4-Hour Shanghai Highlight Tour: Yu Garden and Jade Buddha Temple
Description
Fully immerse yourself in the history of Shanghai, and maximize your time on a private Half-day tour. Discover the symbolic site of Shanghai. Yu Garden and Jade Buddha Temple. Stroll through the Town God Market. Upgrade to a comprehensive package with entrance fees, premier taxi fare and Hotel Pick up and drop off are all inclusive 1: Half Day private tour of Old Shanghai 2: Take it easy with pickup and drop-off direct from your hotel 3: Choose between morning or afternoon tours to suit your schedule 4: This private tour can be customized to your interests and ensures you’ll receive personalized attention from your guide
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Your friendly tour guide will meet you in your hotel lobby. Then, head to Jade Buddha Temple, the most popular temple in Shanghai with over 140 years old history from Qing Dynasty. Here you will see 2 Jade Buddhas. One Reclining Buddha with 8 ft long and one Sitting Buddha upright with over 6 ft total. With its bright crystal color, You will be filled with the blessings of harmony, generosity and kindness. From time to time, the Temple has benches and desks set up and you are allowed to practice writing prayers in Chinese using ink and Pen. An interesting activity for kids. Your itinerary is fully customizable, if you would like to visit Jewish Refugees Museum instead of Jade Temple, You can just tell your guide during the travel day. The Jewish Refugees Museum are closed on Monday.
Continue your tour to Yu Garden. Visit the most famous garden in Shanghai, Yu Garden. Old China in Modern China. Admire the garden leisurely. Enjoy the personalized attention of your private guide. After the visit. stroll through Yu Yuan Bazaar. Tons of stores with all sorts of handcrafts such as silk scarfs, jade seals, pearls, paintings, candy shops...etc. Yu garden are closed on Monday. Your tour guide will bring you to the Former French Concession instead of Yu Garden. At the end of the tour your tour guide will transfer you back to your lovely hotel.
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Important Information
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Reviews(8)
We highly recommend this tour. We went with Mary, who was an excellent guide. First we went to the Jade Buddha Temple, and Mary was great at explaining the meaning and history behind many of the Buddhas. She is also an expert photographer, so besides taking many pictures for us, she showed us the best angles to take memorable photo shots for ourselves. Then we went to Yu Garden, which is not to be missed! Lovely! Shopping around that area is great, too! Mary's English is excellent and she is a charming and informative guide. We had a wonderful afternoon with her.
We had a wonderful time on this half day personal tour. Our guide Mary was wonderful. She picked us up in our hotel lobby and was extremely personable in relating the history of the Yu Garden, Jade Buddha Temple and surrounding areas. She also provide great recommendations for other private areas to visit in the city. We started at the Yu Garden and worked our way through an older part of the city — including seeing the city’s first tea house — before heading into the garden. It was a nice relaxing visit and an extremely beautiful oasis in the city. The Jade Buddha Temple was very beautiful and it was interesting to learn more about the faith. Mary let us move at our own pace which was great. A great experience!
This was amazing..Mary was very friendly and knowledgeable. I learnt so much, took lots of great photos and even squeezed some shopping. Gardens and temple simply beautiful…do not miss this!!
This is a brilliant tour! Mary is amazing, very knowledgeable and super friendly. I learned so much, took amazing pictures and even squeezed a tiny bit of shopping in. Gardens and temple are simply beautiful…do not miss this !
This tour was great! Miss Mary arrived early and explained what we would be seeing right away. She gave us background on the city while we travelled. She is an expert photographer, telling us how to get the best angles and often taking much better photos than we could manage. She answered all our questions. And the water was appreciated as it was a very hot day. Mary is a great tour guide and clearly loves the city. Great tour!
I’m late writing this review but I had an absolutely phenomenal tour with Mary! She was knowledgeable and funny and helped me take great pictures. The Yuyuan Gardens and Jade Buddha Temple are beautiful and I would recommend this tour and Mary to anyone!!
I enjoyed Very much walking on the old town having lunch with a Very amazing tour guide Mary in the 100 years old restaurant. So grateful seeing the Jade buddha and learning some cultures and a Beautiful You Garden. And Thank you so much for accommodating my last minute tour.
