Tour Overview
| Tour Code | sh-expo-14 |
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| Departure Date | 15 August 2009 ~ |
| Special Price | $807 Tourist Class 2-5 Persons |
Tour Highlights
6 Days Shanghai '10 Expo and Suzhou Water Town Tour Photo Gallery
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Tour Summary
| Dates | Destinations | Today's Activities | Comments |
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| Day 1 | Shanghai | Arrive in Shanghai
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Pick-up included |
| Day 2 | World Expo 2010 Shanghai | The English interpreter will accompany you to visit the World Expo Hall
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Breakfast & 1 day admission ticket included |
| Day 3 | Shanghai | Breakfast& Lunch included | |
| Day 4 | Shanghai-Tong Li | Transfer by air-conditioned coach | Breakfast & Lunch included |
| Day 5 | Tong Li - Suzhou | Transfer by air-conditoned coach | Breakfast & lunch included |
| Day 6 | Shanghai | Departre
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Breakfast & See-off included |
Accommodation Details
| Day | Stay City | Tourist Class | Classic Class | Deluxe Class |
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| 1,2,3 | Shanghai | Hengsheng Peninsula International Hotel Shanghai | The Bund Hotel Shanghai | Radisson Shanghai New World |
| 4 | Tongli | Tongli Lake Resort | Tongli Lake Resort | Tongli Lake Resort |
| 5 | Suzhou | Yuanwailou Hotel | Bamboo Grove Hotel | Sherotan Hotel and Tower Suzhou |
Tour Price Variation
| 1 person | 2-5 persons | 6-9 persons | Single room supplement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourist Class | 1450 | 807 | 494 | 152 |
| Classic Class | 1685 | 924 | 611 | 243 |
| Deluxe Class | 1866 | 1015 | 702 | 313 |
Price Inclusions
- All domestic transportation within China as per itineraries;
- Hotel accommodation as per itinerary based on two people sharing one room;
- Meals as listed in the itinerary: with daily western breakfasts; daily lunches and/or dinners at local finest restaurants;
- Entrance fees of sightseeing and show as listed in the itinerary;
- Excellent individual English speaking guide & driver;
- Luggage handling and transfers from airport to hotel and vice versa;
- Private air-conditioned car or van for land transportation;
- Two bottles of mineral water per day;
- Government taxes.
Price Exclusions
- International and domestic airfare not included in the itinerary;
- Personal expenses;
- Excess baggage expense;
- Any meals that are not indicated in the itinerary;
- Tips to guides or drivers;
- Insurance fees;
- Visa fees.
Tour Day By Day Itinerary
Day by Day Itinerary
- » Shanghai
- The tour guide meets you at the Shanghai Airport.The remainder of the day is at your leisure.
- » World Expo 2010 Shanghai
- Today the English interpreter will escort you to visit the Expo site.
- World Expo Shanghai 2010: China is a grand drawing together of international fairs and expositions. The theme of the Expo is "Better City, Better Life", which reflects Shanghai's leading status as a economic and cultural city in the Twenty-first Century. The expo is expected to attract the largest number of participants and visitors in the history of international expositions. The Shanghai 2010 Expo's emblem, depicting the image of three people holding hands together symbolizes that depicting the image of three people holding hands together symbolizes that.
- » Shanghai
- Today you enjoy a rich trip beginning with the Yuyuan Garden - one of the traditional Chinese private gardens in Shanghai. Yuyuan Garden has the exquisite layout, beautiful scenery, and the artistic style of many different architecture styles. It has been referred to as a crystallization of the Chinese garden culture.
- Next enjoy an interesting cruise in the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition hall: A short walk across Renmin Square from the Shanghai Museum, this is a fascinating insight into Shanghai's future. The 2nd floor has a giant walkaround model of the city, and other floors have great displays, interactive exhibitions and walkthroughs of aspects such as the ports, greening, leisure etc.
- Enjoy Chinese lunch at Lv bo Lang Restaurant.
- After that, take a stroll at the Shanghai World Financial Center : The Shanghai World Financial Center is a super tall skyscraper. It is a mixed use skyscraper, which will consist of offices, hotels, conference rooms, observation decks, and shopping malls on the lower floors.
- Then,move to the Bund. Ramble along the Bund which stretches one mile along the western bank of the Huangpu River. The Bund houses 52 buildings of various architectural styles, which have been regarded as some of the most recognizable architectural symbols of Shanghai.
- Lastly, Xintiandi Area, which was built and re-orgnized on the basis of Shanghai's unqiue characteristics-Shikumen architectural structures, is well-known as a new stylish pedestrain street for Cuisines, Commerce, Entertainment and Culture tourism spot.
The Bund With its name given to Shanghai's waterfront area, meaning literally 'muddy embankment' in Anglo-Indian, the Bund became the city's first foreign street.
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Xintiandi Area As a car-free shopping, eating and entertainment area of Shanghai, China. Xintiandi is composed of an area of restored traditional shikumen ("stone gate") houses on narrow alleys, ...
Yuyuan Garden Yuyuan Garden is a famous classical garden located in Anren Jie, Shanghai. The garden was finished in 1577 by a government officer of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) named Pan Yunduan ...
- » Shanghai-Tong Li
- Drive to Tong Li to visit the Museum of Ancient Chinese Sexual Culture : Located in the ancient town with the Water Village in Jiangsu Province, it is a private museum and also the first sexual culture museum in China.
- Then enjoy an exciting tour at Tongli Water Town : Tongli town has a history of more than one thousand years.
- Finally enjoy a Tongli Cruise which is the best way to experince this water town.
