Day1 Arrival, Shanghai (D)
Arrive at Shanghai, Paris of the Oriental and the venue of 2010 EXPO. Be greeted at the airport and take maglev train to city center where your driver awaits. Then be transferred to your hotel to have a break. In the evening enjoy an amazing night show of Acrobatics.

Shanghai is a city unlike any other in China. It is the bustling economic heartbeat of China that enjoys all of the comforts and amenities of a fully modern metropolis. Shanghai today looks to regain its former position at the turn of 20 th of being one of the largest financial centers in the world behind New York and London. It is a city that seamlessly blends East and West.

Shanghai offers colorful recreations with rich contents and creative form. Your night will be filled with an interactive old form of art known as the Acrobatics. As one of the traditional art forms, acrobatics has long been popular among the Chinese people for more than 2,000 years. It is famous for its excellent skill, dare-devil performance and the harmonious combination of various kinds perform arts. Those professional performers have been trained of as early as age six or seven so that they can play so well and excellent. It definitely will be an unforgettable night in your memory.

Day2 Shanghai  (B)
Spend the whole day visiting the EXPO Park.

Day3 Shanghai  (B)
Spend the whole day visiting the EXPO Park.

Day4 Shanghai  (B/L)
A full day of sightseeing starts with Jade Buddha Temple. Then move to Yuyuan Garden, a Chinese classic garden in city downtown, and the nearby Old Town. In the afternoon, have a nice walk along the Bund, Shanghai 's famed waterfront promenade and Nanjing Road, China 's No. One commercial street for souvenir shopping. Take Pujiang River Cruise to appreciate the fantastic night view of Shanghai.

Today you'll find a Buddhism shrine - Jade Buddha Temple, located in a crowd of Shanghai City . It was first built in 1882 in Jiangwan on the southern outskirts of Shanghai . In order to make it convenient for the adherents to visit, it was bodily moved to Shanghai City at the present sire in 1918. It is named for its two bejeweled white jade Buddha. It receives thousands of visitors and worshipers everyday while keeps its sanctity and charming. Carved from a whole piece of white jade, the sitting jade Buddha statue is translucent with a solemn expression, displaying the excellent skill and extraordinary art of Chinese people.

Yuyuan Garden has a lot of stories for it was severely damaged in the 19th century and was restored in 1961. This garden was first built in the 16th century by provincial governor, Pan Yunduan, in honor of his father who was the then government minister. It has many scenic courtyards decorated with baroque rockery, pools, and flora that are all connected by corridors and passageways. The delicate design and exquisite layout of the whole garden reveals a strong impression of 'garden in the garden, whole in the part.'

The shopping will begin in Nanjing Road which is starts at the Bund and runs westward, with People's Square in the middle. Renown for its bustling and modernization, Nanjing Road earns its reputation as the 'First Commercial Road in China', which is the good shopping heaven for your trip as the same as the Fifth Avenue in New York and Avenue des Champs-Elysées in Paris. Some of the traditional food and handicrafts of Shanghai can be found here.

Then it comes to the Bund, the showcase with the old buildings of colonial-era leftover along Huangpu River. The renowned waterfront district is the city's most famous landmark. The word BUND is of Anglo-India origin meaning embankment on the waterfront. It is also the popular site to enjoy the night view of the city.

Huangpu River is the largest river in Shanghai, and with Suzhou Creek its branch. It is an average of 400 meters wide and 9 meters deep. Shanghai gets most of its drinking water from Huangpu, which thus plays an important part for the metropolis. It divides the city into two regions: Pudong (east) and Puxi (west). The west bank (Puxi) of the Huangpu River is the cultural center of Shanghai. The Bund, Monument to the People's Heroes, Waibaidu Bridge and the oldest park in Shanghai - Huangpu Park, are located on the west bank. In addition, many historical buildings left over from Shanghai 's colonial days have been preserved. The east bank of the river (Pudong) is the newer district of Shanghai and its financial and commercial hub.

When the sun sets, Huangpu River is veiled in the glittery neon lights on its banks. Cruising on Huangpu River in the evening, visitors can experience its silence and landscape on both banks under the moonlight. Cruise ships vary in size, decoration and amenities, with the most luxurious offering air conditioning, conference room, banquet hall, bar and television. Ships depart from the Bund, sail to Huangpu Bridge in the south, turn and head north towards Wusongkou, and return to the Bund.

Day5 Shanghai  (B/L/D)
One day tour to Wuzhen to enjoy typical vista of water village of Southern China. Be transferred back to Shanghai and enjoy local cuisine as farewell dinner.

