Zhujiajiao Ancient Water Town Private Guided Tour 5.5/6.5/7.5hr

Water Town Zhujiajiao Shanghai: Boat Ride, Sights, Bites & Sips

Private Cuisine Culture and History Tour in Watertown Zhujiajiao

Zhujiajiao Ancient Water Town Private Guided Tour 5.5/6.5/7.5hr

By iTour Shanghai

Free cancellation available

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Features

Free cancellation available
8h
Mobile voucher
Instant confirmation
Selective hotel pickup
Multiple languages

Overview

Step back in time and experience Shanghai as it was 1700 years ago with this tour. A worry-free experience that comes with your tour guide, and transport options.
On the road, you are rewarded with views through lush landscapes, rice paddies, countryside towns and so on.
A boat ride sends you back centuries ago.
Photogenic private gardens, temples, artisanal stores, or restaurants alongside watercourses, and bridges give you a leisurely pace to appreciate its beauty and pleasure.
There locals use what’s around them, pulling from the water and plucking from the land to get the freshest ingredients, encouraging you Bites & Sips.
The abundance of water makes it a good place to sense time-honored traditional handicrafts similar to embroidery, pottery, wood carving, and jewellery adorned with freshwater pearls.
Option to add on a hands-on dumpling meal offers you a fun way to explore both the cultural significance and culinary delights of this iconic dish.

Activity location

Zhujiajiao Ancient Town
- No.36 Meizhou Road, Qingpu District, Zhujiajiao Town
- 201713, Shanghai, Shanghai Region, China

Meeting/Redemption Point

Hotel Park Hotel Shanghai
- 170 南京西路
- 200003, Huang Pu Qu, Shang Hai Shi, China

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By Metro

8h
English

Bites and Sips : Taste snacks and drinks that are popular or characteristic of Watertown cuisine.
Duration: 6 hours 30 minutes
Metro: Allow you experience daily routine commuting and navigating public systems akin to fixed routes and schedules.

Travellers

Languages available

Starting time

Price details

AU$340.76 x 1 AdultAU$340.76

Total

Metro & Hands-on Dumpling Meal

8h
English

Bites and Sips: Taste snacks and drinks that are popular or characteristic of Watertown cuisine.
Duration: 7 hours 30 minutes
A hands-on dumpling meal: Shop for fresh produce, wrap the fillings, shape the dumplings and enjoy the delicious result of efforts at Watertown Aunt’s.
Metro: Allow you experience daily routine commuting and navigating public systems akin to fixed routes and schedules.

Travellers

Languages available

Starting time: 9:30 am

Price details

AU$428.75 x 1 AdultAU$428.75

Total

Buick 7-Seater with Chauffeur

8h
English

Bites and Sips: Taste snacks and drinks that are popular or characteristic of Watertown cuisine.
Duration: 5 hours 30 minutes
A Buick 7-seater: The Buick GL8 offers ample legroom and headroom, ensuring every traveller can enjoy their journey in comfort.
Pickup included

Travellers

Languages available

Starting time

Price details

AU$476.74 x 1 AdultAU$476.74

Total

All-Inclusive

8h
English

Bites and Sips: Taste snacks and drinks that are popular or characteristic of Watertown cuisine.
Duration: 6 hours 30 minutes
A hands-on dumpling meal : Wrap the fillings, shape the dumplings and enjoy the delicious result of efforts at Watertown Aunt’s.
A Buick 7-Seater: The Buick 7-Seater offers ample legroom and headroom, ensuring every traveller can enjoy their journey in comfort.
Pickup included

Travellers

Languages available

Starting time

Price details

AU$572.73 x 1 AdultAU$572.73

Total

What's included, what's not

A boat ride
Private driver with vehicle service & Hotel pick-up and drop-off (if option selected)
Entry ticket to the Garden of Inseparable Hearts (Hexin garden)
Sips and Bites, plus one bottled water per person per tour
Tour guide service
Public transport - Subway (if option selected)
A hands-on dumpling meal, paired with local alcohol (if option selected)
Entry ticket to the Taoism Temple (Chenghuangmiao)
Service charge
Personal expenses

Know before you book

Service animals allowed
Public transport options are available nearby
Specialised infant seats are available
Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Please note that if you choose the subway, a single journey from city centre Shanghai to Watertown Zhujiajiao is approximately 1.5 hours.
Please advise if there are any specific dietary restrictions, accessibility considerations, or assistance needed at the time of booking.
Before setting off this itinerary, it is advisable not to eat excessively.
Our guide reserves the right to alter the content of tours due to poor weather or location inaccessibility.
Under 16 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Wanderlust Shanghai reserves the right to refuse entry to individuals or remove them from tours if they are intoxicated, aggressive, or offensive.

