Wuzhen Water Town 2-Day Tour by Bullet Train from Shanghai

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Shanghai to Wuzhen
2 stops
1
Wuzhen Water Town
Wuzhen is well known for its ancient stone bridges, stone pathways, and delicate wood carvings. Originally it is connected by rivers and canal, and divided into 4 areas: Dongzha, Xizha, Nanzha, and Beizha. "Zha" is wooden dam in Chinese, "Dong" is East, "Xi" is West, "Nan" is Souch, and "Bei" is North. Till now Xizha and Dongzha are the best reserved areas.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
2
Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station
Make your own way to Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station (make sure you get to the station 30 minutes prior to train departure time). Use your passport to redeem your first-class paper ticket (round trips) at the ticketing counter. Your eTicket will be reserved in advance by your local tour operator. It takes 40 minutes by the fastest bullet train from Shanghai to Tongxiang Railway Station (the closest railway station to  Wuzhen). Your train G7589 leaves Shanghai at 10:33, arrives Tongxiang at 11:17. Upon arrival at Tongxiang Railway Station, you will make your own way to your hotel. Enjoy free time for the rest of the day. You will stay overnight in an oriental-style hotel in a well-reserved district of Xizha, located in ancient town of Wuzhen. It offers you a chance to enjoy the beauty of Wuzhen after dark.  For accommodation options, you can choose one from following upon booking: • Standard Class: TongAn Hotel Package for twin beds • Deluxe Class: Splendid Clubhouse Package for King Size bed.
3 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 2
Wuzhen to Shanghai
1 stop
3
Wuzhen Water Town
Free time to explore Wuzhen by yourself.  Your admission ticket is available for both Xizha and Dongzha. Some highlights you can see include the Hundred-Bed Museum, Wine Distillery Workshop, Hongyuantai Dyehouse, and a shadow play show.  Hundred-Bed Museum, known as Zhao's Hall, has a numerous collection of ancient beds made in Ming and Qing dynasties and modern times, reflecting the centuries-old Chinese civilization. As the only one distillery still in existence, Gaogongsheng Distillery produces a kind of alcohol named Sanbai Wine, Duta Alcohol or Three Whites Wine because it is made with white rice, white flour and white water (pure water). The alcohol is famous for its soft and lasting mellowness. Take a workshop here.  Hongyuantai Dyehouse was founded in the Song Dynasty, where is a great place to appreciate how Chinese people make cloth in a traditional way and witness the process of how the local people make Chinese blue calico. Shadow Play is a form of entertainment created by projecting the shadow of cattle- or sheep-hide puppets on to a screen.  You will be picked up from your hotel lobby in the late afternoon, and be transferred to Tongxiang railway station. Then take bullet train back to Shanghai. For accommodation options, you can choose one from following upon booking: • Standard Class: TongAn Hotel Package for twin beds • Deluxe Class: Splendid Clubhouse Package for King Size bed. Kindly remind round trip transfers between your hotel in Shanghai and Hongqiao Railway Station will be arranged by yourself
3 hours • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• This is a accommodation + train tickets + admission package
• Adult price is based on twin share of a hotel room, child price is based on sharing adult's bed. Please notice the hotel allows only maximum of 4 persons (2 adults and 2 children) in one room. Usually you do not need to add an extra bed for child. You can also tell the front desk on site if you like to pay for an extra bed when necessary. If you need to book for the 3rd adult, please book a new room.
• Please provide your first name, last name, gender, nationality, passport number upon reservation. Your local tour supplier need these information to buy train tickets
• This pickup price is for hotels in downtown area of Shanghai only. Downtown Shanghai includes 8 districts of Huangpu, Jingan, Xuhui, Changning, Yangpu, Hongkou, Putuo, Pudong. Other districts are named as Outskirts Shanghai. Hotels in Outskirts Shanghai will cost additional charge. Please check if your hotel is located in downtown Shanghai before you make a booking.

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