While China is traditionally known for its wealth of ancient history, it still has an incredible amount of modern history that will amaze any visitor, especially when in Shanghai. Tour Shanghai's most modern sites, such as the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, the Bund, People's Square, the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall, and Nanjing Road.

Your Shanghai day tour will begin with an air-conditioned coach service which will pick you right up from your hotel. You will then make your way to the Oriental TV Tower, a primary symbol of modern Shanghai and the building that dominates the view from the Bund. Tour the building and travel to the top to the observatory, which looks out at Pudong Park and the quickly growing commercial and industrial zone of Shanghai. From here, you will begin to orient yourself with what you will see throughout the rest of the day. Back on the ground, you will board a cruise on the Huang River. As you cruise down the river, you will catch a view of the Bund, now from the ground rather than from the air. The cruise will also allow you to relax and admire the many surrounding buildings in several modern styles, including Gothic, Romanesque, and Baroque.

Next you will stop at People's Square for some wonderful photo opportunities. People's Square is a large public square in the heart of Shanghai and is the focal point of the city. It contains the municipal government buildings and many other landmarks surrounded by beautiful green space. While in People's Square, you will visit the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall, the building dedicated to the vision of the present and future development of Shanghai. Inside, there is a model of the entire city, which represents completed and approved buildings that outline Shanghai now and in the future.

Your final stop will be at Shanghai's first commercial center, Nanjing Road. Tour the road that is a consumer's heaven, where no cars are allowed and the street is filled with eager shoppers. This is a location that you will be itching to return to for shopping and night life, both of which are extravagant.

The tour will conclude at your hotel, when you are dropped off by air-conditioned coach service. This tour will give you an unconventional view of China, and it is sure to be just as fascinating as tours of ancient China. This tour will also open your eyes to all of the exciting cultural things to do while in Shanghai, and give you the knowledge to explore the modernized city on another day.