Half-Day Private Shanghai Zhujiajiao Water Town Tour
Zhujiajiao Ancient Water Town is located in Qingpu district of Shanghai, with a history of more than 1,700 years. It is the best-preserved among the four ancient towns in Shanghai. The little fan-shaped town is also known as "pearl stream", endowed with beautiful waterways, ancient bridges built during Ming and Qing Dynasties, and traditional Chinese-style residences.
Zhujiajiao is a nice destination to contrast with high-rise modern Shanghai. Take a sculling boat through the water village in your private tour, get into a brand-new world full of relaxation and peacefulness and forget the bustle and hustle of the modern big city.
Tour Highlights
- Experience the nearest Zhujiajiao water town from Shanghai city with your private tour guide.
- Take a traditional sculling boat on the river to view the beauty of the town.
- Well-designed route to visit the town with carefully-selected places to get the essence of Zhujiajiao.
- VIP private tour with no other participants, no shopping, no tricks and no time-wasting during the tour.
The Design of the Day Trip
- Guide: better than a normal licensed tour guide; friendly and helpful with fluent English skills
- Driver: reliable licensed local driver with at least 5 years’ driving experience
- Vehicle: Air-conditioned business car with GPS facilities, big windows, and ample space
- Professional product team analysis on every part of the trip to ensure a smooth and enjoyable travel experience.
Detailed Itinerary
You’ll receive a welcome call from your guide via hotel, he/she will confirm the pick-up time (normally at 9 AM) for the next day’s trip. If you are not available at that moment, the tour guide will leave a message for you.
Just in case that if you don’t receive our emails or phone calls, please call our 24-hour hotline at +86-18807734970 or add WeChat ID: trippest666 and we will put things right.
On the morning of your tour, your guide will be waiting for you in the lobby at 9:00 AM. It will take 1 hour to transfer you and your guide to Zhujiajiao water town, regarded as the best representative example of Yangtze River Delta lifestyle and architecture. Your private guide will introduce you to some basic information of Shangshan and Zhujiajiao on the way, like attractions, local life style, sepcial dishes, etc.
Your guide will be waiting for you in the lobby
Good to Know:
- The hotel pick-up and drop-off area should be within the middle ring road of Shanghai. For further distance there might be an extra cost for the transfer. Your travel advisor will give you a notification about this.
- Our drivers are licensed and experienced with at least 5 years of driving experience to make sure you have a safe trip, while our vehicles are comfortable and spacious, equipped with a safety belt on every seat, air conditioners and free bottled water.
In centuries past Zhujiajiao (/joo-jyaa-jyaoww/) was a trading area: the many canals were used to ferry products along in little boats and barges. Boats are still very much part of the charm of the place. Small boats are ubiquitous there, functioning as a nice way to get a view of the town and experience local life.
Map of Zhujiajiao Watertown
You will be taking a gondola with our guide on the waterway to view the face of old town from a different angle at your pace. If you want some more time for taking photos, or you have more questions about the history and architecture, just let your guide know.
Visiting by boat
Many boats on the river
Our guests in a boat
Your tour guide will help you explore some carefully-selected places along the waterway, recommended by our local experts, while other group tours only ride the waterway in a routine way.
Kezhi (/ker-jrr/) Garden at the northern edge of the old district on Xijing Street is a garden dating back to 1912. "Kezhi" means 'Study Plants', and the garden was a place to see and learn about plants. You can get some excellent pictures, for example of bright yellow rapeseed flowers, in Kezhi Garden.
The area consists of a main hall, a garden, and an artificial hill. The outstanding feature of the garden is a five-story building with a pavilion on its roof - the tallest structure in old Zhujiajiao.
The front of Kezhi Garden
Kezhi Garden
Qing Dynasty Post Office: On Xihu (/sshee-hoo/ 'West Lake') Street there is a post office built in the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911), said to be the best preserved of its era in China. There are many exhibits: among them old letters written on bamboo and antique post cards of old Shanghai.
Post office in Qing dynasty
Fangsheng Bridge is one of the main attractions among the 36 ancient stone bridges, some only one yard wide. It was built in 1812, and is said to be the largest stone arch bridge in Shanghai, resting on five arches, about 70 meters long, and 5.8 meters tall.
Fangsheng Bridge
Guests on the bridge
There are many special snacks and dishes in Zhujiajiao water town. Or you can taste some specialtiests in a riverside restaurant and enjoy a delicious lunch with a beautuful environment. (Lunch fee is not included in the pricing.) Our guide would be very pleased to assist you with your order if you need.
Famous snack in Zhujiajiao--Zongzi
Enjoy lunch in a riverside restaurant
We will transfer you to your hotel at the end of the tour. Going back to downtown Shanghai will normally take about 1 hour. If you need to catch a flight or a train after the tour, we are more than happy to help you arrange it. Please let us know.
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Zhujiajiao watertown
Schedule and Pricing
| No. of Travelers | 1 Person | 2 Persons | 3-4 Persons | 5-6 Persons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | US$ 180 p/p | US$ 93 p/p | From US$ 50 p/p | From US$ 48 p/p |
Important Notes:
- The tour is available everyday guaranteed departure.
- Morning or afternoon departure are both available, feel free to tell us your request.
- Optional Airport/train station drop-off.
Price Include:
- Admission to attractions listed on the itinerary.
- Boat ride in Zhujiajiao.
- Private transport, including pickup and return to your hotel (within the middle ring road of Shanghai).
- Private English-speaking local guide.
Price Exclude:
- Lunch fee (RMB60 per capita, depending on appetite).
- Personal expenses.
- Tipping of guide & driver recommended on good service on a 2:1 ratio separately (usually RMB50-100 per person).
FAQs About This Tour
The hotel pick-up and drop-off area should be within the middle ring road of Shanghai. For further distance there might be an extra cost for the transfer. Your travel advisor will give you a notification about this.
The hotel pick-up and drop-off area
- If we are not able to implement the contract due to war, flood, typhoon, fire, strikes, storm, earthquake, or any other condition we are not able to foresee and avoid, we will inform customers at the first possible opportunity and offer the best possible solutions, and the final bill shall be settled based on the service we actually provide.
- Up to 7 days before departure: 100% refund of all money paid, excluding penalties charged by hotels, railways, airlines, and PayPal, if applicable. All penalties will be itemized.
- From 3 to 7 days before departure: 90% refund, excluding penalties charged by hotels, railways, airlines, and PayPal, if applicable. All penalties will be itemized.
- Within 3 days before departure: no refund.
- After the trip has commenced, we are unable to refund any amount for cancelled services due to non-participation, early departure, late arrival, or missed days on tours.
- For groups of more than 10 people: The terms for cancellation may vary from case to case. Please ask your travel advisor regarding the cancellation policy for your group.
In order to making sure we have enough time to arrange your trip and make sure the availability we usually require customer make their booking at least 24 hours in advance and that’s why you can not book directly on-line for a 24-hour last-minute booking.
But that does not mean you have no chance to book a last-minute trip within 24 hours. For urgent booking, please make a phone call to us at: +86-18807734970 to check the availability or send an email (not recommended as you may not get the response immediately) at: inquiry@trippest.com
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