Private Tour
Private Shanghai Day Tour in Your Way
Overview
Available languages
8 hours
Mobile ticket
Enhance your sightseeing experience of Shanghai on an enriching full-day excursion around the city. Itinerary is open. You can follow the suggested itinerary to see the highlights of Shanghai. Such as the Bund, French Concession, Yu Garden, Old Town, Jing'an Temple, People Square, Shanghai Museum and Pudong Financial & Business Center. Or choose the places you would like to visit with your private tour expert. The starting time is also flexible. You can start at 9 am or later. All up to you!
Additional Info
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Wheelchair accessible
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Bottled water
Private tour
Professional guide
Hotel/port pickup and drop-off
Transport by private vehicle
Parking Fees
Entrance tickets
Lunch
Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
What To Expect
Yu Garden (Yuyuan)
Your first stop will be intricately designed Yu Yuan Garden, a classic creation of the Ming dynasty, and the ancient Shanghai Old Street, which is originated in the Qing dynasty. Then you can have a rest in an ancient Chinese tea house.
People's Square (Renmin Guang Chang)
After the tea, you will be driven to the People Square where you can see the City Hall and surrounding buildings from outside. If you like museums, you can visit the Shanghai Museum here.
Options
Private Shanghai Day Tour
One day tour including English speaking guide and air-conditioned van.
Pickup included
Reviews
17 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Shanghai private day tour in your own way.
Garry B,
Oct 30, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Mary, our private tour guide was very friendly, experienced, informative and professional. The driver was also very calm and safe. The places I suggested to visit were very entertaining and interesting, especially cultural.
I just got back from an...
Fabio T,
Jul 19, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00I just got back from an incredible Shanghai tour and wanted to share my experience with you! If you’re considering a visit to this vibrant city, I definitely recommend this tour—it was packed with all the best sights, and I had an amazing time with my tour guide Vicky
Fantastic tour of Shanghai
Troy M,
Jun 30, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Fantastic experience. Saw everything we wanted to see! Ton was an excellent guide, very informative, gave great insights and recommendations and was great with the kids. Absolutely recommend!
Best in class! Private and attentive!
Vivian Y,
Jun 8, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Excellent tour, our tour guide Jamie was wonderful. Our driver also was great, the van we had was clean and nice! Jamie was very knowledgeable about all of Shanghai. She knew all the buildings and history of the places we went. She gave us recommendations on places to eat and helped take pictures for us. One of the best!!
Most Amazing Tour Guide for Shanghai !!
Nasser S,
May 27, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Our tour guide "Tom" was wonderful. He picked us from our hotel in a nice SUV and took us around to various sights in Shanghai. Tom is extremely polite, interesting, cordial, knowledgeable, kind, caring, and entertaining. We go on Viator tours all the time, and Tom is definitely among the top 5 tour guides we have ever met. The tour was absolutely wonderful. We saw many sights. Shanghai is huge! You can see just a tiny portion in one day. During the tour, Tom pointed out various additional things we might enjoy doing on our own, later during our stay in Shanghai. A day or two AFTER the tour, I messaged Tom to ask the location of a certain shop we had visited during the tour. I knew generally where it was but could not find it again. Tom quickly messaged me with the exact location. THAT's how you know you found an amazing tour guide. He was eager and willing to help customers, even after the tour was long over. If we are ever in Shanghai again, I can guarantee that I will contact Tom's company and book another tour. It was one of the very best tours we have ever been on.
Great Shanghai Tour
Pablo D,
Sep 26, 2023
- Review from Viator
5.00The tour with Tom was great. I was able to get a great overview of the landscape, history and development of the city, which still continues. I learned lots about how the traditional architecture is linked to ancient Chinese philosophies as well as the western influences on the unique architecture of Shanghai. The Jade Buddhist temple was a real highlight and Tom's deep knowledge of Buddhism made it even more interesting and meaningful. I highly recommend this tour.
A wonderful end to a hectic trip!
B N,
Sep 4, 2023
- Review from Viator
5.00I travelled to China on business with my daughter and wanted to mix in history and tours with the process of visiting companies. We didn't know what to expect in Shanghai, but Vicky was our guide and was excellent. She asked us what we wanted, managed to engage a shy child and she really had a deep grasp of the history of China and the sites visited. We had a brilliant day at the Buddist temple, the sculpture park, the peoples square, the park hotel, lunch in the chichi french quarter, the bund, the ?something? garden and then some local shopping... and then a short metro ride back to our hotel (we'd specifically asked if we could ride it!!) a superb and full day that also seemed so easy. Really great and I would thoroughly recommend.
One unforgettable day of my life
Carina A,
Jul 30, 2023
- Review from Viator
5.00It was the best choice, I could make. Tom is a very experienced and empathic travel guide. He shows me so many interesting and beautiful places and had a lot to say about. No boring Minute. I loved the tea time, the buddha temple with his huge history and meanings, the Chinese lunch was great. The „i-Point“ were the explanation about chinese culture, behaviour and Symbols. Thanks, Tom, for one unforgettable day in my life and thanks to the driver, je also made a great Job.
Fantastic Guide can’t thank him enough
Brandon H,
Dec 31, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Tom is so knowledgeable and helpful. He has an amazing depth of knowledge of most things . He is polite and punctual and will definitely want to use Tom again when we return to Shanghai
Great experience.
thomasc881,
Aug 31, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We took several tours with Mark and Tom. We initially found them through a website for Shanghai tours; however, it is just as easy to book directly with them. We initially took an evening tour of old city, new city and a river cruise. This is a must!! The cruise along the river at night was spectacular and they arrange for a VIP section of the boat. Seeing the old city was also very interesting. We liked Mark very much, so we used him as well for a tour of French Concession and Yu Garden. I am probably spelling the garden wrong, but we got the correct guide. He was very informative and we learned much. We then went for tea and then to see the French Concession. Learning about the tea was very much fun and we bought several samples for our family. We ran a bit behind schedule and I needed to take a business flight, but Mark did a great quick tour of the French Concession to give us a concise synopsis - he would have stayed longer, but I wanted to get back to the hotel with extra time due to Shanghai traffic. As we really trusted the team so much, while I was away on business my wife went with the owner Tom to Suzhou. She had a phenomenal tour of the gardens, a nice lunch and did some shopping. I felt my wife was in excellent hands for the day I was gone!! In summary, 3 tours with them. ALL EXCELLENT and consistently informative and fun. The costs are very reasonable and I can’t imagine a better organization. We had a great time.
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