Private Day Tour to Zhujiajiao Water Town and Shanghai City Highlights

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1
  Zhujiajiao Ancient Town

  Meet your tour guide in the lobby of your Shanghai hotel, hop on your private air-conditioned vehicle, heading directly to Zhujiajiao Ancient Town. (1 hour drive) Sit back and enjoy the scenery along the way. With a history of more than 1,700 years, Zhujiajiao Ancient Town is regarded as Shanghai's Venice. Unique old bridges across bubbling streams, small rivers shaded by willow trees, and houses with courtyards attached all transport people who have been living amidst the bustle and hustle of the modern big city to a brand-new world full of antiquity, leisure and tranquility.

  2 hours • Admission ticket included
• 2

  Follow your tour guide to explore the ancient town, stroll along Beidajie, many buildings has a history of hundred years. Explore Kezhi Garden. The architecture in the garden is a combination of the Chinese traditional and the Western styles. It consists of three parts - the main hall, the garden and an artificial hill area. The most iconic landmark of the garden is a five story building with a pavilion on its roof, which is the tallest building in old Zhujiajiao.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket included
• (Pass by)

  Admire the God of Mercy at Chenghuangmiao Temple.

  Admission ticket free
• 3

  Explore Qing Dynasty Post Office where you can find antique post cards of old Shanghai and letters written on bamboo. Explore Tong Tian He Chinese Pharmacy and take photos of different bridges.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 4

  Later, enjoy a relaxing boat riding on the canal to see beautiful surrounding.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 5
  Yu Garden (Yuyuan)

  Enjoy lunch in the local restaurant, then go back to Shanghai city, and visit Yuyuan Garden, Yuyuan Garden is the largest ancient gardens with Ming and Qing style architecture. Follow your tour guide to explore the garden, learn how to form a perfect garden. Then visit the Old City God Temple, where various of local snack shops and streets are scattered around. Since Yuyuan Garden is not open on Monday, so you can choose to visit Jade Buddha Temple instead.

  1 hour • Admission ticket not included
• 6
  Jade Buddha Temple

  If you choose to visit Jade Buddha Temple, you will see the White Jade Buddhas which were brought here from Burma in the nineteenth century. Stroll around halls and courtyards in the temple with your tour guide, learn the history about the temple and buddhism in China, see how the locals come to worship and burn incense.

  1 hour • Admission ticket not included
• 7
  The Bund

  Continue to the Bund, where you will see amazing city skyline, including the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Shanghai World Financial Center Shanghai Tower, Shanghai Tower and colonial buildings along the Huangpu River. Take a walk and stop for photos.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 8
  Shanghai Tower

  From the Bund, move on to Shanghai Tower which is the highest building of China. Take the high-speed elevator to the observatory and enjoy a panoramic view of the whole city with a 360 degrees dimension from the observatory. If you have already visit some of those places above before, and want to do something different. Please feel free to discuss with your tour guide on where to go, you can choose these attractions or activities base on your interests: Shanghai Museum/ Pearl TV Tower/World financial center/Jinmao Tower After the tour, your guide will take you back to your hotel in Shanghai.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket not included

Additional info

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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