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Jinze Water Town and Qibao Old Street Day Trip 8 Hours, Shanghai (SHALC-101)

Jinze Water Town and Qibao Old Street Day Trip

Jinze Water Town and Qibao Old Street Day Trip

Highlights

  • Enjoy the charm of an intact ancient water town
  • Try the authentic local food for lunch
  • Admire the Chinese calligraphy on local shops’ signboards
  • Absolutely no shopping and detour

Tour Description

9:00-9:50

Your Hotel in Shanghai to Jinze Water Town

Your private guide and driver will transfer you from your hotel in Shanghai to the Jinze Water Town. Your tour guide will introduce Shanghai and the attractions you will visit today.

10:00-11:50

Tour in Jinze Water Town

Initially built at the beginning of Song dynasty (960-1279 AD), the Jinze means the fish and rice produced in the water town are even more valuable than gold in Chinese. Like most water towns in China, Jinze Water Town features with its bridges. It is only 66 kilometers away from the City of Shanghai, but it is much less commercialized than other water towns near Shanghai. The peace in the water town will make you understand the culture of ancient water town better.

Jinze Water Town Jinze Water Town

12:00-13:00

Enjoy Lunch in a Local Restaurant

Your tour guide will find a local restaurant and order the most authentic local food for you. The local fish is a must-eat dish for most tourists. Please note that the lunch is not included in our quotation. After the lunch, you still have around one hour in Jinze Water Town. Your tour guide will explore more deeply in the town with you.

14:00–15:00

Jinze Water Town to Qibao Old Street Transfer

Your next destination is Qibao Old Street

15:00-15:50

Stroll on the Qibao Old Street

The local dessert and ancient architecture are the major attractions on the street. Almost every kind of dessert from Shanghai and Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces can be found on the street. Every shop is decorated in ancient style and every signboard is a masterwork of Chinese calligraphy. Your tour guide will tell you the meaning of the words on the signboards.

Qibao Old Steet Qibao Old Steet

16:00-17:00

Qibao Old Street to the City of Shanghai

You will be transferred to the city of Shanghai. If you are also interested in a trip to other water towns, feel free to contact us!

Important Info

  • Operates: daily
  • Departure point: Hotels in  Shanghai
  • Return details: returns to the original departure point
  • Languages: English|German |French|Spanish|Russian|Italian (The price is based on an English-speaking guide. Extra fees apply if you need a guide with another language)
  • The price of this tour will rise during the China National Day holiday (September 30th to October 7th) and Chinese New Year holiday.

Price Per Person in US Dollars

What’s included?

  • Necessary transfers during the tour
  • A local private English-speaking guide
  • A private air-conditioned car or van, according to the size of your group number, with a local driver
  • Admission tickets to all listed attractions/activities/shows
  • Local meals listed in the itinerary

Good to Know

  • This is a private tour. The local private English-speaking guide and the private car will serve your group only.
  • You will receive a confirmation letter within 24 hours of making your payment.
  • Your guide will contact you in the evening (Your guide will call you at around 18:00. If you missed your guide’s phone call, he or she will send you a short message) before your tour and confirm the exact pick-up time according to your preference.
  • Your guide will pick you up in your hotel lobby on the tour date at the appointed time.
  • The meal (if included) is in a Chinese restaurant and your guide will help you order the dishes according to your taste.
  • There is absolutely no forced shopping.
  • An extra fee applies if you need to be picked up or dropped off from/to airports or cruise terminals.

from US $ 130 p/p

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