Past and Present Contrast Tour

Explore the old and new of Shanghai, admire the past cultural heritages among the modern scrapers, meet perfect blend of traditional and urbanization

Sinan Mansions on Sinan Road
2 Days Classic Shanghai City Tour

In this 2-day classic Shanghai tour, you will discover top iconic landmarks of Shanghai like the Bund, Yu Garden, Shanghai World Financial Center to appreciate the real charm of Shanghai. Everything is perfectly arranged!

Boats in Zhujiajiao Water Town, Shot by Our Guest Gaye from Australia
3 Days Shanghai Highlights Tour with Water Town

Looking for a unique Shanghai tour which is different from the regular itineraries? Here it is - A harmony between soft and hard landscapes results in one of a kind holiday in Shanghai.

Meet Mickey in Shanghai Disney Resort
4 Days Magic Shanghai Disneyland Tour

Make your Disney dream tour come true with fancy experiences. View modern skyline and ancient sites to deeply understand magic of Shanghai!

2~4 Days Trips from Shanghai

Travel beyond Shanghai to refresh your eyes and minds. It’s worth saving a day or two for the beautiful mountains, quiet water towns, historical cities, pleasant walking, etc. Within a half-day train ride or drive, there are many places you can go from Shanghai, such as the famous Mount Tai, charming Nanjing, town of porcelain – Jingdezhen, city of Silk – Suzhou, vacation destination – Moganshan, etc. They all can be visited in 2 days from Shanghai. Below are some popular Day Trips from Shanghai. You can also let us customize a trip for you if you want.

West Lake Sunset at Changqiao Park
2 Days Hangzhou Essence Tour

Collect the essence of Hangzhou natural scenery, featured culture and profound history, visit the landmark and more amazing places, experience unique Longjing Tea culture.

Peaceful Tongli Water Town
2 Days Relaxing Suzhou Vacation with Tongli Water Town

How to spend 2 relaxing days in Suzhou? Here is the best way! Traveling with us, we sort out for you the best ones of Suzhou’s water towns, silk sites and gardens, and try our best to make your Suzhou trip unique.

Qinhuai River - a great place to wander around
2 Days Time-efficient Nanjing Essence Tour

A fantastic customizable private tourl leads enlightens your knowledge about Chinese history and reveals many authentic delights of local experiences and explore a lot of unique heritage sites with an excellent guide of your own.

Beautiful Mount Tai in Bright Days
2 Days Enjoyable Mount Tai Hiking Tour

Hike the most scenic and interesting trail of Mount Tai hiking and explore the sacred temples and historical sites. Use convenient sightseeing bus and cable cars so that you can focus on the finest scenery and best temple It is the most classic and enjoyable Mount Tai itinerary.

Golden Statue of the Goddess of Mercy - Guanyin
2 Days Putuoshan Tour from Shanghai

Tailor-made Putuoshan trip from Shanghai by private tour guide and comfortable vehicle; Admire the grandiose "Three Great Temples" on the island and other ancient relics, also enjoy the beautiful ancient trees, long and white beach, amazing sunrise and sunset, stunning sea scenery, etc.

Hanging Plank Road - best highlight of Flower Terrace
2 Days Mount Jiuhua Scenic Hiking Tour

Most classic Mount Jiuhua hiking, combining authentic Buddhist culture with stunning nature beauty. Hike to the highest summit and beautiful Flower Terrace. Enjoy private guide and transfer.

Wuyuan Autumn Sceneries
2 Days Wuyuan Visual Feast Tour

Visit three different villages in Wuyuan – hilltop Huangling village, peaceful Likeng village and picturesque Xiaoqi village, also take a stop at Jingdezhen to experience most authentic porcelain history and culture.

Moganshan - Cool and Refreshing World
2 Days Moganshan Vacation Tour

2 Days vacation trip to refreshing and cool Moganshan to release your mind and soul with endless emerald sea of bamboo with some nice walking and have a sound sleep at local boutique hotel at the valley!

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