If you only have one day free in shanghai, you are still able to experience both old and new sides of Shanghai. Visit the old town which was originally built by a retired officer 400 years ago, and also take a bird eye view of Shanghai city, admire the developing speed of this modern metropolis.

In the morning, your local guide and private driver will meet you in the hotel lobby, and take you to the Jade Buddha Temple and Yu Garden. Jade Buddha Temple is a small but vivid temple and the white jade Buddha inside have a very good reputation because of his efficacious job. Yu Garden was long to be a typical southern Chinese private garden, with curving screen padded road, detail marble carvings and Chinese bonsai. Outside of the Yu Garden is the Old Town which displays the vibrancy of traditional Shanghai life.

After lunch you will be driven to Shanghai Museum, a modern museum telling you the history how this metropolis developed from a pimping village. Following is the visit to Pearl Tower, the highest tower in Asia, where you can have a bird-eye view of Shanghai city. After the whole day sightseeing, you can have free time in Nanjing Road, the No. 1 shopping road in China, or you can just go back to your hotel.

Meals: Chinese style lunch
Accommodation: not included