Xiaotaoyuan Mosque, Shanghai
The city's principal mosque, in the old French Concession area. Friday prayer draws a large, multilingual congregation.
A gentle first China trip for people who want the postcard version without the exhaustion. Xiaotaoyuan Mosque and the Bund in Shanghai, West Lake by boat in Hangzhou, and the classical gardens of Suzhou — with halal restaurants booked block by block, because on the east coast finding halal without a guide is genuinely hard work.
A gentle first China trip for people who want the postcard version without the exhaustion. Xiaotaoyuan Mosque and the Bund in Shanghai, West Lake by boat in Hangzhou, and the classical gardens of Suzhou — with halal restaurants booked block by block, because on the east coast finding halal without a guide is genuinely hard work.
The halal guarantee on this route: every restaurant is a certified halal restaurant with no pork and no alcohol on the premises. We send the full list with addresses before you fly, and your guide re-checks each booking the day before you eat there.
The city's principal mosque, in the old French Concession area. Friday prayer draws a large, multilingual congregation.
The classic Shanghai view, timed so you get both the last light and the neon.
Hangzhou's lake is the single most photographed landscape in China. We go by boat, early, before the tour boats arrive.
A hillside tea village twenty minutes from the lake where the families still pan-roast the leaves by hand.
The Humble Administrator's Garden and the Master of the Nets Garden — Ming dynasty design at its most deliberate.
On the east coast halal is scattered; we pre-book every meal so you never stand on a street corner guessing.
A working skeleton, not a fixed package — we rebuild it around your dates, your prayer needs and whoever is travelling with you.
Halal transfer from PVG, hotel near Xiaotaoyuan. Afternoon at the Bund and Nanjing Road. Dhuhr or Asr at Xiaotaoyuan Mosque. Dinner at a Hui restaurant in the old city.
Yu Garden and the old town in the morning, Shanghai Museum after lunch, then a walk through the plane-tree streets of the former French Concession. Evening prayer at the mosque.
One hour by high-speed train. Boat on West Lake, the Leifeng Pagoda and a walk along the Su Causeway. Halal dinner in Hangzhou's small but reliable Hui quarter.
Morning in the tea hills, afternoon train to Suzhou (90 minutes). Evening stroll on Pingjiang Road, a canal-side old street lit by lanterns.
Two classical gardens with a guide who explains the philosophy behind the rocks and water. Afternoon train back; depart Shanghai or extend your stay.
Shanghai has Xiaotaoyuan Mosque plus several smaller prayer rooms; Hangzhou and Suzhou each have a historic mosque within easy reach of the old town. We build the day around Dhuhr and Asr rather than squeezing them in, and every hotel room is checked for qibla before you arrive.
March to May and September to November. The east coast is subtropical — July and August are hot, humid and crowded, and plum rain in June can soak a whole day.
Send us your dates and who is travelling. A Muslim advisor replies within one hour during China working hours with a day-by-day halal plan for this route — restaurants, mosques, prayer times, hotels and an itemised price.