One Day Shanghai Jewish Tour

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1

  Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum/Ohel Moishe Synagogue-----During WWII this designated area became the home of approximately 20,000 refugees from Central Europe.The tour takes a walk through the former ghetto,visits Huoshan park,and goes to Ohel Moishe Synagogue and its museum. The Peace Hotel-----Built by British-Jew,Victor Sassoon,former Cathay Hotel,this luxurious building epitomised the era when Shanghai was known as the ‘Paris of the East

  1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 2
  The Bund (Wai Tan)

  The Bund shows off Shanghai's outstanding foreign buildings, most of which were erected before 1937.it is the emblem of Shanghai, the area used to be British concession. Lunch is not included

  1 hour • Admission ticket free
• (Pass by)

  It was originally owned by the rich Jewish merchant Mahler, and then changed hands several times. It was converted into Hengshan Mahler Villa Hotel in 2005,Information Tour Only,No gurantee to go inside.

  Admission ticket free
• 3

  The former site of the Far East Anti-War Congress——– is located at No. 85 Huoshan Road, Hongkou District. It is a three-story bungalow, where the sign of the former site of the Far East Anti-War Congress hangs in an inconspicuous doorway. Soong Qingling prepared and held the Far East Anti-War Congress in 1936.Information Tour Only,No gurantee to go inside.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 4

  Huoshan Park——The area is only the size of the street garden; although small, it has a quite long and hazy history. Huoshan Park is located at the intersection on the south side of Zhoushan Road, very close to Tilanqiao Prison, a Jewish area that took refuge in Shanghai during World War II. There is a glass-covered nameplate in the park, which is hung by the Hongkou District People’s Government and the Israeli Consulate General in Shanghai, to commemorate that period. The old city renovation project in Hongkou District continues to eat away at the surrounding neighborhoods, hoping that the historical neighborhoods and buildings around Huoshan Park will survive because of its cultural status

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 5

  American Jewish Distribution Committee——JDC representative Laura Margolis,By 1943, over 16,500 Jewish refugees were living primarily in Hongkew, Shanghai, a ghetto established by the Japanese invaders at Nazi instigation. As conditions worsened, the JDC stepped in to provide food, education, and vocational training; built hospitals; and set up an emigration office.Information Tour Only,No gurantee to go inside.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 6

  Former Site of Jewish Refugees Shelter ——–Lane.138 Changyang Road,Information Tour Only,No gurantee to go inside.

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 7

  Roy Roof Garden Restaurant on top of the Broadway Theatre,57 HuoShan Road Built in 1928,the Art Deco Restaurant is the largest place to avoid summer hearter in the jewish isolated zone during the World War II. The Broadway Theatre was an outdoor recreational venue for the Jewish refugees living in hongkou District during the World War II. Information Tour,Not go inside.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 8

  Former site if Baima Coffee store,White Horse Inn

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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