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The Bund, Nanjing Road, Yuyuan and Tianzifang with your own driver-guide, a free day or an optional West Lake trip, 4-star hotels — any day you like
A private two-night stop in Shanghai that fits at either end of a China trip or on its own. You are met at the airport by your own driver-guide, and the first day covers the city’s best-known sights: the Bund, the 1.5-kilometre riverfront of 52 pre-war banks and trading houses facing the Pudong skyline; Nanjing Road, the main shopping street; the lanes and snack stalls of Yuyuan Old Street; and Tianzifang, the arts-and-cafés quarter in the old French Concession.
Day two is free. Stay in the city and explore at your own pace, or take the optional day trip to Hangzhou — West Lake, the Longjing tea plantations, Song Dynasty Town and its show, with lunch — at USD 200 per person, paid locally. Day three is breakfast and a transfer to the airport.
Two nights with breakfast at 4-star hotels — Holiday Inn Express the first night and Hilton Garden Inn Shanghai Airport the second, or hotels of the same standard. Because it is a private tour with a car and English-speaking guide, it runs on any date for two adults or more, except over the Chinese public holidays.
Your driver-guide meets you at the airport and, arrival time permitting, the sightseeing begins straight away. First the Bund, the 1,500-metre promenade along the Huangpu River lined with 52 historic buildings — Romanesque, Baroque, Beaux-Arts, Gothic and Renaissance revival — with the Pudong towers across the water. Then Nanjing Road, the city’s main shopping street.
In the afternoon, Yuyuan Old Street, the bazaar lanes around the Ming-dynasty Yu Garden and the City God Temple, where you can try local snacks, and finally Tianzifang, a maze of shikumen lane houses in the former French Concession now filled with studios, small shops and cafés. Check in to the hotel afterwards.
The day is yours. Stay in the city and explore at your own pace — the museums, the markets, the old Concession streets — or rest at the hotel.
Optional day trip to Hangzhou (USD 200 per person, paid locally, lunch included): a stroll or boat ride on West Lake, with the Broken Bridge and Leifeng Pagoda; the Longjing tea plantations in the hills outside the city, where China’s best-known green tea is grown; and Song Dynasty Town, a historical theme park, ending with the Song Dynasty Show, a large-scale stage performance about the period.
Breakfast at the hotel, then a private transfer to the airport for your onward flight.
2 hand-picked hotels over 2 nights of this itinerary. Open any property for photos, video, a full introduction and what's on site.
Recently opened select-service IHG hotel in the Xintai Center office complex beside Changfeng Park in Putuo, western Shanghai, with 176 rooms on eight floors, breakfast included, a gym and self-service laundry, 150 m from Meiling North Road station on Metro Line 15 and 12 km from Hongqiao airport.
See the hotel › 10 photos
Hilton Garden Inn on the Huqingping Highway in Xujing, west of Hongqiao: 222 rooms, the Garden Grill all-day restaurant, a noodle bar, a lobby bar and a 24-hour pantry, a gym and 500 m² of meeting rooms, with free parking; Hongqiao airport and railway station are about 5 km (roughly 20 minutes by car) and the National Exhibition and Convention Center 3 km.
See the hotel › 10 photosWhere a day says “or similar”, a comparable property of the same standard may be used on some departures. Room photos are representative; the room category is set by your booked package.
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How the price is built. Per person in Canadian dollars, two travellers sharing a twin or double room. A service fee of CAD $60 per person is added at checkout. The single supplement is CAD $200. Gratuities for the guide and driver are not included and are at your discretion. Flights to and from Shanghai are not included — ask us for a fare from your city, or add this stay to another China tour.
Private tour, daily departures. This is a private itinerary with your own car and English-speaking guide, so it runs on any date for a booking of two adults or more, except over the Chinese Spring Festival, Labour Day (early May) and National Day (early October) holidays. If you are travelling alone, contact us and we will quote the single-traveller price.
Children. A child aged 2 to 12 sharing the existing bedding with the accompanying adults pays the child rate of CAD $599; a child who needs their own bed pays the adult price.
Meals. Breakfast is included at the hotel on days 2 and 3. Lunches and dinners are not included; your guide can point you to the soup dumplings, scallion noodles and other Shanghai dishes on day one, and the optional Hangzhou day includes a local lunch.
Optional Hangzhou day. On the free day you can book a full-day trip to Hangzhou — West Lake with the Broken Bridge and Leifeng Pagoda, the Longjing (Dragon Well) tea plantations, Song Dynasty Town and its show, with lunch — at USD 200 per person, paid locally. Tell us when you book so the operator can arrange it.
Hotels. Holiday Inn Express (4-star) for the first night and Hilton Garden Inn Shanghai Airport (4-star) for the second are the standard hotels; where either is unavailable a hotel of the same standard is substituted. Extra nights before or after the tour are subject to availability — tell us when you book. Chinese hotels check in after 2 pm and check out by noon.
Visa and insurance. A Chinese visa and travel insurance are your responsibility. The tour is sold at the operator’s standard itinerary; sightseeing on the arrival day is arranged around your flight time.
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Land package · plus Service fee $60 (mandatory, per person)
Per person · double occupancy · departures 15 Oct 2026–27 Sep 2027
Price notes
Prices shown are the land package. Service fee $60 per person is mandatory and is added at checkout.
International flights not included — quoted from your city.
Peak dates (public holidays, summer): est. +CAD $200 per person, confirmed before you pay.
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Holiday Inn Express Shanghai Changfeng Park is a new-build Holiday Inn Express in the Xintai Center complex on Meiling North Road, next to Changfeng Park and the Suzhou Creek in Putuo District. The 176 rooms are on eight floors in king, twin and one-bedroom-suite layouts, with a walk-in shower, work desk, flat-screen TV and free Wi-Fi; one room is accessible.
The Great Room off the lobby serves the Express Start breakfast buffet, included in the rate, and coffee and snacks during the day.
Fitness room with treadmills, self-service laundry, luggage storage, free parking for guests and EV charging spaces.
Meiling North Road station on Metro Line 15 is a 150 m walk; Changfeng Park with its lake is next door, Global Harbor mall a short drive, Hongqiao International Airport about 12 km and Hongqiao railway station 14 km. The National Exhibition and Convention Center is within easy reach and the Bund is roughly 12 km east.
Hilton Garden Inn Shanghai Hongqiao NECC is a mid-scale Hilton hotel on the Huqingping Highway in Xujing, on the western side of the Hongqiao transport hub in Qingpu District. The 222 rooms have a 43-inch TV, a separate work station with an ergonomic chair, a rainforest shower, and free Wi-Fi; suites add a sitting area, and connecting rooms are available. The hotel is smoke-free.
The Garden Grill serves the Western and Asian buffet breakfast and à-la-carte meals through the day; the Noodle Bar makes South-East Asian and Chinese noodle dishes; the lobby bar does juices, tea and afternoon tea, and the Pavilion Pantry is open 24 hours for snacks and drinks. Room service is available.
Fitness centre, and 500 m² of meeting space on the third floor — a divisible column-free function room, a boardroom and three meeting rooms, all with natural light. Parking is free.
Hongqiao International Airport and Hongqiao railway station are about 5 km east, roughly 20 minutes by car; the National Exhibition and Convention Center is 3 km, and Metro Lines 2 and 17 are nearby. Zhujiajiao water town is about 25 km west and the city centre 20 km east.