Tongli Ancient Water Town Day Tour from Shanghai (Including Boat Ride)
Itinerary:
Shanghai downtown hotel ——Tongli Ancient Town (including hand-rowed boat experience) ——Lunch (at your own expense) ——Tuisi Garden ——Three Bridges Scenic Area ——Zhenzhu Pagoda Garden ——Return to Shanghai downtown hotel
Attraction Highlights:
[Water Town Boat Ride · Gliding Through a Painting]
The itinerary includes a hand-rowed boat experience in Tongli Ancient Town. Glide through the crisscrossing waterways in a traditional black-canopied boat, listening to the rhythmic sound of the boatwoman's oars. Pass under 15 ancient bridges dating from the Tang, Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties, with Ming and Qing architecture reflected in the water. The route is specially arranged to pass through the "Taiping, Jili, and Changqing" Three Bridges area, offering a waterfront perspective on the local "Walking the Three Bridges" blessing custom.
[Tongli Ancient Town]
Visitors can wander along stone-paved streets from the Ming and Qing dynasties, explore China's only waterside garden complex, and observe locals brewing tea beneath the riverside corridors—immersing themselves in the authentic atmosphere of a timeless Jiangnan water town.
[Tuisi Garden]
A UNESCO World Heritage site and a masterpiece of late Qing Dynasty waterside garden design, with all buildings constructed right along the water's edge. The garden features the "Nao Hong Yi Ge" stone boat, which seems ready to set sail, and a winding corridor with 108 uniquely patterned lattice windows, showcasing the pinnacle of Jiangnan garden artistry.
[Zhenzhu Pagoda Garden]
A Ming Dynasty imperial garden residence, reconstructed based on the love story legend of Zhenzhu Pagoda. The garden preserves the Ming and Qing layout of the Young Lady's Chamber and Yulan Hall, while the Taihu rockeries and emerald ponds in the rear garden form an exquisite landscape painting.
