PreeChina · Sight Guide
7 sights within 294 km of Shanghai. Pick the ones you want and PreeChina can build a private, custom or tailor-made tour around them.
At a Glance
Price
Per person, in US dollars. The price covers the guide, the ground service, and the transport, meals and tickets in the itinerary, and it falls as the group grows. What a price includes and leaves out.
| Travelers | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day trip | USD 305 | USD 220 | USD 185 | USD 175 | USD 160 | USD 155 | USD 145 | USD 135 |
Premium hotels and first-class rail raise the price: the selectors on Private Tours show by how much. The final price is confirmed in writing before anything is booked.
Why These Sights
7 lake, river and waterfall sights lie within 294 km of central Shanghai, from Chongming Dongtan Bird Reserve at 47 km to Qiandao Lake at 294 km. They are: Chongming Dongtan Bird Reserve, Shang Lake, Turtle Head Isle, Taihu Lake, Jiangnan Tianchi, Wuxie Waterfalls, Qiandao Lake.
This page lists the sights and how far each one sits from the city centre. It does not set a length for the trip: your private itinerary decides which sights to combine, the order and the number of days.
The Shanghai city guide covers the city itself.
Map
The gold marker is central Shanghai. Numbers run from the closest sight to the farthest.
Sight by Sight
47 km from central Shanghai, straight line
A wetland of international importance and a key stopover on the East Asian-Australasian flyway. Large numbers of waders pass through in spring and autumn.
87 km from central Shanghai, straight line
Tradition says Jiang Shang once fished here.
123 km from central Shanghai, straight line
A headland reaching into Lake Tai, planted with some 30,000 cherry trees. The valley by Changchun bridge is where people go in late March.
129 km from central Shanghai, straight line
China's third-largest freshwater lake. The Xishan (Jinting) and Dongshan peninsulas reach into the water.
199 km from central Shanghai, straight line
The upper reservoir of a pumped-storage power station, an artificial lake on a mountain top.
217 km from central Shanghai, straight line
One stream drops through five steps as waterfalls.
294 km from central Shanghai, straight line
When the Xin'an River hydropower dam filled in 1959, Chun'an's He City and Sui'an's Lion City sank along with many villages. Divers who explored from 2001 found city walls, gates and memorial archways still standing in place, with timber and brick carving in good condition.
Distances
| # | Sight | Type | Straight line |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chongming Dongtan Bird Reserve | Wetland | 47 km |
| 2 | Shang Lake | Lake | 87 km |
| 3 | Turtle Head Isle | Park | 123 km |
| 4 | Taihu Lake | Lake | 129 km |
| 5 | Jiangnan Tianchi | Lake | 199 km |
| 6 | Wuxie Waterfalls | Waterfall | 217 km |
| 7 | Qiandao Lake | Lake | 294 km |
Straight-line distances from the centre of Shanghai. Road and rail distances are longer.
Independent Travel
Arranging these 7 stops yourself keeps the budget lower. It also means booking each one and the transfers between them. Compare a private tour with independent travel, or ask PreeChina to plan it.
Custom Tour
This route is a starting point: 1 day and 7 stops. PreeChina plans it as a private, tailor-made trip and changes the stops, the days and the pace to your group.
Questions
This page lists 7, all within 294 km of central Shanghai in a straight line.
Chongming Dongtan Bird Reserve, at 47 km from the centre in a straight line.
294 km in a straight line. The road distance is longer.
It depends on which sights you combine. Your private itinerary sets the number of days, the order and the pace with you.
Anyone who wants a slow day. The route links 7 stops, so each visit is short. Tell PreeChina which stops matter most and the others can go.
Explore More
This route is in Shanghai. The province page lists its city guides, themes, museums and other routes.
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Tell us when you arrive in Shanghai, who is travelling and how much time you have. We build the route around your group.
