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This is a traditional Chinese boat ride on the Shanghai river

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Traditional Chinese Boat Cruise on the Huangpu River in Shanghai

Assessment: ***Highly recommended

El huangpu river It is one of the icons of the great city of Shanghai. With a length of 114 kilometers, This river separates Shanghai into two parts, east and west, and converges in the same city with the Yangtze, the yellow river, and both in the East China Sea.

The most important section of the huangpu river It is the one that separates, with its 400 meters of width, the areas of colonial Shanghai, the Waist, with the most ultra-modern Shanghai, the new Pudong financial zone.

It is precisely in this stretch of the Huangpu River where we can enjoy one of the tourist activities most recommended in our visit to Shanghai, cruise on a traditional Chinese boat.

From the pier in the Waist salen Various cruises along the Huangpu River. We have the option to choose various types of cruises, and on ships of different sizes, from 80 to 800 passengers, decorated in traditional Chinese style.

El route It is usually the characteristic U shape that the Huangpu River makes. Leaving from the Bund Pier, goes south to the Yangpu suspension bridge. There we go back and sailing next to the Pudong area, some cruises take us to the Huangpu River mouth at Wusongkou. And from there, I return to the pier.

Huangpu River Night Cruises

There are cruises lasting from 40 minutes to two hours. Hills It is advisable to do the cruise during the night, just like I did on my trip to Shanghai. In this way we can enjoy the spectacular neon illuminations of the Pudong skyscrapers and the Oriental Pearl TV tower, and we can also see the illuminated colonial buildings of the Bund area.

El price a 40-minute Huangpu River cruise is 50 yuan (5,3 euros) per person.

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José Luis Sarralde

Journalist and traveler throughout his life, José Luis Sarralde is the founder of Guías Viajar, where since 2008 he has been capturing his travel experiences around the world, specializing in cultural and scenic destinations in Spain and Europe.

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  • I am looking forward to visiting Shanghai and traveling on the cruise ship that has been my dream since I was a child but the problem is how to get my visa so I plan to study very hard and then leave Peru and the first place I want to visit is Shanghai if there is any job I would ask you to inform me through my email that I put, please, I would thank you bye and may God bless you.

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