CANCELLED DAY TRIP: Thames Town and Sheshan Countryside Bike & Hike
Mon, Jan 15
|Thames Town and Sheshan Countryside
DATE: Monday, January 15 TIME: 8 AM Registration, 8:15 AM - 6 PM COST: RMB 500 (RMB 450 if you bring your own bike.) MEET: Exit 1, Hengshan Road Station on Metro line 1 263 Hengshan Rd (near Yongjia Rd)


Time & Location
Jan 15, 2024, 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Thames Town and Sheshan Countryside
About the Event
Thames Town is a replica of a classic British town in the outskirts of Shanghai. Chinese people sometimes say, “the way to live best is to eat Chinese food and live in a British house.” We will find out whether that is true.
We will meet at Hengshan Road metro station and take a van to Sheshan. (For those bringing their own bike, there will also be transportation for the bikes.) Upon arrival, we will start our ride from the base of Sheshan Mountain, the only mountain range in Shanghai. The area is perfect for cycling with much greenery and very well-paved roads. We will proceed to bike around the Moon Lake Sculpture Park by the Phoenix Hill and East Sheshan. Then we will continue our ride to Thames Town and bike along the picturesque lake and on the cobblestone streets with Victorian, Georgian and Tudor style houses while playing…