Shanghai Tower, Jin Mao and the financial towers, from both banks.
Shanghai Tower (right) beside Jin Mao Tower and the Shanghai World Financial Center · Photo: Ermell, CC0
“Shanghai struck me as a magical place”
J. G. Ballard, Novelist, who spent his childhood in Shanghai in the 1930s. Miracles of Life: Shanghai to Shepperton (2008), as quoted on Wikiquote
Private air-conditioned vehicle
Pick-up: Your Shanghai hotel
Walk among the towers. Shanghai Tower was completed on 31 August 2014 and opened on 1 February 2015.
A table chosen with you.
See the skyline from the west bank of the Huangpu.
From US$120 per private group of up to 2 travellers, with driver, guide and vehicle (estimate). Entry tickets and meals are extra. We confirm the final price in writing within 12 hours.
632 m (2,073 ft), with 128 floors above ground, according to Wikipedia.
It was completed on 31 August 2014 and opened on 1 February 2015.
The places and figures named here were read from these pages on 2026-11-09. The route, timing and inclusions are our own plan.
A museum of Chinese art, a Ming-era garden and the river at dusk, in one unhurried day.
From US$220per private group of up to 2, estimate
The city in three days, with a water town on the last.
From US$740per private group of up to 2, estimate
Shanghai, the UNESCO gardens of Suzhou and West Lake in five days.
From US$1,890per private group of up to 2, estimate