Shanghai City Free Walking Tour

The walking tour is a fantastic way to see some of the highlights of Shanghai, especially for travelers with just a short layover in Shanghai. The tour starts at the People's Square train station and winds you past Shanghai landmarks, the Bund and local neighborhoods, Along the way had food stops and sampled some amazing local treats. Our tour guide Viola was AMAZING! She is so animated, informative and a pleasure to be with. I thoroughly enjoyed the tour and would highly recommend it to everyone! This was a great way to spend a few hours on my short layover in Shanghai.

I took the four-hour tour with Dinna, which went by very quickly. Tours in Shanghai are incredibly expensive, so this free tour (we paid the recommended 150RMB) was a great bargain. You see the major tourist hot spots (including the Wedding Market, which was very entertaining) and you stop to get a few snacks. This isn't a food tour, but we had some great food and cool drinks. You see a great deal, and it's well paced. I would highly recommend it.

I looked up the free walking tour in Shanghai and could not have been more pleased with the outcome. You get to walk roughly 4.5 hours through the city seeing the architecture, learning history and eating delicious food. It is well worth the time to attend this FREE walking tour. HOWEVER, the absolute most amazing and best part about this tour is the tour guide SIHAO. Very few times are you able to see pure passion and enthusiasm when some one is doing their job and very clearly is loving it. Sihao made this tour riveting from the beginning with his immense knowledge, great food recommendations and visible love for the city. I am serious when I say that this was by far the absolute best tour I have been on - do not miss out.

We did this free walking tour with Viola in mid November 2019. Viola was very friendly and knowledgeable of her city and we now know much more about it because of her. We were on a 24 hour layover in the area and this was the perfect way to spend the precious hours we had in the area. We also had our two young kids with us, and Viola was patient while we tried to keep them focused. The tour takes you through many different districts in the city and you get a good sense for how locals live their lives. Plus there are some great spots to take photos including the Bund. And of course, you get to try some delicious food as well. Anytime we visit a city, we always try one of the free walking tours, and this one didn't disappoint. Check it out!

Dinna was a fantastic guide, taking us through and providing history on many of Shanghai's must-sees (The Bund, Peoples Square, Yuyuan Garden) and lesser-known highlights like the marriage market, stone-gate houses, and local street food vendors. The group was made up of interesting people from all over the world, many who who felt like friends by the end of the tour. I can't remember the last time 4.5 hours went by so quickly and highly recommend taking the time to participate.

We joined a free walking tour in Shanghai as we done for many years in cities all over the world but this tour was something exceptional! Our guide, Sihao was perfect! He is friendly, very informative, he also speaks english perfectly. It is all what you expect from a tour and tour guide and this is said from person with high expectations. He inspire us and took the walking tour to upper level! We walk through most important city spots, he told us about history, some life facts, gave as a great advice about what and where to eat and we together went to several great street food spots. We were amazed! Highly recommend this tour.