Arrive in Shenzhen on suggested flights and transfer to the hotel (transfer included in tour price). Renaissance Tours or your travel agent can assist you with your flights and other travel arrangements, including travel insurance (a condition of travel), a room category upgrade and accommodation before or after the tour.

After breakfast, join your tour leader Marshall McGuire and fellow travellers for a welcome briefing and pre-performance talk. Then, embark on a private, guided tour of the Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning (MoCAUP), tracing Shenzhen’s metamorphosis from fishing village to global megacity. Continue with a walk through Futian’s Civic Centre cultural precinct to admire Arata Isozaki’s landmarks, the Shenzhen Library and Shenzhen Concert Hall.

After lunch at a local restaurant, return to the hotel for the rest of the afternoon at leisure.

In the evening, enjoy the first of several Shenzhen Verbier Festival performances at the Shenzhen Concert Hall (full program details to be announced in November 2026).

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Begin the day with a pre-performance talk by Marshall. Then, enjoy some time at leisure to relax or explore Shenzhen at your own pace.

In the afternoon, transfer to the Shenzhen Concert Hall for a performance featuring renowned visiting international soloists. Afterwards, enjoy dinner at a nearby restaurant before returning to the concert hall for the second performance of the day.

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After a matinee performance, enjoy some time at leisure to relax or to stroll through the hotel’s Futian neighbourhood.

In the late-afternoon, join Marshall for a pre-performance talk followed by dinner at the hotel.

Tonight, enjoy a concert by some of the world’s great soloists accompanied by the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra.

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Begin the day with a matinee performance, followed by lunch at a local restaurant and the rest of the afternoon at leisure.

Return to the Shenzhen Concert Hall for an evening performance.

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This morning, attend a matinee performance at the Shenzhen Concert Hall. Afterwards, enjoy the afternoon at leisure.

Following dinner at the hotel, return to the concert hall for an evening concert.

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After breakfast, join Marshall for a pre-performance talk at the hotel. The remainder of the morning is at leisure to relax or to explore Shenzhen at your own pace.

In the afternoon and evening, attend two further festival performances at the Shenzhen Concert Hall.

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Today, travel to the newly opened Shenzhen Natural History Museum at Yanzi Lake. Designed by Danish practice 3XN, the lead architects behind Sydney’s new Fish Market, the building’s biomimetic ‘Delta’ concept integrates five monumental gallery volumes with a walkable rooftop garden overlooking the lake, dissolving the boundary between architecture and landscape. Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant before returning to the hotel for an afternoon at leisure.

This evening, attend another Shenzhen Verbier Festival performance at the concert hall.

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Enjoy a morning recital followed by an afternoon at leisure.

Then, join Marshall and fellow travellers for a special farewell dinner before the last performance of the tour.

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Tour arrangements conclude with an included transfer to Shenzhen Airport for suggested flights to Australia or New Zealand. Renaissance Tours or your travel agent can assist you with your flights and other travel arrangements, including additional nights’ accommodation either before or after the tour and travel insurance (a condition of travel).

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