PRIVATE TOUR:
Backstreets of Old Shanghai Walking Tour
Summary Information:
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Shanghai Bike Tour Overview
We spent a year developing and testing the best Shanghai bike tour to see traditional streets and homes that are quickly disappearing as Shanghai continues its push to modernity. You'll visit 100 year-old homes, remnants of the old city wall, bustling alleys, planned communities from the 1930's and so much more. You'll stop at 12 different sites while seeing the daily life of the Chinese and meet locals to hear their stories with your guide as translator. The tour ends with a relaxing tea ceremony in the 700 year-old Confucius Temple. Highlights of this tour include: Confucius Temple, 100 year-old homes destined for destruction, back alleys of old Shanghai, an ancient Taoist temple, homes under renovation, local food streets, the Bird and Insect market and much more. Includes a modern bike, helmet, guide, entrance fees and bottled water. We require a minimum of 3 people to book this tour and a space is limited to 8 riders per tour to maintain safety. Departs from Confucius Temple
No.215 Wenmiao Road, HuangPu District, Shanghai. 上海黄埔区文庙路215号 This tour starts at the peaceful and beautiful Confucius Temple. Even if you don't book this tour, we highly recommend a visit to this historic site. See below for details. |
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What You Can Expect
You'll meet your tour guide at entrance gate of the Confucius Temple (see directions below) to start this tour, usually at 10:00AM. You'll select your bike and optional helmet and your guide will briefly explain Shanghai traffic and rules of the road before you start this historic 3-hour bike tour of Old Shanghai.
You'll meet your tour guide at entrance gate of the Confucius Temple (see directions below) to start this tour, usually at 10:00AM. You'll select your bike and optional helmet and your guide will briefly explain Shanghai traffic and rules of the road before you start this historic 3-hour bike tour of Old Shanghai.
- Close by, you'll ride through a resettlement area that highlights the amazing changes that Shanghai has undergone in recent decades. You'll see 100 year-old homes, many of them already bricked up and ready for destruction to pave way for China's future. As you ride through the narrow back streets, you’ll stop at homes where residents often allow us to have a brief tour inside these traditional homes and peer into their lives. You can talk with the residents and ask questions to hear the stories they are anxious to share.
- As we ride on you'll visit a traditional public bathroom that supports the community, ride through planned community from the 1930's where you can experience upper-class homes from this era and homes under renovation using traditional bamboo scaffolding that covers the buildings and making life very inconvenient to the locals,
- We'll continue along the streets of Old Shanghai and see a wide range of sites as you continue you'll get engulfed in the culture of shanghai including a Taoist Temple that is under renovation, streets lined with traditional homes on one side and modern apartments on the other, a decorative materials district with their colorful offerings, as well as local schools, retirement homes, and bustling street life.
- Other highlights of this historic bike tour includes a school from a recent century that is now one of city's Unmovable Heritage Cultural Sites, one of last remaining pieces of the ancient Shanghai City Wall, a 500 year-old structure from the Ming Dynasty, Shouning Road (nicknamed Prawn Street) where you'll see local food vendors along with bins of writhing snakes and the Shanghai Bird and Insect Market with all of its chirping stalls, colorful birds, rats, hamsters and creepy crawly insects,
- Finally, you'll then return to our starting place, the Confucius Temple, the top university in the history of Shanghai. It was built in 1291 and the only place to pay respects to Confucius in the city. Your group will enjoy the most peaceful and tranquil Confucius Tea Ceremony.
Pricing
This is a private tour limited to 8 people. Participants should be comfortable riding a bike for the duration of the approximately 9km ride with frequent stops to see the sites. We're sorry, but no children under 1.5 meters tall (or 10 years old) since we do not have bikes or seats for them.
This is a private tour limited to 8 people. Participants should be comfortable riding a bike for the duration of the approximately 9km ride with frequent stops to see the sites. We're sorry, but no children under 1.5 meters tall (or 10 years old) since we do not have bikes or seats for them.
Participant |
3-8 People |
Adults (10 and up) |
$49/person |
Inclusions
The price for this tour includes:
The price for this tour includes:
- Personal tour guide services
- A high-quality modern bike with optional helmet
- Entrance fees to Confucius Temple
- Bottled water
- A traditional and relaxing tea ceremony at the end of your ride
Exclusions
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Directions
This tour departs daily at the entrance of Confucius Temple where you will meet your guide and select your bike and helmet. Confucius Temple is just a short distance from metro line 8. Exit Subway Line 8 at Laoximen Station, get out at Exit 7. Then turn right onto Zhonghua Road as you exit the station. In about 50 meters and turn left walk onto Wenmiao Road, (look for the temple sign and arched entrance.) Now walk until you see the entrance of Confucius Temple on your left and see your guide with the Jenny's Shanghai Tours banner. Address: No.215 Wenmiao Rd, LaoXiMen, Huangpu Qu, Shanghai Shi, China |
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Questions?
Feel free to contact us at any time if you'd like to customize this tour or just have a question. We're here to help! Contact Jenny.
Feel free to contact us at any time if you'd like to customize this tour or just have a question. We're here to help! Contact Jenny.
Why We're different
We're not a big tour agency... just me and some of my professional tour guide friends. We love Shanghai and our goal is to make sure you have a great time based on your interests - guaranteed! And because our overhead is so low, we can offer you a great price along with customized service.