Activity itinerary

Zhujiajiao Ancient Town

A professional touch for a private driver with a private vehicle might be preferable if you prioritise time efficiency, a high level of privacy and comfort, or flexibility in scheduling and making stops as needed （2 hours）. Or, the adventure of using public transport allows you to experience daily routine commuting and navigating public systems akin to fixed routes and schedules (3 hours). A local private tour guide enhances your travel experience of understanding the local culture or a more authentic connection with the community and adds your in-depth knowledge of the area, offering insights into hidden gems, shortcuts, and local attractions that might not be easily accessible via guidebooks （5.5/6.5/7.5 hours）.

Fangsheng Bridge

Cruise into a picturesque scenery of Watertown. The homes and lives lining the banks amid the gentle caress of a breeze accompany you passing through one bridge after another. An authentic and intimate to the details in aged surroundings adds layers to the narrative of the past, inviting you to immerse yourself in the beauty that makes you an integral part of this unfolding living picture in Watertown, leaving behind all hurries or worries.

Zhujiajiao Glutinous Rice Dumpling King

1h 30m

Eating is one of the sensory experiences that put Watertown on travellers’ itineraries. The air is filled with the smell of the region's cuisine, encouraging you to sample the flavours of the snack, Zongzi, a type of rice dumpling in history has a special day that celebrates them as a perennial favourite. Between snacks, eyes, and ears open to appreciate this photogenic place that is known for its period slate or bluestone laneways, lined with two-story wooden buildings packed with restaurants or traditional handicrafts, etc. Walking over the bridges adds a touch of beauty and history.

Hexinyuan

Spend your leisure time at the Garden of Inseparable Hearts and have an understanding and appreciation of the lives and traditions of a wealthy family among pavilions, ponds, rockeries, and foliage. The garden singled out for its harmonious design and rich cultural heritage, features elaborately carved tiled roofs and tiny but expansive grounds. Resembling a living museum, it showcases a large collection of precious artefacts, where stories of the past unfold with every jade carving, bronze ware, double-sided silk embroidery, hardwood furniture, and more from the Ming and Qing periods.

Zhujiajiao Chenghuangmiao Temple

Chenghuang Temple is dedicated to the local city god or deity who is believed to protect the residents and ensure the well-being of the community. It is represented by esteemed officials and heroes who have meritorious contributions to the local population. Worshipped as the guardian deity of cities in both Chinese folk beliefs and Taoism, each Chenghuang Temple is associated with the city or region it serves, and the specific deity worshipped may vary from one place to another. As usual, people visit Chenghuang Temples to pray for blessings, seek protection, and participate in traditional ceremonies and festivals. Let's have a closer look and find out more.

朱家角桥梓湾点心店

1h 30m

The stall at the traditional market has a variety of fresh produce. Join in the fun and have a good deal on fresher ingredients. Later, wrap the fillings and shape the dumplings at Watertown Aunt’s home. This hands-on meal may you experience etiquette, custom, and culinary to the heart of the well-known cuisine, enjoy the delicious results of efforts, paired with local rice wine and liquor, and find out the origin of dishes or the cultural influences that have shaped them. How yummy indeed the homemade dumping （if option selected）.

Location

Activity location

Zhujiajiao Ancient Town
- No.36 Meizhou Road, Qingpu District, Zhujiajiao Town
- 201713, Shanghai, Shanghai Region, China

Meeting/Redemption Point

Hotel Park Hotel Shanghai
- 170 南京西路
- 200003, Huang Pu Qu, Shang Hai Shi, China

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