Top Shanghai Unique Experiences

Avoid the hassle of trying to find out where to grab a good meal while in Shanghai. This Shanghai food tour takes you off the beaten path as the sun starts to set so you can taste some of the most authentic regional dishes of the city. Pop into family-run eateries, and sample food, beer, and spirits well-liked by locals. Travel in a small group for a more intimate experience as you sample foods with a guide who also tells you about the city’s history and culture as you go.

Get a taste for Shanghai’s startlingly diverse food culture and its culinary specialties. A guide introduces Shanghai’s selection of pulled noodles, breakfast pancakes, and “xiaolongbao” (soup dumplings). Along the way, observe tai chi practitioners and water calligraphers in Xiangyang Park, and wander street stalls and a wet market, where you’ll see fresh Chinese dishes prepared before your eyes. This small-group food excursion, limited to eight guests, is also great for kids.

Take in the highlights of beautiful Hangzhou on a private full-day tour from Shanghai. After hotel pickup and transfer by high-speed train to Hangzhou, your private guide takes you to see some city attractions, such as Faxi temple. Moreover, enjoy a tasty lunch at a local restaurant before heading to Longjing village. There, learn about the process of farming and producing dragonwell tea, the region’s most famous product. Finally, enjoy a scenic boat cruise on UNESCO World Heritage-listed West Lake before returning to Shanghai. Note: This tour also offers small group option with minimum 2 people per booking.

Immerse yourself in Chinese culture with this cooking class in Shanghai. First, visit the local market where you’ll learn how to pick the best vegetables plus how to buy them for the best price. After that, head to the kitchen of a local home cook to prepare two to four dishes, typically a meat dish with a soup and a vegetable side.

Lift the lid on Shanghai’s tea culture and sweet treats on this small-group afternoon tea and dessert tour. Stroll along Huaihai Road and after sampling Chinese mooncakes, visit a tea house for a classic tea ceremony. Taste delicate Chinese green and black teas as you discover traditional tea drinking etiquette, and finish at a Cantonese dessert restaurant to try popular cold sweets such as milk pudding and mousse cake.

If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; If you are depressed, it will cheer you; if you are excited, it will calm you! What tea is best in hot summer? How many times can the green tea be brewed in a cup? How much tea is appropriate a day? How can i judge the tea quality when i am buying tea? Lift the lid of tea cup, let the tea aroma relax your mind and soul, Immerse yourself in the tea arts, Taste the six different types of authenti​c teas namely white tea, green tea, yellow tea, oolong tea, black tea, dark tea under the guidance of our sweet tea master. Appreciate arts of tea ceremony, hands on making your tea by Gaiwan, glass cup, making your own tea ceremony. Learn how judge quality tea, tea sets and tea ware, which teas can improve your health and lifestyle. Afterwards you can shop at the famous Tianshan Tea Complex with your new knowledge of tea and tea wares to bring your tea experience and a Tea Book from us back home with you.

Chinese calligraphy is a form of pleasing writing, or, the artistic expression of human language in a tangible form. you can find calmness by writing calligraphy, in China have more and more people wanted to learn.Calligraphy is considered as one of the four best friends of ancient Chinese literati, along with playing stringed musical instrument, the board game “go”, and painting. This class you will lear history, strokes and whole word of the Chinese calligraphy, after the class you can bring your own unique art to home.

Enjoy an authentic cultural experience during a private tea ceremony in Shanghai. Alongside a respected master of tea, succumb to serenity as you relax with melodious music, fragrant incense and soothing tea made from rare tealeaves. Learn about the cultural significance of the beverage with your English-speaking guide and educate your palate to the delicate and distinctive flavors of different tea types. Sample varieties of black, oolong, Pu-erh and green tea then perform the tea ritual to cement your newly acquired skills.

Get to know the city through the eyes of a passionate local. With no set itinerary, you can customize the tour or leave it up to the local for an insightful introduction to the city. Make travel about the people you meet not just the places you see.

Take a yoga class at the most popular yoga studio "Fine Yoga" in Shanghai French Concession (between Xiantiadi and Tianzifang area). Get a wonderful practice as you follow your yoga instructor in a series of postures while using your breath to link the poses. Fine Yoga offer all different kinds of yoga classes from Hatha, Flow, Astanga to Therapeutic yoga. The studio is fully equipped with yoga mats, props and towel, a changing and shower room, and storage area.  Morning, midday and night yoga class options are available for booking.

Skip the typical group tours and enjoy a unique experience of Hangzhou. This private tour, exclusively for your party, includes a stroll along the West Lake, home-made lunch at a local farm house, and a visit to a tea field and tea ceremony.

Wonder where to hang out at night? Wonder where is the best bar in Shanghai? Then you cannot miss this tour! During the 5-hour trip You will visit up to 3 bars in metropolis Shanghai city. The bar is picked in Flair Rooftop at Ritz Carlton, Music Room at Park Hyatt, Calypso at Shangri-La, Le Terrazza at Bvlgari hotel, the Long bar at Waldorf Hotel, Wet bar at W Hotel and Sir Elly's Terrace (ROOFTOP BAR AND) TERRACE at Peninsula Hotel. Your tour host ensures skip-the-line entry with drink specials, party games and cover charges included.

If there's one Chinese delicacy that no foodie visiting Shanghai should miss, it's tea. Learn all about this favored Chinese beverage with a full-day, private tour to Hangzhou, a celebrated tea producing region. After swift travel direct from you hotel, you can visit the tea museum, learn how tea is grown, and even sample some Dragon Well Green Tea—included in the tour.

Wan Ling will share her unique experiences of sourcing the teas you will enjoy during the experience. As we know the exact provenance of each of the teas, we can share about each tea's journey from field to cup, as well as give you an insight into the people and places behind the teas. Our tea house provides a calm and relaxing space, which allows you to focus on enjoying the tea and gaining a deeper understanding of Chinese tea and tea culture. You are encouraged to engage and ask any questions you have, so we hope that you will feel confident when talking and enjoying tea in the future.