Jiangnan Classic — Shanghai, Zhouzhuang, Suzhou & Hangzhou 6D5N
Shanghai·Zhouzhuang·Suzhou·Hangzhou
- Grand tour
- 6 days / 5 nights
- 4 places
- Quoted on brief
Overview
What this journey is
The seven-day classic with a day taken out of Shanghai instead of out of the routing. The city is done in a single day — tower and museum, Yu Garden and the old town, Nanjing Road and the Bund, no river cruise — and everything downstream is unchanged: Zhouzhuang to Suzhou, Suzhou to Hangzhou, Hangzhou back to Shanghai. Sell it where the client must see Hangzhou and the total is fixed at five nights.
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 in one day
Oriental Pearl TV Tower and the transparent gallery · Shanghai History Museum · Yu Garden and the old town · lunch at your own expense · the Bund · Nanjing Road. No river cruise on this build.
- 3
Day 3 — 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.
- 4
Day 4 — 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.
- 5
Day 5 — Hangzhou, and back to Shanghai
West Lake cruise · Lingyin Temple and Feilai Feng · a Longjing tea village · about three hours back to Shanghai.
- 6
Day 6 — 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.
- No Huangpu cruise, no Xintiandi, no Jade Buddha Temple — that is what pays for Hangzhou. The seven-day has all of them.
- 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.
6D / 5NQuoted on brief
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