Jiangnan Classic — Shanghai, Zhouzhuang, Suzhou & Hangzhou 7D6N
Shanghai·Zhouzhuang·Suzhou·Hangzhou
- Grand tour
- 7 days / 6 nights
- 4 places
- Quoted on brief
Overview
What this journey is
This is the complete version of the Shanghai–Suzhou–Hangzhou triangle and the one the shorter programmes are cut down from. Shanghai gets two whole days rather than one compressed one, so Pudong and the old town do not have to fight for the same afternoon. Zhouzhuang is done on the way to Suzhou instead of as a return trip, Suzhou hands over to Hangzhou by road, and Hangzhou hands back to Shanghai for the flight. Everything moves by private vehicle — there is no train to make and no station to find.
Day by day
- 1
Day 1 — Arrival in Shanghai
Your driver meets you with a name board and transfers you to your hotel. Nothing else is scheduled — the day belongs to the flight.
- 2
Day 2 — Shanghai: Pudong and the river
Oriental Pearl TV Tower with the transparent gallery on the second sphere · Shanghai History Museum at the foot of the tower · lunch at your own expense · Huangpu River cruise in daylight · the Bund · Nanjing Road pedestrian street.
- 3
Day 3 — Shanghai: the old town and the concession
Yu Garden · the old walled city around Chenghuangmiao · lunch at your own expense · Xintiandi in the former French Concession · Jade Buddha Temple.
- 4
Day 4 — Shanghai to Zhouzhuang, on to Suzhou
Zhouzhuang water town: the Twin Bridges, Shen’s House, Zhang’s House and a paper-cutting workshop · lunch at your own expense · on to Suzhou for the night.
- 5
Day 5 — Suzhou, on to Hangzhou
Lingering Garden · Panmen scenic area · lunch at your own expense · Tiger Hill, the Yunyan pagoda and the Sword Pool · about two to three hours on to Hangzhou.
- 6
Day 6 — Hangzhou, and back to Shanghai
West Lake cruise · Lingyin Temple and Feilai Feng · a Longjing tea village · about three hours back to Shanghai.
- 7
Day 7 — Departure
Hotel pick-up at a time set by your flight, and transfer to the airport or the station.
Accommodation
We quote a hotel ladder rather than a fixed list, so the same itinerary can be sold at more than one price point.
Shanghai city hotel
Quoted to your brief
Central is worth paying for on this shelf: every day starts and ends at the hotel door.
Suzhou city hotel
Quoted to your brief
We quote a ladder rather than a fixed property, so one routing sells at more than one price point.
Hangzhou city or lakeside hotel
Quoted to your brief
Lakeside carries a premium — both are quoted so you can decide where the client’s money goes.
What’s included
- Private vehicle and driver for the whole programme
- Licensed English-speaking guide
- Entrance tickets to every sight named in the day plan
- Guide and driver meal allowance, plus their rooms on any night away from Shanghai
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off — no fixed meeting point to find
Not included
- Hotels — quoted against your room-type brief
- Lunches and dinners — quoted against your meal standard
- Gratuities for the guide and driver
- Travel and medical insurance
- Bottled water and anything not itemised
- International flights and associated taxes
- China visa — required for most passports
Operational notes
The things worth raising before you quote it, not after.
- Hangzhou runs vehicle restrictions: over 18 seats transfers to a shuttle bus for Lingyin and Feilai Feng, and over 33 seats does the same for West Lake at weekends and on public holidays. Brief the client before departure — it is local policy, not our routing.
- Yu Garden closes on Mondays. Tell us the arrival date and we will move the Shanghai days around it rather than dropping the garden.
- Client hotels are quoted separately, against your room-type brief.
- Nights run Shanghai ×3, Suzhou, Hangzhou, then Shanghai again before the flight.
- Rates do not apply over the China International Import Expo or Chinese New Year. Other major trade fairs are usually fine at more than a month's notice.
- Booked inside a fair week, vehicles and guides get scarce and pricing moves with the market.
- Large groups may need a luggage vehicle, which is quoted on top.
- An evening meal or an evening activity adds a guide and vehicle surcharge.
7D / 6NQuoted on brief
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