Your first trip to Asia, planned.

City guides with Yuna & Jin.

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Yuna and Jin, the hosts of First Time Asia

New: the Shanghai day plan

Cover of the Shanghai: your first day PDF

Shanghai: your first day

One classic day from 09:00 to the Bund lights: People's Square, the Bund, Yu Garden, the ferry to Lujiazui, and the French Concession if you still have energy. Built from 14 published itineraries.

β‰ˆ 370–530 yuan per personroute maptimetabledriver card in Chinese

3 pages, A4. Prices checked 13 Nov 2026. Not on a Monday: Yu Garden is closed.

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Coming next

The rest of the China series (the four foundation guides, Shanghai Parts 2 and 3), then more cities. See every guide.

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³BeijingChinaComing soon
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³Xi'anChinaComing soon
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ChengduChinaComing soon
πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅TokyoJapanComing soon
πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅OsakaJapanComing soon
πŸ‡°πŸ‡·SeoulSouth KoreaComing soon
πŸ‡­πŸ‡°Hong KongComing soon
πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡ΌTaipeiTaiwanComing soon
πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡­BangkokThailandComing soon
πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¬SingaporeComing soon

How we make them

Mapped

Every stop on one route map, in the order that saves you walking back.

Timed

A clock time for each stop, built from what published itineraries agree on, not from scratch.

Priced

Every price comes with the date we checked it. If we couldn't confirm it on an official page, we say so.