What to expect
Hyatt Place Shanghai Hongqiao CBD is conveniently located in the heart of Shanghai Hongqiao CBD, only few minutes’ walk away from Hongqiao International Airport, or from Hongqiao Railway Station.
About the Hotel
The package is inlusive of 3-night Twin Room (2 single beds) with daily breakfast. The hotel is is right next door to two world-class shopping malls - The Hub and Paradise Walk—offering a wide range of retail, restaurants and entertainment. Recommended restaurants: Lao Wang Hot Pot, a traditional Chinese hotpot; Hacker-Pschorr Bräuhaus, Munich export specializing in the brewery’s lager and wheat beers, accompanied by Bavarian fare
(1) Day 1: Airport to Hotel
Free airport shuttle bus transfers guests from 09:00 to 22:30. The driving time is 10 minute. After arrival at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport (SHA), you can see a hotel staff holding your name sign and waiting at the exact exit from where you will show up. In case if you do not see your name sign, please telephone the hotline shown on your Viator voucher. A friendly hotel staff will show up to help you.
(2) Day 2: Classic and Modern Shanghai Group Tour with Lunch
Tour Day: Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun.
Tour Duration: 8:00 to 17:00
Meeting Place: Radisson Blu Hotel Shanghai New World (88 Nanjing West Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai)
How to go: Take a taxi to the nearest Metro Station - Hongqiao Railway Station (10 minute). Take Metro Line to People's Square Station (10 stops). Go out from Exit 8, walk for 250m to hotel.
Tour starts from Old Street, once Shanghai's foremost business street. See the Ming and Qing dynasty-era buildings with their upswept eaves and black roofs, and view the handicraft shops and stalls.
Next, meander around the 16th-century Yuyuan Garden, admiring its pavilions, ponds, and bridges before enjoying a Chinese tea at a traditional teahouse.
Then, drive to The Bund, Shanghai’s colonial-era waterfront along the Huangpu River, and take a guided stroll past its grandiose 1920's buildings.
After a Chinese lunch, head into skyscraper-filled Lujiazui and enter the Shanghai History Museum, beneath the Oriental Pearl Tower. Trace Shanghai’s history here before visiting the Pearl City Market, famous for selling sea pearls. Stock up with these marine treasures (own expense)
Stop at Tianzifang, an arty shopping enclave in Shanghai’s restored French Concession district. Stroll and window-shop along the charming alleyways, and learn from your guide how the Concession was a base for European traders in colonial times.
Transfer back to Radisson Blu Hotel Shanghai New World. Take metro back to your hotel.
Important Notice: The tour for today and tommorrow is seat-in-coach tour. You have bought a seat in the tour coach, share an escorted tour with other passengers. Pickup from major centrally located hotels. Hyatt Place Shanghai Hongqiao CBD is not in the pickup list.
- Pickup: You are required to go to the meeting place to meet with your tour guide and other passengers. The tour bus will not cruise from hotel to hotel to pickup passengers in the morning.
- Drop off: After the tour, you will be dropped off at a convenient place to take metro back to your hotel.
- This is the best way to avoid the traffic in rush hour. Local tour supplier will reject all request of hotel pickup from Hyatt Place Shanghai Hongqiao CBD, or return transfer.
(3) Day 3: Zhujiajiao Water Town Tour with dinner and Huangpu River Cruise
Tour Day: Tue, Thu, Sat, Sun.
Tour Duration: 12:00 to 20:00
Meeting Place: Radisson Blu Hotel Shanghai New World
Discover Zhujiajiao water town, a silk museum, and the sights from Huangpu River on a 6.5-hour afternoon tour of Shanghai. With a guide, you’ll spend time in the ancient water town to wander over bridges and along its tree-lined rivers. Visit a silk museum to learn about the time-honored art of silk making, then finish with a river cruise. Dinner at local restaurant in a local restaurant before cruise is included. The experience ends with a drop-off in the vibrant Xintiandi area, a bustling pedestrianized area that’s lined with bars and eateries. It’s the perfect place if you want to experience the best of Shanghai’s nightlife.
Take metro back to your hotel by yourself.
(4) Day 4: Hotel to airport
For a return hotel shuttle bus time, please register with the hotel conciege on day 1.