4-day LGBT Shanghai Shopping Tour

With many impressive Shanghai scenic spots included, this tour shows tourists the Shanghai with another different angle by giving tourists chacnce to visit  local popular departament store and sourvenir shops, such as Yuyuan Bazaar and Taobao City.

Day 1: Arrive in Shanghai Meals: No meal

Our local professional guide and experienced driver will expect you at the airport after your baggage reclaim and customs clearance, and then escort you to check in the hotel in downtown area. Relax during the rest time of the day to recover from the jet leg. You will get some suggestions about how to spend the rest time of the day from our tour guide.


Eddy's Bar (optional activity)
Location: 1877 Huaihai Middle Road, Xuhui DIstrict
Tel: +86 21 6282 0521
Opening Hour: Weekday opening times: 20:00 - 02:00  Weekend opening times: 20:00 - 03:00


Brief Introduction: A Shanghai institution.  Eddy’s Bar opened in Weihai Lu in 1995 but moved to Huaihai Lu in 2002.  It is the longest-running gay venue in the city and still pulls in crowds of locals and expats on the weekends.
Eddy’s has an interesting décor, combining grey slate, Chinese lanterns and Asian art.  Great service and an affordable drinks.  A great place to hang out before heading to Shanghai Studio. Gets busy after 10pm.
Features: bar, music, dancing


Attention:

1. If you have no intention to Bar visiting, please tell your trip advisor who will omit that activity, requote the tour and give you the practical arrangements immediately.

2. Bars do have rest time and not available in whole 365 days, and we will recommend the equivalent ones to you based on your specific touring date if the bars closed. If you do have some in mind, please feel free to let me know.

3. Generally, the bar visiting activity is placed at the first night of a new destination for giving both you and your tour guide much more time to rest and prepare for the next days' activity. However, we would pull it out and arrange to 2nd or 3rd day if it has time conflict with your flight, or sightseeing.

Day 2: Shanghai Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

1.Jade Buddha Temple
Located in the western part of Shanghai, Jade Buddha Temple is a venerable and famous Buddhist temple in Shanghai. In 1882, Shanghai built an old temple to keep two jade Buddha statues which had been brought from Burma by a monk named Huigen. With the sparkling and crystal-clear white jade, these two Buddha statues are really beautiful and sanctity. The 190 centimeters high sitting Buddha is encrusted by the agate and the emerald, portraying the Buddha at the moment of his meditation and enlightenment. While the 96 centimeters long Recumbent Buddha is lying on the right side with the right hand supporting the head and the left hand placing on the left leg, and the sedate face shows the peaceful mood of Sakyamuni when he left this world.


2.Oriental Pearl TV Tower
Surrounded by the Yangpu Bridge in the northeast and the Nanpu Bridge in the southwest, The Oriental Pearl TV Tower is located in Pudong Park in Lujiazui, Shanghai. It is the world's third tallest TV (468 meters high) tower surpassed in height only by towers in Toronto, Canada and Moscow, Russia.There are three large spheres including the top sphere, known as the space module. Then there are five smaller spheres and three decorative spheres on the tower base. Its unique alluring architectural design makes it one of the world most attractive places.

3.Bund
Centres on a section of Zhongshan Road (East-1 Zhongshan Rd.),the Bund is a mustsee in Shanghai for all reasons you have. There are 26 various buildings in different architectural styles, such as Gothic, Baroque, Romanesque, Classicism and the Renaissance etc. Besides, the 1,700-meters long flood-control wall, which is located on the side of Huangpu River from Huangpu Park to Xinkai River, is also known as the 'the lovers' wall' for the romantic hollowed-out railings and nice position to take the 'snap-shot' of the scenery of Pudong Area and Huangpu River. The Symphony of Lights, the night Huangpu river cruise, the cate along the bund, the shopping malls group, all of these give you reasons to go there.  


4.Shanghai Museum
Founded in 1952, the Shanghai Museum is a museum of ancient Chinese art situated on the People's Square in the Huangpu District of Shanghai. The exterior design of the round dome and the square base symbolizes the ancient idea of a round heaven and a square land, demonstrating the ancient wisdom and philosophy. The museum consists of 11 galleries and 3 exhibition halls, 11 galleries of which cover most of the major categories of Chinese art, such as: Ancient Bronze, Ancient Ceramics, Paintings, Calligraphy, Ancient Sculpture, Ancient Jade, Coins, Ming and Qing Furniture, Seals, and Minority Nationalities.


Day 3: Shanghai Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

1.Old Temple of Town God Market/Yuyuan Market

Located next to the Yuyuan Garden, Yuyuan Market is a home which specializes in traditional Chinese arts and crafts.You can pick some antiques, silk fans, bamboo articles, shell carvings, paintings, or you try some Shanghai Xiao Long Bao (Soup Dumplings), vegetarian buns, chicken soup to experience a little of the Shanghai culture. It is surely pleasing, and you will get back home with great souvenirs.


2.Nanjing Road

Nanjing Road, which is the main shopping street of Shanghai in China and one of the world's busiest shopping streets, contains two sections, Nanjing Road East and Nanjing Road West. It starts at the Bund in the east and ends in the west at the junction of Jing’an Temple and Yan’an West Street. Originally, Nanjing Road was the British Concession, then the International Settlement in which large quantitites of foreign goods imorted. And for shopping convenience, its eastern end has become an all-weather pedestrian arcade with traditional stores, modern shopping malls, specialty stores, theatres, and international hotels.


3.Taobao City

With over 300 stores spaced out over three floors, and an area of 12,000 square metres, Taobao City offers clothes, purses, sunglasses, shoes, and yet more clothes. Many of the shops from the old Xiangyang Lu Market moved over to Taobao upon its closing in 2006, which means you're getting great knock-offs at reasonable prices (as long as you're willing to put in a little time and effort towards bargaining with the sellers). And just in case you were wondering – no, this place has absolutely no affiliation with the famous website of the same name.


4.Xujiahui

Xujiahui is a name of a station on Shanghai Metro Line 1, located in the Xujiahui District of Shanghai. It is named after "Xu Family", which actually refers to the family of Xu Guangqi, China's most Catholic convert. Today, Xujiahui is mainly a commercial district of downtown Shanghai, with standing the Xujiahui Park containing a manmade pond and meandering brook, basketball courts, and a children's playground. The main Xujiahui shopping district is centered on the intersection of the streets Hongqiao Rd, Huashan Rd, Zhaojiabang Rd and North Caoxi Rd. Each of these streets terminates at the intersection, which is home to three supermarkets, six major shopping malls and nine large-scale office towers. Everything from cosmetics to cars to cucumbers is available within five minutes, but the type of product that Xujiahui is most famous for is electronics.

Day 4: Depart Shanghai Meals: Breakfast

Your private car, driver and tour guide will be ready and waiting at your hotel lobby to get you to the airport on time. Sit back and relax as they help you check-in and escort you to the correct security gate.

Price Per Person in US Dollars
Nov.1 - Mar. 31 Superior Class Deluxe Class
2-5 travelers $437 $598
6-9 travelers $349 $512
10 travelers & above $238 $407
Apr.1 - Oct.31 Superior Class Deluxe Class
2-5 travelers $450 $620
6-9 travelers $360 $530
10 travelers & above $250 $420
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