
Shanghai Private City Tour
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
Four of the city’s main places in one planned day.
Pavilion and pond in Yu Garden, Shanghai · Photo: Stefan Fussan, CC BY-SA 3.0
“The art of Chinese gardens is to compress infinite nature into a finite space, where every window frames a painting and every pavilion offers contemplation.”
Ji Cheng, Ming Dynasty Master Architect & Author of Yuanye (The Craft of Gardens, 1631). Yuanye: The Craft of Gardens / UNESCO Classical Gardens
Private air-conditioned vehicle
Pick-up: Your Shanghai hotel



Selected galleries with your guide, in Pudong.
A table chosen with you.
Choose the garden or the lanes, or both if the pace allows.
A dusk walk along the 1.6 km riverfront.
Each tip names the page it comes from. These are published facts, not our own trip reports, and they can change; we re-check them before your date.
From US$220 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.
We plan two or three main stops. If you want all four, we shorten each, and we say so in the quote.
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

Shikumen lanes, plane-tree streets and two ways of reusing old Shanghai.
From US$120per 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