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Context Tours of Shanghai

Contemporary art, history of Buddhism, traditional Chinese medicine. These are just some of the topics we explore on our scholar-led walking tours of Shanghai.


Lasting 3 hours and limited to 6 people max, these walks are geared toward the intellectually curious traveler.


Bund Tour of Shanghai

Tour the Bund
Between Old and New
Join a Context scholar for our three-hour walk of the Bund, in which we explore Shanghai in the 1920s and the striking contradictions between old and new.

Featured Walks in Shanghai

Art Walks

Shanghai Museum

Shanghai featured walking tour - Shanghai Museum

The Shanghai Museum boasts one of the world's greatest collections of ancient Chinese art in the world. Spanning from the Neolithic period to the Qing dynasty, and including such d

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Theology Walks

Pure Land, Buddhism and China

Shanghai featured walking tour - Pure Land, Buddhism and China

It is generally believed that Buddhism arrived in China about 2000 years ago and, after establishing itself alongside the two other major schools of Chinese thought, Taoism and Con

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Orientation Walks

Custom Walk of Shanghai

Shanghai featured walking tour - Custom Walk of Shanghai

We can design a wide variety of walks for people with special interests, lasting from 3 hours to 3 days. Drawing on our network of docents, range of other services, and a growing n

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History Walks

Bund and Shanghai in the 20s

Shanghai featured walking tour - Bund and Shanghai in the 20s

Stretching along the riverfront from Suzhou Creek into downtown, Shanghai's embankment or "bund" formed the epicenter of the international settlement in Shanghai in the 19th and ea

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