Taihu views from Yuantouzhu
Yuantouzhu combines lakeside gardens with broad Taihu views; the scheduled cruise adds a perspective from the water, subject to weather and site operations.
Scenic Jiangnan: 6-Day Tour
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Overview
This 6-day, 5-night route covers Nanjing, Changzhou, Wuxi, Suzhou, Wuzhen, Hangzhou, Zhouzhuang and Shanghai. Starting in Nanjing, the route links Yuantouzhu, Suzhou's Lion Grove Garden, Wuzhen West and Hangzhou's lakeside scenery with a Songcheng show and Shanghai night views. It suits travellers wanting gardens, water towns and city lights together, with a full schedule of intercity travel and evening activity.
Highlights
Wuzhen West after dusk
Visit Wuzhen's West Scenic Zone into the evening, when riverside lights and stone bridges add depth to the water-town scenery.
Shanghai at night from river and tower
A Huangpu River cruise and Jin Mao Tower offer river-level and elevated views, adding city lights to the water-town journey.
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1Arrive in Nanjing / Arrival transfer and free time
Make your own way to Nanjing from elsewhere in China or abroad. Take the airport or station arrival shuttle to the hotel and enjoy free time after check-in. Complimentary arrival transfers operate until 23:00. After that time, make your own way to the hotel or choose a paid transfer.
Day 2Confucius Temple and Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum / Continue to Oriental Salt Lake City
After breakfast and half a day of free time, visit the Confucius Temple–Qinhuai River area and Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum, including return internal transport at the mausoleum. If parts are closed or arrival is late, visit only the open areas. Continue to Oriental Salt Lake City. When staying in an inn inside the attraction, explore Daotianxia and try snacks independently. If the inns are full, an equivalent hotel in Wuxi or another nearby area substitutes; staying in Wuxi means no free time at Salt Lake City. Lunch and dinner are at your own expense.
Stops: Confucius Temple–Qinhuai River scenic area · Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum · Oriental Salt Lake City; independent exploration when staying inside the attraction
Day 3Yuantouzhu, Lion Grove Garden and Wuzhen West by night
After breakfast, visit Yuantouzhu, including internal transport and a Taihu Lake cruise to Taihu Fairy Island. After lunch, visit Lion Grove Garden in Suzhou, then Wuzhen West by night with a complimentary lantern-lit bridge walk. Stay outside Wuzhen or in Tongxiang. Boat operation depends on weather and site conditions.
Stops: Yuantouzhu and Taihu Lake cruise · Lion Grove Garden · Wuzhen West evening sightseeing
Day 4Lingyin Temple, Feilai Peak, West Lake cruise and Romance of the Song Dynasty show
After breakfast, visit Lingyin Temple and Feilai Peak. If reservations are full or traffic restrictions apply, you visit Xixi Wetland instead (the boat ride there costs extra). Lunch is a Longjing Imperial Tea Banquet. Walk around West Lake and Su Causeway, take a West Lake cruise (no island stop) and watch the Romance of the Song Dynasty show. Any public-transport connections required by traffic restrictions are at your own expense.
Stops: Feilai Peak and Lingyin Temple; Xixi Wetland if fully booked or traffic restrictions apply · West Lake, Su Causeway and a cruise without an island stop · Songcheng and the Romance of the Song Dynasty show
Day 5Hefang Street, Zhouzhuang, Huangpu River cruise and Jin Mao Tower
After breakfast, visit Hefang Street, then travel to Zhouzhuang. Explore the old town after lunch, with the return electric shuttle included; arriving by boat instead is an upgrade at extra cost. Continue to Shanghai for an evening Huangpu River cruise and the Jin Mao Tower's 88th-floor observation deck, both included. If the cruise is cancelled due to weather, adults receive a CNY 100 refund; there is no refund for children. Dinner is at your own expense.
Stops: Hefang Street · Zhouzhuang · Huangpu River cruise and Jin Mao Tower
Day 6Shanghai departure transfer / Free time depending on departure timing
After breakfast, departure transfers depend on your departure time. Guests leaving Shanghai by 14:00 take a hotel shuttle at about 05:00–06:00 or noon to the airport or station, without sightseeing that day. Those leaving after 14:00 meet at about 08:30 to travel to the Shanghai Bund Tourism Service Centre, then explore the Bund and Nanjing Road independently. Centre shuttles leave at about 11:00, 14:00 and 17:00. Later departures may also travel independently to the airport or station. Lunch and dinner are at your own expense.
Stops: The Bund, depending on departure timing · Nanjing Road, depending on departure timing
Included and not included
Included
- Five nights. If Oriental Salt Lake City inns are full, accommodation may move to Wuxi or another area; staying in Wuxi removes the Salt Lake City free-time visit.
- Meals: Day 2 breakfast; Days 3, 4 and 5 breakfast and lunch; Day 6 breakfast.
- Local air-conditioned group-tour vehicle, one seat per person. Pickup/drop-off points, departure times and attraction transport follow the scope specified each day; vehicle use during free time is excluded.
- Local Chinese-speaking guide; transfers and free time do not include guide service.
- Main admission to the sights explicitly included each day. Reservation failures, closures and other conditional changes are described in the corresponding daily plan.
- Includes the return shuttle at Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum, the Yuantouzhu shuttle and Taihu cruise, a West Lake cruise, the Romance of the Song Dynasty show, the return electric shuttle at Zhouzhuang, a Huangpu River cruise and the Jin Mao Tower.
Not included
- Guests arrange their own flights, trains and other transport to and from the destination city.
- Hangzhou traffic-restriction transfers, the alternative Xixi Wetland cruise, upgraded Zhouzhuang boat entry and Wuzhen West rowing boats cost extra.
- Single-room supplements, meals not listed as included, and personal spending such as shopping, hotel laundry and drinks.
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