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• Famous Tour Spots in Shanghai  

The spots of city tour in Shanghai on August 10 afternoon will be Lujiazui zone and Yu Garden. First, we will have a remote view of the Bund from the east shore of the Huangpu river, and have a close view of the Oriental Pearl TV Tower (visiting the tower is not included in arrangement of the city tour). Then, we will move to the Yu Garden and dissolve there.  

If you want to know something more detailed about Shanghai's tour spots, please visit:

http://www.chinats.com/shanghai/index.htm   

http://ineedhotel.com/shanghai/tour/sight/index.html

• Nanjing Road

  China's premier shopping street, 3.4-mile-long Nanjing Road, starts at the Bund in the east and ends in the west at the junction of Jingan Temple and Yan'an West Street. Today Nanjing Road is a must-see metropolitan destination attracting thousands of fashion-seeking shoppers from all over the world. Today over 600 businesses on Nanjing road offer countless famous brands, superior quality, and new fashions. KFC, McDonald's, Pizza Hut, and other world-famous food vendors line both sides of the street. Upscale stores include Tiffany, Mont Blanc, and Dunhill. In addition, approximately a hundred traditional stores and specialty shops still provide choice silk goods, jade, embroidery, wool, and clocks.

  Route：You can take a taxi to the Zhongshan Park （about RMB10.00). From Zhong Shan Park Station you can easily get to the People's Square (人民广场) by subway (the fare is RMB2.00). When you get off the train and walk out of the station you are stepping on the well-known commercial street, Nanjing Road Walking Street (南京路步行街). Or you can go to People Square by taxi directly, which will take you about RMB30.00

• The Bund

  The Bund is a famous waterfront and regarded as the symbol of Shanghai for hundreds of years. It starts from the Baidu Bridge, which is at the connecting point of the Huangpu River and the Suzhou Creek, to the East Jinling Road and winds a 1500 meters (less than one mile) length. Walking along the Bund, which is at the west shore of the Huangpu River, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower can be seen on the opposite side and also the Jin Mao Tower. Being one of the Top Ten Shanghai Attractions, the Bund is a really beautiful and special place which is worth visiting.

  The most famous and attractive sight which is at the west side of the Bund are the 52 various buildings of different architectural styles including Gothic, Baroque, Romanesque, Classicism and the Renaissance. The Bund was the center of Shanghai's politics, economy and culture hundreds of years ago, consulates of most countries and many banks, businesses and newspaper offices were settled there, and that's why we have these art-like buildings. Although they were not designed by the same person or built in the same period, the architectural pattern is similar. 

  Route: Taking a taxi to Zhongshan Park and take line 2 to People's Square or Middle Henan Road. Then go along the Nanjing Road Walking Street to the east.

  　

• The Oriental Pearl TV Tower

  The Oriental Pearl TV Tower is located in Pudong Park in Lujiazui Zone. The tower, surrounded by the Yangpu Bridge in the northeast and the Nanpu Bridge in the southwest.

  This 468 meters high (1,536 feet) tower is the world's third tallest TV and radio tower surpassed in height only by towers in Toronto, Canada and Moscow, Russia.

  Visitors travel up and down the tower in double-decker elevators. The inner tower is a recreational palace, while the Shanghai Municipal History Museum is located in the tower's pedestal. The large lower sphere has a futuristic space city and a fabulous sightseeing hall. From here, on a clear day a visitor can see all the way to the Yangtze River. The base of the tower is home to a science fantasy city. The five smaller spheres are a hotel that contains twenty-five elegant rooms and lounges. The pearl at the very top of the tower contains shops, restaurants, (including a rotating restaurant) and a sightseeing floor. When viewed from the Bund at night, the tower's three-dimensional lighting makes it a delight of brilliant color.

  Route: Taking a taxi to Zhongshan Park and take subway line 2 to Lujiazui Station, and choose the exit 2 or 3, then you will find The Oriental Pearl TV Tower is in front of you.

  　

• Yu Garden 

  Yu Garden, a place of peace and comfort in the heart of bustling destination, Yu began as a private garden created by Pan Yunduan, who spent almost 20 years - and all of his savings - to build a garden in order to please his parents in their old age. That is why he called this garden "Yu Garden" - because "yu" in Chinese means "peace and health". There are more than 40 scenic spots scattered throughout the garden, which is divided into six parts by five boundary walls. The six scenic areas include the Grand Rockery, the Ten Thousand-Flower Pavilion, the Hall of Heralding Spring, the Hall of Jade Magnificence, the Inner Garden, and the Lotus Pool. Yu Garden is a representative of the classical architectural style and is acknowledged as an architectural miracle in the region southeast of the Yangtze River.

  ¤        Admission:                                   RMB 30.00

  ¤        Opening Times:                            09:10 to 17:00

  ¤       Recommended Time for a Visit:     Two and a half hours

  There are many small but very interesting shops and fabulous local snack restaurants can be found nearby the Yu Garden. 

  Route: You' better take a taxi .It will take you about RMB 30.00 to get there.