Amazing Shanghai Trip · Shanghai and Zhujiajiao
A private guide and driver take you to the canals and stone bridges of Zhujiajiao, then back into the city for Yu Garden, the Bund and the Shanghai Tower. Pick it for the all-in price: three tickets and lunch are included, which almost no other tour here offers.
Amazing Shanghai Trip has 1,114 reviews on this day and a 5.0 average. The listing schedule: 120 minutes in Zhujiajiao Ancient Town, a canal town in Qingpu district, with lunch there; then 40 minutes in Yu Garden, 25 on the Bund and 60 at the Shanghai Tower. Guests report the order changing to dodge crowds, with the tower or the garden first thing in the morning, and about an hour's drive out to the water town.
No other Yu Garden tour here includes this many tickets: Zhujiajiao, Yu Garden and the Shanghai Tower, plus lunch (vegetarian or halal on request). The overview promises Zhujiajiao by boat and on foot, and guests mention the canal boat ride. Forty minutes in the garden is short, enough for the main rockeries, ponds and halls but not for lingering. If the garden is your main interest, the garden and tea tour gives it an hour.
The from-price is per person and tiered: $246 is the lowest tier, and a couple pays more each than a family of five. On Mondays Yu Garden is closed, and the listing swaps in the Jade Buddha Temple. City-hotel guests can add an airport or cruise port drop-off for USD 25 per vehicle, and small groups of cruise passengers can get visa-waiver help if they ask at least 5 days ahead.
From your central hotel, or an outskirt hotel, airport, train station or cruise port on the Outskirts Departure option.
Canals, stone bridges and lanes of shops in the water town, with a local lunch.
The Ming garden with the ticket paid. On Mondays, the Jade Buddha Temple instead.
The waterfront and the Pudong skyline.
Up to the observation deck, ticket included.
Back to your hotel, or to the airport or port (USD 25 per vehicle if you started in the city).
★★★★★This tour was excellent- five stars! Kalvin tailored the tour to suit my 79 year old mother's walking abilities and interests. The water city was stunning and relaxed. We thoroughly enjoyed our time wandering the gardens and taking a boat along the canal. A fantastic addition to our time in Shanghai!
★★★★★Amazing experience. Great choice of restaurants. Very knowledgeable of history and culture. And did not push you at all to shop or by gimmicks. Just a higher class experience. [...]
★★★★★Snow perfectly timed all of our stops so we never had any wait time at any location which on a Saturday tour was very impressive. [...] We stopped for lunch in the water town and had a delicious meal overlooking a scenic canal from a second floor restaurant.
★★★★★We started off the tour at Yu Garden which was a mix of shopping and a beautiful garden right in the city. [...] Then we were off on a one hour drive to Water Town which is called the Venice of China and for good reason.
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Private guide, car, hotel pickup, lunch, and tickets for Zhujiajiao, Yu Garden and the Shanghai Tower. Extra food and drinks and gratuities are not included.
Guests report about an hour each way from central Shanghai. The listing gives 8 hours for the whole day.
Yu Garden is closed every Monday except public holidays, and the listing replaces it with the Jade Buddha Temple.
Per person, at the largest group tier. Smaller groups pay more per head; set your group size in the calendar to see your price.
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Canals and stone bridges in Zhujiajiao, then Yu Garden and the Bund, with tickets and lunch included.
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