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Zhujiajiao Water Town

Venice-of-the-East canals in the morning, the Bund’s golden hour to finish.

🕐 10 hours · 09:00 – 19:00 · flexible start🚘 Private car & driver🏨 Hotel pickup included💵 from $159 per car

The day

What This Day Feels Like

Zhujiajiao has been threaded with canals for 1,700 years — stone bridges, whitewashed houses leaning over green water, and teahouses where the service hasn’t changed since the Qing. It’s under an hour from downtown Shanghai, which makes the contrast half the point.

Take the gondola under Fangsheng Bridge’s five arches, wander Bei Dajie’s medicine shops and rice-wine sellers, and find the quiet of Kezhi Garden. You’re back in the city in time to walk the Bund as the Pudong towers light up — old China and new in a single frame of a day.

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Good to know

Before You Go

  • Weekdays are noticeably quieter than weekends
  • The gondola fits up to 6 people per boat
  • Wear comfortable shoes — the old town is cobbled and stepped
  • Rain has its own charm here: mist on the canals, fewer visitors, umbrellas provided

Hour by hour

A 10-Hour Day, Planned to the Minute — and Flexible by the Minute

09:00

Hotel Pickup in Shanghai

About 50 minutes west along the expressway.

10:00

Fangsheng Bridge & Gondola

Board a hand-poled gondola beneath the town’s 1571 landmark bridge and glide the main canal.

11:00

Old-Town Lanes

Bei Dajie’s traditional shops: soy-braised pork wrapped in lotus leaf, rice wine, bamboo crafts.

12:00

Canal-Side Lunch

A teahouse table over the water — river shrimp, lion’s-head meatballs, seasonal greens.

13:30

Kezhi Garden & Yuanjin Temple

The town’s grandest courtyard garden, then the working Buddhist temple by the water gate.

15:00

Drive Back to Shanghai

Straight in, or via Qibao’s old street if you want one more canal town.

16:30

French Concession Stroll

A leafy decompression walk along Wukang Road’s plane trees and cafés.

18:00

The Bund at Golden Hour

The colonial waterfront on one side, Pudong’s skyline igniting on the other.

19:00

Hotel Drop-Off

Two worlds, one day.

This is a private trip — every timing above flexes to your pace, your appetite and your energy.

The Essentials

What’s Included

Included in the Price

  • Private car and professional driver for 10 hours
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off in central Shanghai
  • Tolls, fuel, parking and bottled water
  • WhatsApp, Email and WeChat Support

Not Included

  • Meals
  • Admission Fees
  • Tour Guide (Available on Request)

Groups & Vehicles

A Vehicle for Every Group Size

✓ Vehicles for Small and Large Groups of All Sizes ✓ Child, Elderly and Wheelchair-Friendly Touring ✓ English-Speaking Drivers Available, Subject to Availability
5-Seater Sedan (BYD Han)
5-Seater SedanBYD Han · 1–3 guests
7-Seater MPV (Buick GL8)
7-Seater MPVBuick GL8 / Denza D9 · 4–5 guests
9-Seater Van (Mercedes-Benz Vito)
9-Seater VanMercedes-Benz Vito · 6–7 guests
Toyota Coaster mini coach
18–23 Seater CoasterToyota Coaster · up to 21 guests
38-seater midi bus
38-Seater BusBig groups · 22–35 guests
45-seater touring coach
45-Seater CoachLarge groups · 36–42 guests
VehicleIdeal ForGuestsLarge BagsPrice · This Day Trip
5-Seater Sedan (BYD Han)Couples & solo travellers1–32$159
Luxury 5-Seater SedanExecutive travel1–32Quote on request
7-Seater MPV (Buick GL8 / Denza D9)Families & small groups4–55$189
9-Seater Van (Mercedes-Benz Vito)Premium group travel6–74$220
18-Seater Coaster (Toyota)Larger groups & tours13–1610$325
23-Seater Coaster (Toyota)Big groups & events17–2115$345
38-Seater BusBig groups & delegations22–3528$465
45-Seater CoachLarge groups & corporate36–4235$495
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All prices are per vehicle for this day trip and include highway tolls, parking, fuel and driver meals.

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