Yu Garden, Zhujiajiao Water Town & The Bund
上海豫园 · 朱家角水乡 · 外滩一日游
- Full day
- 8 hours
- Daily departures
- English guides
Overview
What this day is
Most Shanghai day tours treat Zhujiajiao as a detour. This one gives it the middle four hours, which is the only way the canal town reads as anything more than a souvenir street. The morning stays central — the lanes around Chenghuangmiao, then the rockeries and halls of Yu Garden — before the coach runs west out of the city. You come back late enough that the Bund is lit when you reach it, and the day ends there rather than doubling back.
Your day
Chenghuangmiao Old Town
09:50 — the lanes around the City God Temple
Yu Garden
10:20 — the Ming-dynasty classical garden
Zhujiajiao Water Town
11:30 coach out — canals, bridges, and lunch
The Bund
17:30 — riverfront at dusk, end of tour
Tour ends: The Bund.
Departures & guide languages
Every departure runs daily. Price shown is per person, retail, in US dollars.
| Guide | Departs | Ends | Meeting point | Price (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | 09:30 | 17:30 | Gate of Renaissance Shanghai Yu Garden Hotel | $95 |
Where to meet
Gate of Renaissance Shanghai Yu Garden Hotel
Metro Line 10 or Line 14 to Yuyuan Garden Station
Leave by Exit 3 and cross the street — the coach waits at the hotel gate, not in the lobby.
Show the Chinese text to a taxi driver if you are not taking the subway.
What’s included
- Round-trip coach transfer
- English-speaking guide
- Entrance tickets to every attraction listed
- Shanghai-style light lunch
Not included
- Transfers to the meeting point
- Personal spending and gratuities
On the tour
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Good to know
- Meet at the hotel gate, not in the lobby — Metro Line 10 or 14 to Yuyuan Garden Station, Exit 3, then cross the street.
- Zhujiajiao is about an hour out of the city each way; that is built into the eight hours.
- The day finishes on the Bund rather than back at Yu Garden, which suits a central hotel and less so an airport one.
$95/ person
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