Would you like to have a day excursion to two picturesque Chinese towns, Suzhou and Zhouzhuang from Shanghai. In just one day, you will get to see the Lion Forest Garden, Grand Canal, Suzhou Folk Custom Museum, Silk Factory and Zhou Zhuang Water Town. The day will end with a relaxed canal cruise along the waterways that brought traders and artists to this region for hundreds of years. This is a private tour. Service includes pick-up and drop-off service, entrance fees, English speaking tour guide, lunch and round-way transfer.
Tour Code: SHC02
Price: USD 215 per person for a party of 2 people
Departure: Daily
Duration: 8:00-18:00
Pick-up point and time: Your Shanghai hotel around 08:00am
Finishing point and time: Your Shanghai hotel around 06:00pm
Language: English
Details:
Our tour guide will pick up from your hotel in Shanghai around 08:00am, and then drive to Suzhou City (about 2 hours). An old saying goes, “the gardens south of the Yangtze River are the best under Heaven and among them, gardens of Suzhou top them all.” You will have chance to explore best garden in Suzhou.
When arrive in Suzhou, first you will stroll through the Suzhou Lingering Garden, which is famed for the exquisite beauty of its various sizes, shapes, and colors of the buildings. Then continue the trip to Suzhou Silk Museum to see some fantastic silk works and learn about how Chinese silk being produced at the silk-spinning factory.
After a Chinese style lunch, drive to famous Zhouzhuang Water Town. With history of over 900 years, Zhouzhuang is the finest remaining traditional water town. Along the banks of its central canal sit old plaster dwellings, surrounded by fine stone bridges and lush weeping willows. Nearly 100 classic courtyards and 60 carved-brick archways are still in use. In this water village, locals live their life on the waterways. (Option: Chinese-style gondola not included in the tour price). You will spend around 1.5 hours in the water town before returning to Shanghai to your hotel around 6:00pm.
Service includes:
1. Entrance tickets as listed in the itinerary
2. Hotel pick-up and drop-off service
3. Air-conditioned tour van or coach
4. English speaking tour guide
5. Chinese lunch
Service excludes:
1. Tips to the guide and driver
Reservation
Tel: +86 178 1320 5162
E-mail: service@intochinatravel.com
Skype ID: intochinatravel
at 3:28 pm
Do you have a similar tour from shanghai to suzhou, but with mandarin speaking guide? Feel free to contact me via my email.
at 2:04 pm
Hi JH,
We have only English speaking tour available for one day tour, For mandarin tour we have only 2 days tour covering both Suzhou and Zhouzhuang, would
you like to take a 2 day tour?
Regards,
Peter Wang
service@intochinatravel.com
at 8:54 am
Do you have availability on Monday, October 5, 2015 for this tour? We have 2 adults. We would need pickup from a Pudong hotel: Green Court Serviced Apartments, 1199 Biyun Road, Jinqaio. Would this be included?
Thank you!
at 2:46 am
Hi Janice,
Thanks for your inquire.
Sorry we do not have this tour on Oct Monday. The tour is only available on Tue, Thur and Sat. The price will be higher for private tour.
We also have daily departure join-in tour, one is Shanghai tour for price USD70 and half day Zhujiajiao Water Town and Huangpu River cruise tour at
USD97 per person. Please let me know if you are interested in any one.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Regards,
Peter Wang
service@intochinatravel.com
at 9:35 am
Do you have availability on 4th or 5th April for this tour? We have 4 adults. Is it possible to arrange porridge for one of the guests?
at 4:32 pm
Dear Elin,
Thanks for your inquire.
The tour is available on both 4th and 5th April The cost is USD115 or RMB730 per person. The service includes entrance tickets, hotel pick-up and drop-off, air-conditioned tour coach, English speaking tour guide and Chinese lunch. We can ask the restaurant to arrange porridge for the guest, that’s no problem.
I will send you an email about the details.
Thanks
Regards,
Peter Wang, sales manager