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LanguagesEnglish
Group sizeUp to 10 travelers
Overview
This is a deep dive into modern Shanghai. With your Shanghainese-born guide—a 35+ year eyewitness—you'll decode stories behind the skyline. Starting from Suzhou Creek's industrial roots, we walk through the foreign concessions and the Bund's 1920s–30s golden age, uncovering politics, finance, and art. This is not a typical tour—it's a journey into Shanghai's soul.
Our Core Uniqueness:
1）Decoding the Bund's DNA – Follow Shanghai's chronological rise from Suzhou Creek to the Bund. Analyze the skyline through Politics, Economy, Art & Culture—turning a walk into intellectual exploration.
2）Stories Beyond Stone – Uncover human drama: tycoons, gangsters, refugees, revolutionaries etched into every building. History told through scandal, ambition, and survival.
3）Your Guide: A Living Archive – More than a narrator, a cultural bridge. Personal experience and cross-cultural insight make complex history accessible and engaging.
What's included
Professional & Local English Tour Guide
What to expect
Suzhou River
10m
Why was Shanghai called the "Wall Street of the East" and the "Gallery of International Architecture"?
How was the famous Bund built—and what stories hide behind its grand buildings?
What connected this waterfront to the rest of the world a hundred years ago?
Shanghai Post Museum
10m
Listen to the stories of Former General Post Office Headquarters; known as the "First Hall of the Far East", now Shanghai Postal Museum
Garden Bridge
10m
The Garden bridge was a wooden bridge built by concession authority to replace a former the Wells' Bridge. As the bridge was quite close to the Public Garden, it was named as Garden bridge. The locals called it "Waibaidu Bridge". In Chinese, it means "the outermost bridge which is free to cross".
10m
Listen to the stories of The bund's very first building: The former site of the British Consulate and Consular Residence
10m
Listen to the stories of No. 27 the Bund——Former Jardine Matheson Building, later Shanghai Foreign Trade Bureau, Now House of Roosevelt & Rolex Flagship Store
Fairmont Peace Hotel
10m
Listen to the stories of No.20 the Bund —— Former Sassoon House / Cathay Hotel, Now Peace Hotel
10m
Listen to the stories of No.19 the Bund —— Former Palace Hotel / Central Hotel
10m
Listen to the stories of No.17 the Bund —— Former North China Daily News Building, Now AIA Building
Former Russo-Chinese Bank Shanghai Branch Building
10m
Listen to the stories of No.15 the Bund —— Former Russo-Chinese Bank Building, Now Shanghai Foreign Exchange Trade Centre
Former HSBC Building On The Bund
10m
Listen to the stories of No.12 the Bund —— Former HSBC Building, later the Shanghai Municipal Government, Now Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
Shanghai Custom House
10m
Listen to the stories of No.13 the Bund—— Former Jianghai Customs House, Now Shanghai Customs House
10m
Listen to the stories of No.6&9 the Bund—— Former Russell & Co., Now China Merchants Bank Building
Great Northern Telegraph Building
10m
Listen to the stories of No.7 the Bund—— Former Great Northern Telegraph Company, Now Bangkok Bank
10m
Listen to the stories of No.2 the Bund—— Former The Shanghai Club, Now Waldorf Astoria Club
The Bund (Wai Tan)
20m
The rest of historical & cultural site of the Bund will be covered are listed: (cannot be located technically by the map)
No.1: Asiatic Petroleum Co.
No.3&4: Union Building & Nissin Building
No.9: Former Bank of Communications
No.11: Former Bank of Taiwan, now China Merchants Bank
No.13: Former Chartered Bank
No.16: Former Bank of China (site of German Club), now Bank of China
Meeting and pickup
Meeting point
- Meet at: Asia Building, South Gate, No. 1 Zhongshan East Road (The Bund)
- Taxi: Show this: "请到外滩中山东一路1号：亚细亚大楼(南门)".
End point
- Meet at: Asia Building, South Gate, No. 1 Zhongshan East Road (The Bund)
- Taxi: Show this: "请到外滩中山东一路1号：亚细亚大楼(南门)".
Additional information
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