Tongli Town Tongli Town, best-preserved water township, is located by the Grand Canal and the Taihu Lake with 18 Kilometer away from Suzhou, 6 Kilometers from Wujiang and 80 kilometers from Sh ...
- » Tong Li - Suzhou
- After breakfast, take an air-conditioned coach to Hangzhou. Your trip starts from the sightseeing of Humble Administrator's Garden-one of the four famous gardens in Suzhou, a classical luxurious garden, regarded as the "mother of the world's gardens" due to its interesting islands, bamboo houses, pinaster hillock and curvy water.
- Then take a stroll in the Lingering Garden-an elaborate succession of small gardens.And enjoy a rickshaw ride through the old streets and Hutongs in Suzhou.
Humble Administrator's Garden Dating from the 16th century, the garden makes complex use of the element of water. The maze of connected pools and islands seems endless. The creation of multiple vistas and the d ...
- » Shanghai
- Your trip comes to an end and you are escorted to the airport.
Travler's FAQ & Tips
Weather
- What should we need to know when visiting Shanghai in different seasons?
- What's the best season for traveling there?
Transportation
Food
- What's the specialty of Shanghai cuisine?
- What are the must-eat Shanghai snacks? And what to notice?
Shopping
Travel
Other Hints
What should we need to know when visiting Shanghai in different seasons?
The four seasons are easy to tell apart. The weather is pleasant, and the number of all kinds of products is large in Spring and Autumn.
Every June and July is the mold rain season, so it is usually humid in hotel rooms. Umbrella is a necessary thing to bring with during the rainy weather.
The coldest time is from late January to early February. Even though there is not much snow, warm clothes are still needed, because cold wind is always unendurable. Hotel rooms are equipped with air-conditions, so please stay warm in the room.
It is usually super hot in July and August. Weather with higher than 35 C usually stays for about ten days, so that prevention from overheat is very necessary.
What's the best season for traveling there?
After humid mold rain season and cold winter, there comes the Spring with blooming flowers, or the Autumn with falling red leaves, which are the best the seasons for trevaling.
What about the transportation between Shanghai and its surrounding cities?
Travel line in the east China includes Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. It usually takes about 2C3 hours to travel between cities. Medicine that prevents car-sickness is necessary.
Multi-city traveling usually requires travelers to put up each night in different cities. Please take care of your belongings when checking out.
What's the specialty of Shanghai cuisine?
Shanghai cuisine is a mixture of five different cuisines and western food. Apart from its local food, it also has Beijing cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Guangdong cuisine, Hunan cuisine, Yangzhou cuisine, Chaozhou Cuisine, Anhui Cuisine and vegetarian cuisine, etc.
Of course, Italian food, Russian food, French food, Vietnamese food, Korean food and Japanese food can also be found in Shanghai.
Local people like food with light seasoning and light sweetness. Rice is their main food. People that like strong seasoning can prepare their own seasonings.
Travelers with special needs please give us notice before hand, so we can prepare for you earlier according to your requirements.
What are the must-eat Shanghai snacks? And what to notice?
Shanghai Nanxiang Dumplings, Crab Roe Dumplings, Steamed Dumplings Filled with Minced Meat and Gravy, Fermented Rice with Pigeon Eggs, Rib Rice Cakes, Eggs Boiled with Five Ingredients, Five Ingredients Beans, etc. There are a lot of delicious local food.
Please mind the sanitation when enjoying the tasty food.
Where is the most famous area for shopping here?
The shopping heaven in Shanghai is Nanjing Road. It has a name of 'the number one shopping street in China.' Now all kinds of stores have been opened by all kinds of business people. There are not only old stores that have hundreds of years, but also modern shopping malls like Friendship Europe Shopping Mall, Mancton Square, HUalian Shopping Center, etc.
Huaihai Road is as famous as Nanjing Road. Shopping malls are standing at each side of the road: Guangna World Center, Paris Spring, Meimei Shopping Center, Parkson, etc. World famous brand can all be found in the shopping malls, which make Shanghai a shopping center of world class.
Sichuan North Road's stores offer reasonable prices, which attracts a lot of common people. Xizangzhong Road had developed food and travel industry.
Where can we visit on our spare time?
Shanghai is where Chinese movie originated. It is also where a lot of international movie festivals take place. There are world-class theaters. Famous movies and latest movies can all be found in Shanghai's movie theaters.
Huanyi Movie Theather on Nanjing West Road, Yongle Palace on Anfu Road are the most famous movie theathers in Shanghai.
You can also go to teahouse. Different from traditional teahouse, the teahouse in Shanghai adds more modern atmosphere that attracts more and more young people.
New theme parks and amusement parks in Shanghai are good choices too. Modern equipments and beautiful natural scenes will bring you to the ideal land.
How about Shanghai's nightlife?
Bars, KTV and DISCO are indispensable in a busy city like Shanghai. Beautiful lights are like the reflection of the stars, lightening the whole city and bring the city endless liveliness.
Blue Belt Night Club, Night Paris and the famous Big World are all well known and loved by young people. Dancing people and fragrant martini will make you forget about tiredness and start to enjoy the charm of Shanghai city.
How many airports does Shanghai have?
There are two international airports in Shanghai, which are Hongqiao Aireport and Pudong International Airport.
Hundreds of airlines are in service, which can reach to every big and medium city in China and some cities in each country.
Air traffic is very convenient. Pudong International Airport is mainly for international airlines, while Hongqiao Airport is mainly for national airlines.
What is the city code of Shanghai?
Shanghai's area code: 021
