Check out what press all around the world are saying about UnTour Shanghai's unique tours!
Moving off the Machine - January 2012
"Led by Kyle Long, these (r)untours take runners and non-runners alike through Shanghai, giving them a glimpse of all the best landmarks around town. Of course, we could have just strapped on our sneakers and created our own route, but it’s much more fun to go with a group and get a little insight into what we’re walking past on our daily commutes. Not only do they offer several types of tours, from night tours to downtown loops to customized runs, but they’ll also vary the length of the run to meet customers’ needs."
There is no Finish Line, Talk Magazine - December 2011
"Kyle Long, co-founder of UnTour Shanghai, a tour group that offers sightjogging and guided runs to tourists and local residents looking to keep fit, is aware of the hurdles that Nike needs to overcome in order to change the perception of and attitude toward running in China.
“'There’s something to the group mentality in China. You can identify with a collective group, so basketball and other team sports are more popular,' says Long."
Walking Tours of Shanghai - May 2011
"A visit to a nearby food stall yields a delicious Chinese breakfast of champions with jianbing and shengjianbao, but there’s plenty more to eat. Your guide leads you through alleys to delicious noodle and dumpling joints, then you’re served green onion delights by the only man in Shanghai who makes them; locals have been known to queue for hours to get their hands on his savoury morsels."
No Jobs in the U.S.? I’m Moving Abroad! –September 2011
“We offer tourists and guests visiting on business a range of half-day culinary experiences, from an expansive tour of China's delicious noodles to a wet market tour and Chinese cooking workshop, night markets, oddly edible "weird meat" and tea ceremonies.
For the non-foodies, I have routes of anywhere from 10-25Ks, so that we can jog together and I can point out all the main sights of the city in just a few hours and give a little history.”
Street Food Breakfast Extravaganza - September 2011
When our friend M visited last week I knew she'd be game for a morning dedicated to street food, and I had recently heard that Untour Shanghai was offering small group street food breakfast tours. Untour seem to have the edge in terms of tours that might actually be interesting, even for a local."
“One jogging tour can take in the former French concession, heritage architecture, traditional shikumen (stone-gated) houses, old town's narrow streets, temples and a bustling market.
Early morning joggers watch people practicing tai chi and others eating traditional breakfasts of pancakes, xiaolong mantou (steamed dumplings stuffed with meat) and shengjian (fried dumplings).”
The 10 best Shanghai tours for the truly tour group-phobic - April 2011
“Highlight: According to UnTour’s Kyle Long, starting early in the morning takes runners to parks “full of exercising octogenarians, as well as the little hidden alleyways in Old Town that are sometimes no wider than two people standing shoulder to shoulder. It's a perfect way to see the contrasts of the city.”
When is a tour not a tour? A running UnTour of Shanghai – April 2011
“Launched last year by expat pals Kyle Long and Jamie Barys, UnTour offers Shanghai adventures like no other. Between them, Kyle and Jamie have got seven years' worth of Shanghai experience and they've put their collective expertise, knowledge and personal passions together to present a collection of off-the-beaten track eating,running and cultural explorations of the city—letting you be a tourist without feeling like one.”
Frühstück to go (Breakfast to Go) – April 2011
“Jamie und Kyle haben vor zwei Jahren ihr alternatives Stadtführungsunternehmen UnTour gegründet, mit ihnen war ich eigentlich Ende des Monats auf eine Weird Meat-Tour verabredet, aber dann fragten sie, ob ich heute spontan mit zum Frühstücken gehen wolle. Und da mein Mantra für dieses Jahr „Klar, warum nicht“ ist…”
