This tour is perfect for city walkers, with a minimum walking time of approximately 3 hours. An English-speaking tour guide will lead participants through the 1930s Art Deco architecture and provide insights into China’s modern history from 1850 to 1950. Participants will enjoy the environment and culture during this relaxing walking tour.

The tour includes visits to the following locations:
• Okura Garden Hotel: Once the French club, the eastern lobby showcases the finest example of French classical interior design.
• Lanxin Theatre: The first Western-style theatre in Shanghai.
• Cathay Mansion: Previously owned by the renowned Sassoon family, known for hosting distinguished guests worldwide since the 1950s and its iconic Art Deco style.
• King Albert Apartment: Also known as Royal Garden, built by the French Catholic Church for expatriates in Shanghai. Walking through this residential community, now nestled between two bustling narrow streets, offers a close look at the French Concession.
• The former residence of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen: A museum dedicated to China’s revolutionary history.
• St. Nicholas Church: A small yet exquisite Orthodox church built by Russian expatriates in the 1920s.
• Fuxing Park: The only French-style garden in the country, which has undergone many changes over the past 100 years. It remains popular for morning exercises by seniors and evening gatherings for club and KTV party enthusiasts.

The walking tours are tailored for those with similar interests, offering different routes, methods, and stories from guides passionate about this part of Shanghai’s history. The tour offers a choice of morning or afternoon departure times (10 am or 2 pm). The guide will meet participants at their hotel lobby and either take a taxi or public transportation to the attractions at their own expense. After the tour, the guide will arrange a taxi back to the hotel, or participants can choose to explore the city on their own.

Points of Interest

• Fuxing Park

• Former French Concession

• Shanghai Museum of Sun Yat-sen’s Former Residence

• Transportation to attraction
• Hotel pickup
• Excellent English-speaking guide
• Entrance Tickets

• Personal expenses
• Gratuities
• Hotel drop-off

A trip to Shanghai wouldn’t be complete without a visit to the once French Concession. Now, it serves as the city’s most popular and fashionable district, where stylish nightclubs and bars continue to flourish remarkably similar to mushrooms following a downpour. The district retains an enticing blend of unrefined Shanghainese street culture, weathered European colonial allure, Art Deco buildings, secluded brick patios and a sense of mystery akin to film noir. This, combined with the majestic stone structures of the bund and the winding streets of Shanghai’s Old city, has shaped the western perception of Shanghai for many years. The unique dynamic between progress and preservation, the old and the new, manifests itself distinctly in the French Concession, offering an entirely one-of-a-kind city experience.

• Children must be accompanied by an adult
• Please wear comfortable shoes
• Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
• A maximum of 10 people per booking
• Please indicate morning tour or afternoon tour in special requirement area upon booking

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.