Suzhou and Hangzhou Essence 4 Days Tour from Shanghai Airport

Highlights

This 4 days eastern China tour will begin from the modern city Shanghai to stretch the two of famous Chinese culture cities as Hangzhou and the Suzhou, during the four days program in Shanghai, visit the elegant Yu Garden; marvel at western-style towers that once made Shanghai Paris of the East along the Bund; enjoy gorgeous panoramic views of the new Shanghai from the top of Oriental Pearl Tower; In Suzhou,visit the Humble Administrator’s Garden, explore the elegant Panmen City Gate and at last have a cruise on the Grand Canal. In Hangzhou, cruise on West Lake and then end the tour at the Dragon Well Tea plantation and the Tiger Spring.

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Bund

For a century, the Bund has been one of the most recognizable symbols and the pride of Shanghai. The architecture along the Bund is a living museum of the colonial history of the 1800s. You've never been to Shanghai if you haven’t seen the Bund.

Bund

City God Temple Bazaar

Chenghuang temple is the commonest, attractive place and shopping corner for visitors. It is a well-known Taoist temple in that area and is one of must-see attractions when visiting Shanghai. Old City God Temple enjoys a high status in Shanghai.

City God Temple Bazaar

Nanjing Road

China's premier shopping street, the 5.5-km-long (3.4-mile-long) Nanjing Road, starts at the Bund in the east and ends in the west at the junction of Jing'an Temple and West Yan'an Street. Today it is a must-see metropolitan destination attracting thousands of fashion-seeking shoppers from all over the world.

Nanjing Road

Yu Garden

It is a famous classical garden and believed to have been built in the Ming Dynasty, more than 400 years ago. The exquisite layout, beautiful scenery, and the artistic style of the garden architecture have made the garden one of the highlights of Shanghai.

Yu Garden

Jade Buddha Temple

It was founded in 1882 with two jade Buddha statues imported to Shanghai from Burma by sea. The Jade Buddha Temple is a good place to go whether you are a Buddhist or not, the peaceful and transcendent atmosphere adds a kind of richness to our busy modern society.

Jade Buddha Temple

Oriental Pearl Tower

Standing by the bank of the Huangpu River, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower has been the outstanding landmark of Shanghai since its completion in 1994. With a height of 468 meters, it was the tallest structure in China before it was surpassed by the Shanghai World Financial Center in 2007.

Oriental Pearl Tower

Pudong New Area

A bubbly and futuristic first free trade zone area formerly a farmland transformed with a vibrant financial center aimed at promoting international level influence in the global market. In addition to this, it is also an area full of glitzy attractions like the Century Park and a serene outdoor environment viable for activities like boating, cycling and golfing.

Pudong New Area

Shanghai Museum

The Shanghai Museum is a museum of ancient Chinese art, situated on the People's Square. It is considered one of China's first world-class modern museums. The museum has a collection of over 120,000 pieces, including bronze, ceramics, calligraphy, furniture, jades, ancient coins, paintings, sculptures, minority art and foreign art.

Shanghai Museum

Grand Canal

It is a great project on the eastern plain of China which created by ancient Chinese people. The grand canal served as an important transport route for China for more than 1,200 years and affects Chinese political, economic and military development largely.

Grand Canal

Humble Administrator’s Garden

Built in 1509 during the Ming Dynasty, Humble Administrator's Garden is the largest and most renowned classical landscape garden in Suzhou. It is listed as a World Cultural Heritage site and has also been designated as one of the Cultural Relics of National Importance.

Humble Administrator’s Garden

Panmen City Gate

The gate to Suzhou is said to have more than a 2,400 year history. It is said to have been the only gate in China with both a lower water entrance and an upper land entrance. It was built at a time when a canal moat surrounded Suzhou.

Panmen City Gate

Mei Jia Wu Tea Village

Hangzhou's Meijiawu Tea Village is a famous Dragon Well tea plantation nestled in the hills surrounding West Lake. It is renowned as one of the most important production bases of West Lake Dragon Well tea in China, and possibly even the world.

Mei Jia Wu Tea Village

Tiger Spring

Tiger spring is well famed for its unique fountain. No surprise then that Longjingtea and Running Tiger Spring bring out the best in each other and are acknowledged as 'two wonders of West Lake'.

