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• Shanghai for the holidays

  N3880HXoliviaa,,Jan 4, 2026

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  We had an incredible experience with Henry who was our guide in Shanghai from Catherine Lu tours, we was an excellent tour guide and gave us a cultural and historical immersion on our days with him. We visited the the Buddhist Jade temple, Bund, the French concession and had perfect photos in the new and old parts of the city, he brought us to a fun place for lunch and we ended our day at the new Shanghai museum. It’s was really a fascinating day. He was so kind and friendly we felt part of the community. We’d highly recommend his tour through Catherine Lu Tours, which we used all throughout our trip in China with great enthusiasm and support for our personal requests. She and her team created a unique e experience for our family.

  

  

  

• One day in Shanghai with Cathy

  lucieellal,,Oct 29, 2025

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  5.00

  We spent the day with our tour guide Cathy. She was very kind, knowledgeable and spoke good English. Overall we had a great time and would definitely recommend her!:)

• Wonderful tour of Shanghai highlights!!!

  Grant L,,Apr 7, 2025

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  5.00

  The experience with Catherine Li was outstanding. Our tour guide Ruby was wonderful. She spoke outstanding English. She had tremendous knowledge of all the sites that we were visiting. She was very patient and allowed us to move at our pace. This was a thoroughly enjoyable tour. It's wonderful when you get a tour guide that is as educated knowledgeable and speak speaks the language to make it very easy for us to have an outstanding tour. We would do the same tour over again with Ruby just to get a secondhand view of everything we saw it was so special. Strongly recommend this tour. Grant & Judy

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

• Xangai linda

  anacarolinasB7811OV,,Jan 27, 2025

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  5.00

  Shanghai is beautiful! The night then ...!! Tours, restaurants, hotels... Shanghai the night and another! Whatever you do with outdoor walks, make the night!

• Shanghia, the Chinese NY city!

  andreauD6266EN,,Dec 27, 2024

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  5.00

  Shanghai is beautiful, modern and cosmpolitan city where history and tradition perfectly combine with tall skyscrapers and tall towers. It's plenty of green spaces and it has a very efficient subway system. My tourist guide, Cecilia, beyond her fluent English, was really helpfull and gave me a lot of tips to take most profit of the city. Excellent experience!!

• Highly recommended Shanghai experience with Catherine Lu tours!!

  isabeld686,,Sep 9, 2024

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Our Shanghai tour included 4 days within which we went to Disney one day!! They got us everything, the entrance tickets the train tickets, our henri and ruby guides were excellent and very coordial. August is a very hot time in Shanghai. But very hot! It was still worth it, the places that took us very nice.. an amazing experience. We would definitely require your services again or recommend them to family or friends!!! It was a great help to have them as guides for us who traveled from Mexico and had many doubts about the country. They helped us with everything!!

  

  

  

  

  

  

• Best time in Shanghai ever!!!

  ohodoyan,,Jun 28, 2024

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Catherine was a rockstar with our amazing itinerary. So grateful for the wonderful time we had in all of our beautiful destinations with our brilliant tour guides. Henry was our hero in Shanghai, he gave us the history behind the city and its traditions, he even shared hilarious local jokes that made the whole orientation so much fun. He took such good care of us, he was so patient and indulged us with what we wanted to try, taking our family to the best local restaurants. He went above and beyond to make sure we had the best time ever in the breathtaking gardens, temples and water cities. Will definitely look forward's to spending more time with him in the future, he is an excellent tour guide and friend.

  

• Perfect Day Trip!

  HeatherGroom,,Apr 11, 2024

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  We booked this tour through Catherine and it was an amazing day. She is a great tour operator and we ended up booking a few other tours through her in different cities- all were wonderful. This is my 5th time to China- and my 1st time using Catherine and her team- I will definitely book with them again. Out of all my trips to China (I’ve brought groups here before) - her team of guides have been my very favorite guides- fun personalities, great English, and very knowledgeable. We booked a few different all day private tours through Catherine (Beijing, Suzhou & Shanghai) and they were all excellent. You can trust her for great service and communication. On our private day tour in Shanghai- we had Summer as our tour guide. She was excellent- great English and she knew all the secret spots to go for amazing photos and to see fun historical sites. Our group loves history (studied some Chinese history and culture in college). It can be hard to find guides that can go deep on different historical topics. Catherine and all of her guides exceeded my expectations in every area. I was impressed. I will be going back this Fall with some friends and I plan to book this exact tour again through Catherine and request Summer.

  

  

• One day private tour Shanghai

  Susana6135,,Oct 11, 2019

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Ruby was the best! She really showed us a flavor for the city, it's history and surroundings...Great English, fun and entertaining, we would definitely ask for her again!

• Two day tour of Shanghai with Catherine Lu Tours

  mikekc 54,,Dec 1, 2018

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  In October 2018 we were on a Viking cruise along the coast of China, starting at Beijing and ending at Hong Kong. We hired Catherine Lu tours for a two day tour of Shanghai since we had already arranged for a two day tour of Beijing with her company (reviewed in TripAdvisor for Beijing). We had two different tour guides for the first and second day, Kathy and Cecelia. The car and driver were the same. The first day we visited a Shanghai city park and a water village at Zhouzhang with Kathy. The city park (Fuxing Park) was fun since many retirees congregate there and dance, practice tai chi, etc. My wife danced with one of the retirees who may have been a retired dance instructor (he was that good). We then saw the French concession area, including a walk past the Communist Party of China birthplace in 1921. Next we visited the Little White House and spent maybe an hour wandering around its rooms and looking at some beautiful carvings made of various materials, including ivory, jade and wood. Then we drove to the water village and strolled around its narrow streets full of shops selling a variety of things, including food, artwork, handicrafts, etc. After a nice lunch overlooking a canal, we explored more of the village and shopped a bit. We had a very nice first day, and Kathy was an excellent guide, providing clear and interesting descriptions of the places we were visiting, helping select dishes for lunch, and answering our questions. The second day in Shanghai our guide was Cecelia. In the morning we visited the Longhua Temple, the largest Buddhist temple in Shanghai, followed by a visit to Shanghai Tower, with beautiful views of the city and the waterfront (riverfront) area. In the afternoon we visited Yuyuan Garden and strolled around for an hour or two before returning to our ship for a 3 PM departure from Shanghai. Cecelia was very knowledgeable and explained the sites we were visiting very clearly. For a quick lunch Cecelia selected a very small restaurant/food stand that had excellent dumplings and also provided an experience of working people in Shanghai having lunch. All in all, I highly recommend Catherine Lu Tours, both in Shanghai and Beijing. The guides were uniformly excellent (all spoke English extremely well), the drivers were also very good, the itineraries are as varied as you wish and flexible, and the convenience and comfort of visiting sites in a private car/van is well worth the reasonable cost of the tours.

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