Zhouzhuang Water Town
Zhouzhuang Water Town

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

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