Tiger Spring

West Lake

West Lake is man-made and created after the Chinese love for garden-style parks for recreation. It's in the western suburbs, the historic center of Hangzhou. West Lake is the symbol of Hangzhou, and is considered one of the most beautiful sights in China.

West Lake

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Tour Itinerary

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Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4

Day 1 Arrival in Shanghai

Airport-hotel Transfer, Yu Garden, City God Temple Bazaar, Nanjing Road, Bund

Upon arrival at the Shanghai airport, be met by local tour guide and the driver then escorted to the city hotel for check-in. After rest for a while, transfer to the Shanghai famous tradition scenic-Yu Garden. It is a classical garden in Shanghai, and it represents one of the only landmarks in old Shanghai. Walk along the splendid Yu Garden, you will experience a China southeast authentic culture and amazing scenery then explore nearby City God Temple Bazaar. Enjoy the Shanghai prosperous street in Nanjing Road then continue to sightsee the Bund, the most popular spot in Shanghai.

Scenic spots included in the itinerary

Bund

City God Temple Bazaar

Nanjing Road

Yu Garden

Dinner

Day 2 Shanghai

Pudong New Area, Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai Museum, Jade Buddha Temple

After breakfast, drive towards Pudong New Area, you'll marvel at modern skyscraper buildings. Later, visit the modern Shanghai city scenic spot-Oriental Pearl Tower by chairlift to the top of the tower overview the vibrant city. After lunch, transfer to the Shanghai Museum to appreciate the Shanghai historical art and exhibits. In order to better understand the relics, you'll be provided an audio explanation device. At last, visit the Jade Buddha Temple. Admire its two exquisite jade Buddha statues from Myanmar and enjoy the tranquil atmosphere.

Scenic spots included in the itinerary

Jade Buddha Temple

Oriental Pearl Tower

Pudong New Area

Shanghai Museum

Lunch

Day 3 Shanghai-Suzhou by Private Vehicle

Humble Administrator's Garden, Panmen City Gate, Grand Canal Cruise

After breakfast, drive to the Chinese famous and biggest garden city-Suzhou. Visit the Humble Administrator's Garden to admire the overall design and flora. Then next visit the Panmen City Gate, the Panmen City Gate is the symbol for ancient Suzhou. Then take a cruise riding on the Grand Canal, which is the earliest and longest manmade watercourse in the world.

Scenic spots included in the itinerary

Grand Canal

Humble Administrator’s Garden

Panmen City Gate

Lunch

Day 4 Suzhou-Hangzhou-Shanghai by Private Vehicle

West Lake Cruise, Mei Jia Wu Tea Village, Tiger Spring

After breakfast, drive to Hangzhou to enjoy Hangzhou discover tour. First, visit the picturesque West Lake. Enjoy the cruise on the charming West Lake with clear spring water, willow trees and elegant bridges. After a typical Hangzhou cuisine lunch, continue to visit the Mei Jia Wu Tea Village followed by the Tiger Spring with the best water suitable for making the best dragon well green tea. Afternoon, drive back to the hotel in Shanghai.

Scenic spots included in the itinerary

Mei Jia Wu Tea Village

Tiger Spring

West Lake

Lunch

Hotel Location

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Shanghai

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Hotel Description

Hotel Position : Plaza del Angel, 12, 08002 Barcelona, Spain

Opened:2000

Number of rooms:108

Postcode:100007

Redecorated:2017

The Ping'anfu Hotel (Ping'anfu Binguan) is a luxury hotel located in the hustle and bustle of the city center. It is only 4 kilometers from the railway station and 28 kilometers from the airport. This hotel provide comfortable rooms, ranging from standard doubles to deluxe suites. Facilities in rooms include international direct dial telephones, satellite televisions, central air conditioning and mini bars. Room service is available on request. Guests of the hotel will also have the chance to relax in the sauna and massage center. The hotel has numerous restaurants, mostly serving Chinese cuisine.

Services & Amenities

Hotel Policies

Check-in & Check-out

Check-in from 14:00

Check-out before 12:00

Hotel Notes

Smoking is now strictly prohibited within all public and enclosed spaces in Beijing. This hotel will NOT offer smoking rooms.

