Our journey doesn’t stop at the facades, nor does it involve jostling for photos in the crowd. Instead, we’ll step inside four of the most representative buildings — each more than a century old. Once the seat of major banks and trading houses in the “Paris of the East,” they now house art galleries, auction halls, fine restaurants, and jazz bars.

If you love art, music, history, and architecture — and wish to see the Bund from a quieter, more personal angle — this experience is for you. Over the course of three unhurried hours, you’ll explore the traces of a vanished world, in an atmosphere that is calm, comfortable, and gently inspiring.