3-Hour Shanghai Yu Garden &Old Town Private Tour with Tea Tasting
Description
Visiting Shanghai without seeing the Old Town is not a complete trip. This private 2-hour walking tour takes you to explore the famous Yu Garden and old street where you can appreciate the 5-century old private garden as well as to have a glimpse of charming Qing-Dynasty architecture in the old town bazaar. Enjoy a more personalized and fun experience navigating the colorful old neighborhood with your local knowledgeable guide and gain a great insight into the local culture plus the life in the old and new city.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Your local friendly guide will meet you at your downtown Shanghai hotel lobby, then head up to the old town area. Pay a visit to the 5-century old elegant garden once built by the government officer to please his parents, delve yourself in the poetic and tranquil scenery with beautiful rockeries, steams, ponds and pavilions, listening to the local old customs, history and culture from your knowledgeable guide; marvel at the charming Qing Dynasty architectures and amazing 21st century artistic skyscrapers while walking through lucky nine-turning zigzag bridge and the oldest Hu Xin Ting Tea house.
Continue your tour to old town bazaar in the small streets to explore the local market and vendors. There are tea, antiques, local folks, souvenirs and toys to everyday items and clothing, and random weirdness. Here take a sit and enjoy a nice /cutural tea ceremony and taste high quality tea. In addition , you may also enjoy explore the fun shopping wonderland and to select some local souvenirs with the assistance of your expert guide.
After the great adventure, your guide will drop you off back to your hotel or you can choose to wander around by yourself .
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Pick up and drop off is provided for anywhere in downtown Shanghai. Please advise pickup details at time of booking. Pick up does not include outskirts as Pudong airport, Hongqiao airport/Qingpu/ Disneyland area etc, can be arranged at surcharge.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- If your hotel is not located in downtown Shanghai, an arrangement can be made to meet near the downtown area
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Reviews(23)
Fei Fei went out of her way to tailor the tour to our needs she even helped us after the tour to get around highly recommended for a first time visit
Simply a superb experience. Our tour guide, Wing, had excellent command of English language. From start to finish, she was easy to understand and looked after us. She made the tour interesting by explaining the history of Shanghai city and the homeowner of the gardens. Tea tasting activity was fun for the whole family including our 11 year old son.
A beautiful walk through the old town of Shanghai, as well as the Yu Garden. Sami guided us excellently, provided all the necessary information, and was very helpful. We felt very well taken care of and thank you for that. The tea ceremony was also a highlight.
FsiFai was amazing. She knows the history and places to go. Very patient and even translated for us when trying to negotiate or bargain with the vendors. I would recommend booking with this company and ask for FaiFai. She's the best.
Michael was excellent. Knowledgeable, respectful and attentive. The tour itself was lovely and definitely worth the visit.
It was a very fun experience, Feifei was our guide, showed us the garden perfectly and told us about the history of the place. They were just the decorations for the new year and we loved it! gave us many tips in general about the city too and was very helpful. The experience in the teahouse was nice, we bought several teas there, although later we found other stores with more variety and better price, maybe we should only have bought 1 or 2 but in the end the experience was generally good.
My guide Sunni met me at the hotel and we headed off to Old Town to see the shops and visit Yu Garden. The Qing dynasty garden is an amazing collection of pond, pavilions and bonsai, I spent a short time there but you easily spend hours, it does get crowded. We went and had a tea tasting in old town, Sunni’s family has a tea plantation and she was in the know on types and preparation. Highly recommend this tour.
We were met at our hotel by our host Annie. As it was such a lovely day and the gardens not too far away, Annie suggested that stroll along the Bund. A great option as we popped into the HSBC bank to view its lovely interior. The garden and mansion wax very interesting, even if a bit crowded. Annie was extremely helpful as she showed us how to use the metro and we bought tickets for our evening food tour.
A great tour of the Yu garden and tea ceremony. Annie was an excellent guide and provided lots of useful information.
Melinda was amazing! She was extremely thorough and informative and made sure to look after me. I learnt so much about China and Shanghai's culture. The Yu Garden and Old Town is so stunning and such a vibe. The tea tasting was great and also informative. I'm not the biggest tea fanatic but I've definitely found my tea. The tea culture is alot different I've found. You get a break down on what effect each tea has on your body! Overall, amazing scenery, culture and guide.
