1-Day Shanghai Expo Tour

- Shanghai Expo Sites / City Sightseeing

Trip Highlights - Attractions Involved: Shanghai Expo Site and Shanghai city sightseeing. This Shanghai Expo Tour package will arrange a one-day visit to the Expo Site as well as the city highlights. Shanghai Expo is the first time that the event happens in a developing country throughout the whole splendid World Expo history. It is taken as an opportunity to reflects Shanghai's leading status as a economic and cultural city in the 21century. Expo 2010 Shanghai will be a great event to explore the full potential of urban life in the 21st century and a significant period in urban evolution.
Tour Departure: Daily.     Pick-up Point & Time: Your hotel, 8:30am.     Finishing Point & Time: Your hotel, 5:00pm.     Duration: 8.5 hours.

Tour Itinerary: (Lunch)
Your tour starts with the visit to the major attractions in Shanghai, including the Temple of City Patron and Xintiandi Leisure Area, which gives you a vivid picture of Shanghai's past and present. After lunch, a taste of traditional Shanghai cuisine, you will start your roaming in the Shanghai Expo Sites, explore all the different National Pavilions and appreciate the efforts and ideas that human beings have put into and created for a better and sustainable urban environment. The rest of the day, you can stroll along the Bund, experience the unique atmosphere when modern confronts tradition. After that, transfer back to your hotel. (Service end)
Attraction Description
The Shanghai Expo Site covers a total area of 5.28 square kilometers, including the enclosed area and outside areas of support facilities. The Expo Site spans both sides of the Huangpu River, with 3.93 sq km in Pudong and 1.35 sq km in Puxi. The enclosed area measures 3.28 sq km. There are 12 pavilion groups, eight in the Pudong Section and four in Puxi, each with an average area of 10–15 hectares…
The Bund is about 1.5km long, facing Huangpu River on the east, with various exotic buildings on the west side. The building styles includes Gothic, Romanesque, baroque, and Sino-western, so it gains the nickname "the World Exhibition of Architectures"…