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8 or 10 Hours Tongli Water Village Private Tour from Shanghai (or Layover)
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8 Hours
Mobile ticket
Pickup offered
Offered in: Mandarin, English
Overview
If you want to visit a peaceful village while you are in hustle and bustle modern Shanghai, Tongli water village one day tour will be a great choice. Less commercial and crowded than other water villages.
Known as the “Venice of the East”: Tongli, an ancient water town complete with canals and gondolas. There are numerous rivers and canals, 49 stone arch bridges and countless buildings date back Ming & Qing dynasties.
Hold a cup of tea, seat next to window with serenity canal view, enjoy Suzhou Pingtan performance, a traditional singing with music instrument, you will start to like the local people’s leisure lifestyle.
• Visit Tuisi Garden;
• Take a gondola boat ride;
• Lunch break with water village flavor;
• Enjoy Suzhou Pingtan, local singing and music performance with a cup of tea;
• Wondering in village, discover the local lifestyle and find souvenirs you like.
• Gengle Hall (Happy Farming Hall) garden. Optional.
• Pearl Pagoda Garden. Optional
What's Included
- Private transportation
- Tea & snacks included with traditional Suzhou Pingtan,a local singing performance.
- Hotel pick up and drop off
- Entrance Ticket
- Tea & snacks included with traditional Suzhou Pingtan,a local singing performance.
- Excellent Private Tour Guide
- Additional option of airports, cruise port, train station pick up or drop off service
- Gratuities
- Lunch
Meeting And Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Pickup details
1st Option: 8-Hr Tour. Pick up form guests' centrally located hotel in Shanghai 2nd Option: 8~10 Hour Tour. Guests of airport layover, Baoyang Rd cruise port or Disneyland hotels etc, which is far from central Shanghai, we offer pick up/drop at guests option.
What To Expect
Tongli Town
Your excellent tour guide will pick you up from your Shanghai centrally located hotel (or airport layover, port, Disneyland at guests' option) at your chosen time with your name sign in hand. It’s about 1.5 hour driving from central Shanghai to Tongli. We have carefully chosen several areas in Tongli water village we think you will enjoy… Tuisi Garden, gondola boat ride, lunch, Pingtan, tradition singing with music performence, wondering in village. The tour is 100% flexible, designed to suite your interests. Discuss the proposed itinerary with your tour guide.
5 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Tuisi Garden
First visit Tuisi Garden. It’s an elegant classical garden, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It’s famous for the near-the water style of building around a pond. It mixes Chinese cultures, lifestyles, philosophies, believes and traditions with landscape aesthetics.
45 Minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Tongli Chongben Hall
Gondola boat trip Take a gondola ride along the beautiful Tongli canals, seeing the local people going about their daily lives.
30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Tongli Town
Take a lunch break. Try the water village flavor dishes. You may find they are simple but taste. (Lunch is at guests’ own expense.)
45 Minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Tongli Town
After lunch break, enjoy Suzhou Pingtian, a famous narrative musical tradition performance date back 400 years ago. It’s a joy to cradle a cup of tea and enjoy the story singing in time honored tea house to feel the traditional culture.
30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Tongli Town
Walking around the stone paved street next to water, with various shops around. You may find some souvenirs you like in colorful small shops.
45 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Tongli Gengle Hall
Optional. Gengle Hall (Happy Farming Hall), elegrent small garden centered with a fishpond. A traditional structure of residence in the front and garden in the back. It’s not hard to imagine the life style of Chinese rich family hundred years ago.
30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Tongli Pearl Tower
Optional. Pearl Pagoda Garden A well build Chinese classical garden, contain an traditional love story, popularly performance in opera “Pearl Pagoda”.
40 Minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Shanghai
At the end of the wonderful time in the village, driving back to Shanghai. Guests can choose to be dropped to hotel or any other place of central Shanghai City. Guests of airports layover, Baoyang Rd cruise port or Disneyland area hotels etc, which is far from central Shanghai, we offer optional pick up/drop off service.
• Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Operated by Shanghai Lily Tours
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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