Shanghai Private Tour: River Cruise, Shanghai Tower, and Authentic Dining Experience

Experience the best of Shanghai on this 5-hour private tour. Enjoy a River Cruise, visit the Shanghai Tower, explore Yuyuan bazaar, and indulge in an authentic dining experience. Limited time, unlimited taste and views!

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Yu Garden (Yuyuan) - Your local guide will pick up you from your hotel lobby at your desired time in the morning. Then you will follow BBC Rick Stein’s footsteps to taste Shanghai.
    First, you will go to the Yuyuan bazaar, which is the old Ming and Qing dynasty architecture market, with various of souvenir shops and restaurants where you can enjoy…
What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Professional guide
  • Huangpu River cruise ride
  • Shanghai Tower entrance fee
  • Shanghai-style lunch or dinner
  • Private air-conditioned transport
  • Airport drop-off (optional)
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • 5 USD/Person Entrance Fee for Yuyuan Garden( The Garden not open on Monday)
Additional Information

Taste Shanghai contains two meanings: first one is to taste the delicious Shanghai cuisine, and the second one is to overlook the entire city view of Shanghai. This 5-hour private tour is customized just for your party, which you can eat and see in this amazing city in your limited time. You will visit Shanghai Tower (the tallest building in…

Location
Yu Garden (Yuyuan)
No.218 Anren Street, Huangpu District
Cancellation Policy

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

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Ricardo_m
Aug 9, 2025
It was a wonderful... - It was a wonderful experience that exceeded our expectations. Our guide, snow, was very professional and helpful, and made it an excellent day. The boat experience was very nice and the dinner experience was amazing. Highly recommended.
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Brianhyun_d
Jun 28, 2025
5 stars for Kalvin and Alana Tour! - Kalvin was an excellent guide. He is a walking encyclopedia of information for everything Shanghai, and could answer every one of our questions with confidence. He was so kind to my family (he even took my youngest to the restroom during lunch!), and we felt very taken care of in his hands. Highly recommended, and we would definitely book with him and Alana Tour again!
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Danieller995
Jun 16, 2025
Watertown Wonders - Con was an excellent guide, taking us to all the major sites while making the experience relatable. She was great and patient with our 9yr old and helped us with negotiations in shopping as well. Her knowledge of the twin and history were remarkable. We booked her again the same week for another part of Shanghai!
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Monica_f
May 28, 2025
Shanghai a wonderful experience! - I had one of the most amazing experiences in my life ! I booked this private tour as a present gift for my best friend and also for myself ! I always dreamt to see the Shanghai Tower ! Thanks to Alana and Xin ( our tour guide ) the stay in Shanghai was just perfect! Xin is a lovely guide who speaks a very very good English and she is such a lovely and welcoming person! She made all the efforts in order for us to feel happy and she succeeded! We had a private driver who was very punctual and professional! I would recommend this team to everyone for the most amazing experience here in Shanghai
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Nicky_t
Apr 27, 2025
Nicky T - We saw places we would not normally have seen with and expert guide. We would loved to have spent more time.
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Carloellis
Feb 1, 2025
A great way to cover beautiful Shanghai with a specialised local tour guide! - We were very lucky and privileged to take this tour on Chinese New Year. Jane looked after us superbly, adjusting the itinerary to help us get a real taste of Shanghai amongst the mayhem and a bit of rain. We were picked up at our hotel and driven to bustling old town Shanghai and Jane led us through the crowd covering a lot of ground. We made the call to avoid the lines at Shanghai Tower which disappeared into the mist anyway and we went to the Jade Buddha temple instead. Jane gave us a very in depth explanation of every aspect. We were driven to the French Concession and enjoyed a picturesque walk through before we were driven to an amazing Shanghai dinner!! Finally we were dropped off at the ferry terminal which we would never get through without Janes help… the river cruise was spectacular and the VIP tickets with oolong tea and snacks made the experience even more special. We bid Jane farewell and rode back to our hotel in our luxury vehicle. What a way to introduce ourselves to the vibrancy of beautiful Shanghai!!!
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Michael_h
Oct 7, 2024
a lovely day in shanghai - Was a pleasure. Perfectly organized. Absolute recommendation. Thanks to our guide Snow, she is very helpful and knowledgeable.The food we eat for dinner is very tasty. we visit a lot of nice place. The car is very comfortable. Highly recommend!
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Katellad
Sep 7, 2024
Incredible Shanghai - I really loved how knowledgeable my guide, Xin, was. She was incredibly friendly and intelligent. We went to the Yu gardens ,and to Chinatown, and to a beautiful observation deck and dinner a walk along the balloon and finally a wonderful trip on the river. If you are thinking of taking this trip, I suggest you do. It was a once in a lifetime experience. I only speak a little Chinese and having somebody that was fluent and knew the city made me feel so confident. Did I mention you should do this? :)
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Geoffrey_l
May 21, 2024
Wonderful service - Before the tour even started, Alana, the tour coordinator, got in contact with us to check if we had any particular requests and to make sure the tour was perfectly adapted to our requirements. This was extremely thoughtful and helpful and after a short discussion we moved the tour start 1 hour earlier to make sure we could visit the yujuan garden, effectively increasing the tour time by 1 hour without any extra charge. Our taxi driver, Miss Cheng, was on time and lovely. Our guide, Charlie, was very knowledgeable and helpful. The tour was very interesting and well organised, with almost no waiting time inbetween activities. The food was lovely and there was more than enough to feed everyone despite some of us starving because of the jetlag. Beers were included. At the end we finished the day with a boat ride. The boat was crowded so the tour operator upgraded us to the VIP aera of the boat. This was a lovely touch to finish the day, the boat ride was wonderful and we now leave this place with beautiful pictures. The hotel pickup and drop-off was very important for us and we are glad they could provide it as our hotel was quite far out of town. 10/10, excellent day and excellent tour. Wonderful experience. We could have not experience as many things just by oursleves.
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Georgeleeseng
Apr 24, 2024
Excellent tour with our... - Excellent tour with our guide Charlie who was simply great. We visited many places + the lunch was so good.
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).