Jinze Water Town and Qibao Old Street Day Trip 8 Hours, Shanghai (SHALC-101)

Your private guide and driver will transfer you from your hotel in Shanghai to the Jinze Water Town. Your tour guide will introduce Shanghai and the attractions you will visit today.

Initially built at the beginning of Song dynasty (960-1279 AD), the Jinze means the fish and rice produced in the water town are even more valuable than gold in Chinese. Like most water towns in China, Jinze Water Town features with its bridges. It is only 66 kilometers away from the City of Shanghai, but it is much less commercialized than other water towns near Shanghai. The peace in the water town will make you understand the culture of ancient water town better.

Jinze Water Town

Your tour guide will find a local restaurant and order the most authentic local food for you. The local fish is a must-eat dish for most tourists. Please note that the lunch is not included in our quotation. After the lunch, you still have around one hour in Jinze Water Town. Your tour guide will explore more deeply in the town with you.

Your next destination is Qibao Old Street

The local dessert and ancient architecture are the major attractions on the street. Almost every kind of dessert from Shanghai and Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces can be found on the street. Every shop is decorated in ancient style and every signboard is a masterwork of Chinese calligraphy. Your tour guide will tell you the meaning of the words on the signboards.

Qibao Old Steet

You will be transferred to the city of Shanghai. If you are also interested in a trip to other water towns, feel free to contact us!