{"id":17408,"date":"2015-07-11T04:40:57","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T20:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=17408"},"modified":"2021-09-16T07:54:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T23:54:24","slug":"how-to-visit-wuzhen-water-town-from-hangzhou-and-shanghai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/shanghai-travel\/how-to-visit-wuzhen-water-town-from-hangzhou-and-shanghai","title":{"rendered":"How to Visit Wuzhen Water Town from Hangzhou and Shanghai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wuzhen Water Town is one of the best preserved ancient water towns in the Yangtze River Delta, China. Other famous water towns include Tongli Water Town<\/a>, Zhouzhuang Water Town<\/a>, Nanxun Water Town<\/a> and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wuzhen Water Town is located in Tongxian, Zhejiang Province, 130 km southwest of Shanghai and 90 km northeast of Hangzhou. It is a two-and-half-hour\u2019s drive from Shanghai to Wuzhen. You may take a daily long distance bus from Shanghai South Bus Station to Wuzhen.There are also daily buses from Hangzhou General Passenger Bus Station ( east station ) to Wuzhen, a two-hour\u2019s drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wuzhen Water Village have two zones which are open to tourists: Wuzhen Dongzha (East Scenic Zone) an Wuzhen Xizha (West Scenic Zone). Both the two zones are charged separately. Most people choose to visit East Area which is getting very crowded and commercialized. Some local residents still live in Wuzhen Dongzha (East Area).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wuzhen Xizha ( West Area) is composed of 13 isles circled by water, next to the Grand Canal, a typical Yangtze River Delta water village. There is shuttle bus service running between the two zones \u2013 Wuzhen East Scenic Zone and West Scenic Zone. Entrance Fee: RMB120 (day time ) and RMB80 (in the evening).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will see old wooden houses built on water, stone arch or flat bridges, stone pathway and elaborate wood and stone carvings. Many of the riverside buildings have been transformed into restaurants, bars, shops, guesthouses and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below are some of the pictures taken on my recent trip to Wuzhen, a good side trip either from your Hangzhou tour<\/a> or Shanghai tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

East Scenic Zone (Dongzha) 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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East Scenic Zone (Dongzha) 1<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

East Scenic Zone (Dongzha) 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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East Scenic Zone (Dongzha) 2<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

East Scenic Zone (Dongzha) 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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East Scenic Zone (Dongzha) 3<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

East Scenic Zone (Dongzha) 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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East Scenic Zone (Dongzha) 4<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

East Scenic Zone (Dongzha) 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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East Scenic Zone (Dongzha) 5<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

East Scenic Zone (Dongzha) 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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East Scenic Zone (Dongzha) 6<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

East Scenic Zone (Dongzha) 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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East Scenic Zone (Dongzha) 7<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

East Scenic Zone (Dongzha) 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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East Scenic Zone (Dongzha) 8<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Add On <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo Album of Wuzhen Water Town<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tip:  Hassle-free China Guided Tours<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you don\u2019t want to go the do-it-yourself route and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours,  here are some options for China guided tours:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top China Private Tours<\/a>
Top China Small Group Tours<\/a>
Top China Train Tour<\/a>
Top China Yangtze Cruise Tour<\/a>
Top China Silk Road Tour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Top 10 Places to Visit in China<\/a>
10 Fascinating Facts about China<\/a>
How to Pack for your China Trip<\/a>
Plugs and Sockets in China<\/a>
China Tour Packages<\/a>
Learning Useful Chinese Phrases for Travellers <\/a>
How to Recognise Chinese Currency<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top 10 Travel Experiences in China<\/a>
10 Most Scenic Drives in China<\/a>
Top 10 Most Beautiful Mountains in China<\/a>
Top 10 Most Beautiful Lakes in China<\/a>
Top 10 Most Beautiful Grasslands in China<\/a>
Top 10 Most Beautiful Rivers in China<\/a>
Top 10 most beautiful waterfalls in China<\/a>
Top 10 Places to See Autumn Leaves in China<\/a>
Top 10 Most Beautiful Villages in China<\/a>
Top 10 Old Towns in China<\/a>
The 10 Most Beautiful Museums in China<\/a>
Top 10 China Tourist Scams<\/a>
Top 10 Souvenirs in China<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any questions, just drop a  line.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wuzhen Water Town is one of the best preserved ancient water towns in the Yangtze River Delta, China. Other famous water towns include Tongli Water Town, Zhouzhuang Water Town, Nanxun Water Town and so on. Wuzhen Water Town is located in Tongxian, Zhejiang Province, 130 km southwest of Shanghai and 90 km northeast of Hangzhou….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[138,40,1914],"tags":[2887,2888],"class_list":["post-17408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hangzhou-travel","category-shanghai-travel","category-zhejiang-travel","tag-how-to-get-to-wuzhen-from-hangzhou","tag-how-to-get-to-wuzhen-from-shanghai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17408"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17408"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27529,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17408\/revisions\/27529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}