Audio tour · China
Shanghai
A self guided audio tour of Shanghai.
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The app is on the App Store
A self guided audio tour of Shanghai.
Shanghai is most itself at the edge of the Huangpu, where the old facades of the Bund face the towers of Pudong and the city's ambition becomes impossible to miss. Away from that view it is a series of neighbourhoods with their own texture, from the leafy lanes of the former French Concession to the older, denser districts further north. It moves fast, but rewards the slow walk that finds the quieter city underneath.
In the app, 90 stops in Shanghai are narrated aloud, about 2h 33m of listening across 8 walking routes, in 13 languages, offline once downloaded. Choose a route or build your own, then walk while a calm voice tells you the story of each stop. The app also maps 100 Instagram photo spots, social media photo locations with directions to where you stand for the shot.
The opening lines of a few narrations, straight from the tour.
"Shanghai World Financial Center."
"You're looking at a structure that completely redefines the skyline of Shanghai."
"As you walk past this skyscraper, you might notice how its complex form seems to rise like a."
"You're standing here, looking at this massive structure on the Huangpu River."
"When you look at this temple, you might assume this sense of peace has always been here."
"You might be walking through a place that feels very natural and peaceful, but if you look,"
Curated orders through the city. Or build your own and press Play All.
Stand at the foot of three of the world's tallest towers and trace the financial heart of Pudong through glittering plazas and trading floors.
From the iconic pink-ringed Pearl Tower along the Huangpu waterfront to Waibaidu Bridge, this loop captures the grand theatre of Old Shanghai facing New Pudong.
A midtown stroll through Jing An district where a thousand-year-old Buddhist temple sits beside soaring glass towers, fairy-tale villas, and one of China's grandest shopping boulevards.
Head west to the Ming dynasty water town of Qibao, passing Shanghai Zoo and a quiet wartime blockhouse that mark the city's outer edge.
Wander from a serene temple housing two carved jade Buddhas through the cultural core of the city, pausing at natural history galleries, art deco towers, and the lively heart of central Shanghai.
Begin at Shanghai's oldest pagoda and follow the arc of history south through a leafy memorial residence, a Gothic cathedral, and the bustling crossroads of Xujiahui.
Every stop is narrated. Walk them in any order, or follow a route. Open a category to see what is inside.