Hotel Description

Opened:2000

Number of rooms:108

Postcode:100007

Redecorated:2017

Price Includes

Entrance fees as described

Lunch

Air-conditioned vehicle with driver

English-speaking guide

A bottle of water per day per person

Cruise on Grand Canal and West Lake

Hotel pick-up and drop off service

Airport pick-up

Hotel for 4 nights (if selected)

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Tips to the guide and driver

Airport drop off

Self-financed Projects

Transport

Shanghai Airport Drop-off

$63(Passat:1-2people)

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Shanghai Acrobatic Show

$72 For 1people

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Shanghai Acrobatic Show

　　Chinese Acrobatics is one of the oldest performing arts. Its history can be traced back to Neolithic times. It is believed that acrobatics grew out of labor and self-defense skills, which people practiced and demonstrated during their leisure time. The early performance is "walking on three-meter-high stilts while juggling seven gaggers". Then it developed into an entire art formTogether with the developing economy, acrobatics is also evolving into a kind of performing art. It became well known worldwide while performances are presented along the Silk Road. In Europe and North America, Chinese acrobatic performances always attract large audiences.

　　Many acrobatic shows come from the art performance of living skills and labor skills. Acrobatic show has a history of over 2000 years in China. It is named as “Baixi” in Han dynasty, “sanle” in Sui and Tang Dynasty, named as Acrobatic after Tang and Song dynasty in order to differentiate from acts in other forms.

　　There are nine specialties in acrobatic.

　　Acrobatic pays lot of attentions on leg and waist training. Since ancient, Chinese acrobat focus on the position “top”. There are many “Stand on one’s head”, and “somersault” depicted in ancient fresco and earthenwares. For Chinese acrobatic, including actor of ancient show, he should has very deep Kung Fu foundation.

　　“Stable” out of “steep” while “move” is out of “stable” are both for showing a very quiet and accurate hard skill. Such as walking on the steel rod which require all actions for stable. The moving bench and ladder, one after another, but needs the man on the top find the stable from the move and it require a stable head, super skill, and hard training . It shows fully the super skill of our mankind conquering danger and difficulties.

　　“Unique” is out of the “usual”. From none to everything, it fully shows our mankind creating the world. Different from western magic, which focus on colorful stage property, Chinese magic only needs very simple property. From cuisine to fish and bird alive, a simple long sleeve gown can turn out everything. Or one somersault can turn into a firing bronze basin or another one for a fish bowl with water and fish.

　　Hard and soft Kung Fu combines. Kicking is mostly acted by women. The actor lies and kick thing including wine jar, colorful bowl, clock, tables, ladder, wooden pole, wooden plate, drum and bell, from weightless umbrella to heavy living persons. Things kicked is rotating quickly, jumping back and forth. From the smooth vase to heavy wooden desk, everything is kicked so quickly only for image, not for picture.

　　Super power and Nimble dexterous somersault combines. According to history record, the seat for human pyramid is quite amazing. Previously history record, 18 men seats on one man while 6 men seats on one man both appeared. Over a thousand jin including eight men seats on one man fully show the program well. The traditional “ Pulling the bow” and “playing with knife” are both heavy-loaded hard Kung Fu.

　　There are a great amount of living utensils and labor instruments used in the acrobatic show including bowl, plate, altar, handleless cup, rod, whip, fork, pole, ladder, desk, chair, umbrella and cap. Those normal things is changeable in the hands of acrobatic, fully exhibited a close tie between labor life with Chinese acrobatic show.

　　Simple arts and body arts combine. “playing fun with altar”, “rotating plate” combine both Porcelain painting with traditional Chinese acrobatic. In the kicking show, the colorful umbrella and colorful peddle the same offer feeling of ancient aesthetics.

　　Chinese acrobatic is quite accommodated in different style and various places. From market, theatre, lane, room with place of hundreds of people to only one, Chinese acrobatic is fit for any places with thousands years of history.

　　Chinese acrobatic has an intimate heritage tradition. One generation after another generation, regional, blood-related and sister arts, previous acrobats are always inherited and passed around.

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Shanghai Circus World

$76 For 1people

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Huangpu River Cruise

$72 For 1 people

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benniejay

2019-07-31

Yes everything was spectacular and fascinating very professional and prompt services. There were beautiful places to explore and to see in the 4 hours that we had. The comfort and beauty of the China was incredible, The history, culture and way of life of the local people we bumped into during the layover was beyond our expectations. Hiking on the Great wall after driving through a small remote countryside was very relaxing and rejuvenating. It was the best trip ever to experience on a few hours.

