Context Tours of Shanghai
Our scholar-led walking tours of Shanghai cover contemporary art, history of buddhism, and the super-charged growth of the city, as well as history, art history, and cuisine.
Lasting 3 hours and limited to 6 people max, these walks are geared toward the intellectually curious traveler.
- Walks Include:
- Accelerated City- a tour of Shanghai's transformation
- a tour of the Shanghai Museum
- Hangzhou: Tea Tasting
Tea Tasting in Hangzhou
Featured Walks in Shanghai
City Ambience Walks
Accelerated City
While the rest of the world struggles with recession, China explodes with growth. Cities spring up overnight. Or, as the case of Shanghai, are transformed weekly. During the course
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Tea Tasting in Hangzhou
Tea's central role in Chinese culture and history shapes the course of this tea tour and tasting in Hangzhou, about 45 minutes by high-speed train from Shanghai. Led by a former te
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Crossroads Cuisine: Food Culture in Shanghai
As a center of trade, commerce, and migration, Shanghainese cuisine has assimilated the cuisines of nearby regions including Ningbo, Suzhou, Wuxi, Hangzhou, Nanjing, and Shaoxing.
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People's Park, City in Miniature
Type “Shanghai” into Google maps, and it will take you to People’s Park, the heart of downtown Shanghai. Its three museums, two performance halls, and city hall mark this area as a
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