Private Tours & Local Guides in Shanghai

The Bund, the lanes, and the water towns beyond

Shanghai, the local way

The Bund at first light, when only locals are out
French Concession walk: plane trees, delis, 1930s villas
Yu Garden and the old town before the crowds
Zhujiajiao water town by boat, 1 hour from downtown

41 local-born guides in Shanghai

Meet guides born inside the story

Every Shanghai guide on ChinaTravelGuide.eu grew up here — they know which gate opens first, where the city actually eats, and the viewpoint the guidebooks never found. Guides from ¥990/day, cars with driver from ¥980/day.

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Faces of Shanghai

Chen Yu

Tea Houses & Water Towns

★ 4.9 · 168 tours · English · Japanese

Shanghainese grandmother lineage of tea masters; grew up between the French Concession and Zhujiajiao. Orders xiaolongbao in the queue that never makes guidebooks.

Liu Yang

Shanghai Nights & Old Town

★ 4.8 · 156 tours · English · Korean

Shanghai nightlife encyclopaedia — rooftop bars to 1930s jazz basements. Does a killer Korean-market factory-visit interpreting run every Canton Fair season.