4 Day Tour of Jewish Culture
This 4-day tour of Jewish Shanghai will introduce to you a little-known side of Shanghai regarding the Shanghai Jewish history. You will also explore the Jewish dwelling district during the World War II (1935 - 1945) and the time before.
Trip Highlights
- Participate the locals for morning exercises in Fuxing Park
- An introduce of little-known aspect of life in Shanghai
- Learn about the history of Jewish Shanghai
- Visit the Shanghai Ghetto
Customizable Tour Itinerary
Day 1 Shanghai Arrival
When you arrive in Shanghai, your private guide and driver will accompany you from the airport to the hotel. The guide will give you some brief introduction of Shanghai on the way and take care of the hotel check-in. Rest in the hotel for the rest of the day.
Meals: No meal, advice freely available
- Hotels: Shanghai Fairmont Peace Hotel, Les Suites Orient, Bund Shanghai, Central Hotel Shanghai
Day 2 Fuxing Park, French Concession, Yuyuan Garden (close on every Monday), City God Temple, Shanghai Tower
After breakfast, get some fresh air and refresh your body by doing some morning exercises in Fuxing Park. Continue your tour to French Concession and wander at the tree-lined avenues. It also has the most advanced residential area in old Shanghai.
Then the guide will show you to a classic Jiangnan man-made garden, Yuyuan Garden. Here you will see the ancient trees, pavilions, corridors, windows and artificial hills. Nearby is the City God Temple, where local people worship the guardian of the city.
Today’s tour will end with an overlook of the whole city and the Bund on the top of Shanghai Tower.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch at Xiangyefu Teahouse Restaurant with a la carte menu
Feature Dinner Option: Nan Xiang Mantou Dian, Green Wave Gallery, Lost Heaven-Yunnan Restaurant Bund Branch
Optional evening activity: Era Time or Shangcheng Acrobatic Show
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
Day 3 Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum, Former Site of Jewish Refugees Shelter, White House Inn, Former Site of American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), Huoshan Park, the Bund, Shanghai Fairmont Peace Hotel and Peace Museum
Learn about the living history of Jewish refugees in Shanghai during World War II at Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum with the guide’s explanation. See the old buildings at Former Site of Jewish Refugees Shelter and pay a visit to White House Inn, opened by a Jewish refugee couple. It functions as a restaurant, bar and night club, thus becoming a gathering place for the Jewish refugees at that time. The morning tour ends at Former Site of American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), once the most important international organization supporting Jewish refugees from Europe.
After lunch, go to Huoshan Park, once a major recreational place for Jewish refugees who sought sanctuary in Shanghai during World War II. Take a leisure walk and feel the breeze at the Bund.
Conceived and created by a Jewish businessman, Shanghai Fairmont Peace Hotel is a landmark building in Shanghai. Do not miss the Peace Museum in the hotel, where you could see the precious silver utensils, porcelain, crystal ornaments and antiques.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch at Homes Restaurant with a la carte menu
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
Day 4 Shanghai Departure
It is time to leave today. The guide is waiting for you at the hotel lobby and willing to serve you till your last minute in Shanghai. Wish you a safe flight home.
Meals: Breakfast
- Meals: Breakfast,
Price Includes
- In-country transportationas noted in the itinerary.
- Admission fees and activity expenses as noted in the itinerary.
- Luxury or boutique hotels centrally located.
- Meals in local restaurants as noted in the itinerary with complimentary drinking water.
- Your own English-speaking guide service.
- Your own chauffeur and vehicle service.
Price Excludes
- International transportation.
- Chinese tourist visa. (which enquired for most foreign passport holders)
- Travel and medical insurance.
- Meals, snacks, alcohol, etc. apart from those included in the itinerary.
- Excess baggage charges.
- Personal expenses.
- Sights, excursions and activities not included in the itinerary.
- Gratuities to guide and driver.
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