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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.

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

We'll meet at the entrance of Starbucks (next to Exit 3 of Tiantong Road Metro Station)

Language Offered

English-GUIDE

Itinerary

1. Suzhou River
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?
Duration: 10 mins
2. Shanghai Post Museum
Listen to the stories of Former General Post Office Headquarters; known as the "First Hall of the Far East", now Shanghai Postal Museum
Duration: 10 mins
3. Garden Bridge
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".
Duration: 10 mins
4. Listen to the stories of The bund's very first building: The former site of the British Consulate and Consular Residence
Duration: 10 mins
5. 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
Duration: 10 mins
6. Fairmont Peace Hotel
Listen to the stories of No.20 the Bund —— Former Sassoon House / Cathay Hotel, Now Peace Hotel
Duration: 10 mins
7. Listen to the stories of No.19 the Bund —— Former Palace Hotel / Central Hotel
Duration: 10 mins
8. Listen to the stories of No.17 the Bund —— Former North China Daily News Building, Now AIA Building
Duration: 10 mins
9. Former Russo-Chinese Bank Shanghai Branch Building
Listen to the stories of No.15 the Bund —— Former Russo-Chinese Bank Building, Now Shanghai Foreign Exchange Trade Centre
Duration: 10 mins
10. Former HSBC Building On The Bund
Listen to the stories of No.12 the Bund —— Former HSBC Building, later the Shanghai Municipal Government, Now Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
Duration: 10 mins
11. Shanghai Custom House
Listen to the stories of No.13 the Bund—— Former Jianghai Customs House, Now Shanghai Customs House
Duration: 10 mins
12. Listen to the stories of No.6&9 the Bund—— Former Russell & Co., Now China Merchants Bank Building
Duration: 10 mins
13. Great Northern Telegraph Building
Listen to the stories of No.7 the Bund—— Former Great Northern Telegraph Company, Now Bangkok Bank
Duration: 10 mins
14. Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund
Listen to the stories of No.2 the Bund—— Former The Shanghai Club, Now Waldorf Astoria Club
Duration: 10 mins
15. The Bund (Wai Tan)
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
Duration: 20 mins

Inclusion

Professional & Local English Tour Guide

Cancellation Policy

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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

  • 100% refund if cancelled 1+ days before the start date
  • 0% refund if cancelled less than 1 day(s) before the start date

Additional Info

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

Supplied by Max & Mini Shanghai Cultural Tours

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