We had not previously used a travel agency for touring. The crew including the driver and tour guide were really funny, friendly and knowledgeable. Despite having limited time we still had free time allowing for shopping and grabbing a meal and drinks. Highly recommend this layover in Beijing.

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mirceao455

Bucharest, Romania

2019-06-28

Great, compact, amazing tour. Our guide Jenny did the best to show us the most important attractions in Beijing in just a 2 day tour. I recommand her tours, she is great with groups, friendly and well prepared.

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2funworldtravers

2019-05-25

Mike and Karen, Tucson, Arizona

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pedro148595

2019-05-22

Highly recommend for everyone coming to Beijing

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Mdezarraga2

2019-05-22

We had an amazing trip with Jenny! She is very knowledgeable and answered all of our questions in fantastic English. She also is very organized so we were on time to each stop of our tour!

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stevensE4605SC

Durban, South Africa

2019-05-09

Booking from South Africa on ChinaTour.net was so quick and easy, however I had to mail customer service as I had not received my confirmation within the 48 hours that the original mail had stated. Once done I received confirmation for all my train and internal flights within 20 minutes of sending the mail. I would highly recommend this website for booking trips through China and i will use it again in future.

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NYCfoodiegirl

New York, NY

2019-04-29

Well worth it! Jenny was really nice and incredibly helpful with the immigration process after airport personnel originally escorted to the wrong area and didn’t want to allow leaving the airport. She takes great photos! Beautiful views and fun to take the toboggan down. Wasn’t too crowded on this day - and definitely worth doing with a 7 hour layover. Nice car and driver too.

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NancyVaB

2019-04-13

Great app to buy train tickets. If you don't know the language you just show the e-ticket that the app gave you and the seller will give the tickets to you without the need to talk.

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aklein729

2019-02-20

Had a great layover tour! 100% worth it. Was easily picked up and transported to the Great Wall and back to the airport. Jenny’s English is perfect so communication flowed nicely. She even helped me take photos on the Great Wall!

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Sreesagubadi

valsayn, Trinidad and Tobago

2019-02-08

I used China tour company to visit Hangzhou on on feb 7th. It’s a private tour. The experience is very pleasant and enjoyable. Tour guide Mr. Mark Zhou was very good. He speaks good English and very patient. He knows his stuff. I visited West Lake , Buddhist temple and the Pagoda. The tour was very enjoying and place (Hangzhou) is a must to see if you wish to enjoy the nature and Chinese culture and tradition. I recommend it to every one visiting China.

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Quick Answer

Adrian

2019.07.09

Arriving in Shanghai Oct 23 (2 pm). I need a 5-star hotel (for 2 people), with tours on 24,25,26 and drop off at cruise port by around 6 pm on Oct 25. Please provide a proposal for this itinerary. 25th: Hangzhou 26th: Suzhou 27th: Shanghai Thanks

Warm greetings from ChinaToursNet.

1. The dates are quite confusing, please clarify!

2. May I know where would you land in Shanghai on 23rd October? The railway station, airport or the cruise port?

Do you need the pickup service?

Looking forward to your reply.

Booking Note

How to Choose Tour Type?

Affordable Group Tour:

Our small group tour is around of 15 peoples picked up from different hotels. Suitable for tourists with limited budget and who would like to travel with others from different countries.

Best Value Private Tour:

More flexible and time saving.No need to wait for other tourists.Flexible schedule . Possible to be customized for your own itinerary. A privet tour guide and air-conditioned vehicle will be at your service.

How to Book?

1. You can book online, choose to pay the deposit or full payment. We accept payment by PayPal, Credit Card, Wechat and Bank Transfer. After booking, we will send you a booking confirmation email.

2. When you arrive at the departure city, the exactly pick up time will inform by your tour guide though your hotel one night before your tour date.

3.Pick-up Service: To ensure the morning pick-up going smoothly as scheduled, we suggest you choose downtown hotels within the fourth ring road of the city. An additional transfer fee will be incurred if your hotel is outside the above mentioned area. If your hotel is located in a narrow lane or an apartment block, we suggest you find the nearest hotel on the main street as your pick-up point.

Cancellation Policy:

If you cancel at least 7 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee.

If you cancel between 3 and 6 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is a 50 percent cancellation fee.

If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 percent cancellation fee.

Hotel, flight and train ticket fees are not refundable.

Questions & Answers

Tour Code: A0330

Duration: 4days

Departure date: Everyday

Tour type: Private

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