In the south of the Yangtze River Delta, there are many ancient water towns like Wuzhen. They are common in possessing ancient bridges, streets, lanes and delicate residences. However, Wuzhen seems to contain richer historical and cultural flavors, maybe because it boasts the most venerated history and most fertile cultures. Wuzhen, a newly opened site to tourists, is an old water town around 200 km from Shanghai. It is regarded as one of the most beautiful water towns in China. The flat houses, mainly with gray bricks were built along the river over hundreds of years by successive generations. You will have a chance to take a traditional wooden boat rowing zigzag through canals, under the small bridges one after another to find the local people playing cards and tasting tea by the side of the water. It is a great place for wandering around to find the ancient docks, waterside pavilions and corridors stretching for miles, presenting a typical, harmonious atmosphere of water towns in the South of China.

Shanghai cuisine, also known as Hu cai is a popular style of Chinese cuisine.

Shanghai does not have a definitive cuisine of its own, but modifies those of the surrounding provinces (mostly from adjacent Jiangsu and Zhejiang coastal provinces). The use of sugar is common in Shanghainese cuisine, especially when used in combination with soy sauce. Non-natives tend to have difficulty identifying this usage of sugar and are often surprised when told of the "secret ingredient". The most notable dish of this type of cooking is "sweet and sour spare ribs".

Facing the East China Sea, seafood in Shanghai is very popular. However, due to its location among the rivers, lakes, and canals of the Yangtze Delta, locals favor freshwater produce just as much as saltwater products like crabs, oysters, and seaweed. The most notable local delicacy is Shanghai hairy crab. The lion's head meatball and Shanghai-style nian gao are also uniquely Shanghainese, as are Shanghai fried noodles, a regional variant of chow mein that is made with Shanghai-style thick noodle.

Shanghainese people are known to eat in delicate portions (which makes them a target of mockery from other Chinese), and hence the servings are usually quite small. For example, notable buns from Shanghai such as the xiaolong mantou (known as xiaolongbao in Mandarin) and the shengjian mantou are usually about four centimetres in diameter, much smaller than the typical baozi or mantou elsewhere.

Day6 Shanghai , Departure (B)
Be transferred to the airport for your homebound flight.

1. The tour is valid during Shanghai Expo period (1 May-31 Oct) in 2011. Price of tour is to be advised on a case-by-case basis.
2. Day 2 and Day 3 are based on Seat-in-Coach operated by SIC company. Why SIC?
3. The availabilities of rooms, Expo admission, tickets and so on are subject to change until the actual booking is being made. So your early confirmation is highly appreciated.
4. TCT reserves the right to adjust any portion of the tour due to the reasons beyond our control without prior notice.

1. Private transfers between airports/railway stations, hotels and all sightseeing spots, and SIC tour to Expo venue. Separate arrivals and departures will incur extra charges.
2. Hotel accommodation based on two adults sharing one standard twin-bed room; solo travelers or those who want to occupy one twin-bed room of their own are required to pay additional charge of single supplement rate (S.SUPP in above price table). A single room is subject to availability based on prior request at an additional cost; if the recommended hotel is not available, it will be substituted by a similar one.
3. Meals (breakfast in hotel, Chinese lunch and Chinese dinner serves at local restaurant) as specified in the itinerary table marked with (B/L/D).
4. One driver and one English-speaking guide on normal sightseeing activities in each destination, exclusive of visits to Expo venue.
5. All entrance fees to scenic spots as shown in the itinerary. The final arrangement will be determined by local tour guides based on the local circumstances which are beyond the control of TopChinaTravel. TCT will adhere to the original itinerary as accurately as possible.
6. Domestic airfare of economic class or train ticket(s) as mentioned in the itinerary.
7. Travel insurance.

1. Round way International airfare or train tickets.
2. Visa fee, passport application or renewal fee.
3. Tips for guides, escort, drives, bellman, etc.
4. Personal expenses such as excess luggage fees, laundry, postage, communications and beverages.
5. Optional meals and shows mentioned in the itinerary, which will be added up if the clients desire to take the activities.
6. Applicable taxes or government fees.
7. Any other changes caused by natural disasters, fires, weather, governmental and local authority orders, political change, strikes, war, riots, quarantine, custom regulations, damages or injury caused by accident beyond the control of TopChinaTravel and that has incurred due to the tourist action violating the laws.
8. Any items not specified in the plan.