Shanghai City and Zhujiajiao Tour: Private Adventure with Boat Ride and Tea Tasting

Experience the best of Shanghai City and Zhujiajiao water village on this private tour. Explore major attractions, take a boat ride, indulge in tea tasting, and enjoy a local lunch.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Old Town (Nanshi) - Known as Nanshi, Shanghai’s Old Town is located just southwest of the Bund. This area features attractions such as the Huxinting Teahouse and the City God Temple.
  • Yuyuan Old Street - Yuyuan Bazaar, also referred to as Yuyuan Market, is situated outside the Yu Garden, in the center of Old Shanghai City, and near the Old…
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Hotel pick up and drop off
  • Bottled water
  • Tea tasting and snacks
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Professional English speaking guide
  • Tea and coffee
  • Local lunch
What's Not Included
  • Entrance fee to Shanghai city attractions
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

This comprehensive full-day private excursion lets you explore both the primary sights of Shanghai City and the charming Chinese water town. This journey will offer you the opportunity to visit locales such as Xintiandi, Tianzifang, Old Shanghai Town, and the Zhujiajiao water village. Along with the city tour, you will get to enjoy a leisurely boat ride…

Location
Old Town (Nanshi)
Huangpu District,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Catalinam583
Mar 16, 2026
Excellent experience from start to finish.She is very knowledgeable about history and culture, and also incredibly kind and prof - Excellent experience from start to finish. fast communication, very knowledgeable guide, perfectly organized tour, and an unforgettable visit to Wuzhen. Highly recommended
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Quest63707583744
Jan 3, 2026
Wonderful time with Lisa - We had a wonderful time with Lisa. She is very knowledgeable about the history, people and places we went to. Lisa is very helpful and thoughtful about what was suitable for our family of a tween and teenagers. Highly recommend Lisa for a memorable holiday!
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Hopesanddreams
Oct 24, 2025
Highest Recommendations!! - Wow! What a great time we had!!! Lei (Lisa) is FANTASTIC!! You contact her and she usually contacts you back within minutes! I contacted her at 5:00 AM her time, and by 5:04 AM she had responded! She met us at the cruise port promptly, took us on a whirlwind tour of Shanghai (had a relaxing tea service, visited the Watertown, saw the Bond…. Did everything offered by the cruise ship in one excursion, compared to the Ships 4 or 5 excursions offered separately at separate prices). She is excellent with everything. Knows her stuff, goes well way and beyond, friendly, personable, easily understood, gives the extra mile at every turn and accommodating to your every whim! I cannot offer her any other high praise, because she is truly a professional that you wish you could encounter everywhere. Truly a warm, wonderful person - enjoyed her guiding skills and truly just enjoyed her company. HIGHEST RECOMMENDATIONS!!!!
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Francesca
Jul 6, 2025
A memorable experience! - Lisa was a valuable ally in the discovery of Shanghai and its surroundings. It is very helpful and adapts to every need of the group. He speaks very good English and knows very well the history of China and the city of Shanghai. We highly recommend it!
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Irinakardos888
Jun 6, 2025
Relaxing and fabulous day in Water town - Water town Zhujiajiao Tour with Lisa was fabulous! Lisa has organized everything including lot of relaxation. After waking around the Water town on a very hot day we had an amazing tea time on a relaxing terrace with the great view of the channel and a relaxing Chinese cuisine lunch. Lisa sheared interesting information about China history and culture. Transportation was well organized too. Overall the entire tour was an amazing experience. We highly recommend Lisa if you want really to maximize and enjoy your time in Shanghai without rush and stress.
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Billgc3467hz
Jan 3, 2025
Lisa is an elite tour guide. If you are going to Shanghai, you must secure her as your guide. - I have been all over the world and had many guides during these travels. Lisa is an elite guide. We contracted with her for a 4-day tour of Shanghai highlights, water villages (Zhujiajiao and Xitang), great food and nightlife. She also linked us to Beijing to visit the Great Wall. Lisa was simply fantastic. She is very knowledgeable, funny, charming, and insightful, and she tailored our tour to our specific interests in creative ways. She took us to private gardens, buddhist temples and on boat rides, dazzled us with the history and culture of each area, and slipped us into back-alleys and unique food experiences (dumplings, noodles, snails and smoking bananas). She arranged complete transportation around the Shanghai area and to and from both airports. She is multilingual, including excellent English, and she and my son, who knows some Mandarin, had fun conversing with shop and restaurant owners, and dealing with mothers and grandmothers in the People's Park, who tried to hook up my son with their daughters and granddaughters (this was exactly as funny as it sounds). If you are going to Shanghai, or the surrounding area, you have to have Lisa as your guide. You will have the best experience possible.
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368willemv
Mar 31, 2024
We explored parts of Shangai; the tea ceremony, boat trip and the private garderns was the highlights of the tour. - It was an amazing unforgettable experience. Our tourguide, Julie was thoughtful, experienced, kind and made sure we enjoyed each step of the way. She was extreamly helpful and looked after us while providing an unforgetable experience. We would defenitly recommend her to anyone. Thank you for the amazing trip, and thank you for helping us to create new memories.
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Cherrie_c
Oct 25, 2023
One of the best highlights of my trip - I was in Shanghai for Mid-Autumn. Jenny warned me that traffic in and out of town will be heavier than usual. In discussion, she made it possible to start the tour a little earlier to minimize the time on the road. My guide, Ella was wonderful. Because this was a private tour, she was very flexible with the itinerary and allowed me to slowly meandered through the alleyways of Zhujiajiao and ask 1001 questions about things I have never seen before. Upon my request we even stopped to try a tang hulu (candied hawthorn on a stick.... just like the ones on costume dramas.) I was surprised that one of my favorite parts was touring the historical home. Unlike Yu Garden, in Shanghai, the house was full of beautiful antiques and I can view them up close. The garden and pond wasn't as big as Yu Garden, but it was way better maintained. The place felt more like walking though a lovely home than going through a museum. Ella was very accommodating to my dietary restrictions. I got to taste local specialties, like pearl clams with tofu and braised pork belly bound in bamboo leaves, while looking over one of the canals. This tour was definitely one of the highlights while visiting Shanghai.
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Colinjudge
Nov 3, 2019
Excellent Tour Guide - I thoroughly enjoyed my time in Shanghai. Lisa was a brilliant tour guide and took me all around the city. She was very friendly, very helpful and very knowledgeable. I am a wheelchair user and Lisa made sure that everything was accessible for me. The Bund, the Old Town and People's Park were my favourite. Highly recommend this tour and would love to return to the city some day.
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Christopher
Sep 29, 2019
Worth Every Penny - Lisa Is a Wonderful Tour Guide - Lisa sent me a text within 30 minutes of booking to make sure we were in contact. She arrived on time with a very nice car and driver. Her English was excellent and she was extremely knowledgeable in all aspects of Chinese history and culture. We saw some fabulous places many of which you might not get on a regular tour. Lisa's cheerful disposition made my wife and I feel we were with a dear friend showing us around this wonderful city. 5 stars are too few - we had a wonderfully and would highly recommend.
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From $108
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).