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This was a good day out. I would definitely recommend this trip. The water village is beautiful and something different from the city of Shanghai. The tour guide was informative and spoke excellent English. Thumbs up!
Reviewed by: Shane P, United Arab Emirates, August 2007
Our tour turned out to be private, just the two of us, the guide, and driver. Our guide was wonderful, funny and full of interesting stories about life in China. She taught us some Chinese too. Much of the tour is spent on the road. Suzhou is a good hour from Shanghai, Zhouzhuang an hour and a half, and the roadside scenery is just flat open land dotted with factories. It is still interesting, though. We loved the boat ride in the water village. We went on a Monday, so it wasn't at all crowded at either stop. the silk factory visit was okay if you're shopping for silk, though lunch there was pretty awful. We were steered to the "Western buffet" -- try to get the "Chinese buffet" if you can.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United States, August 2007
Great trip. Driver and suide successfully overcame difficulties we had with local traffic and made the trip a great experience.
Reviewed by: Dan L, Canada, May 2007
I found the trip worthwhile. The tour leader spoke good English and was knowledgeable about the places we visited. He did fall asleep though on our long journey to and from Suzhou and I thought it would have been more interesting if he could have told us about the areas we were traveling through.
I particularly enjoyed the silk research institute and Zhouzhuang Water Village. The lunch provided was a nice meal at a very nice restaurant.
Experiencing Suzhou was okay, not on the top of my list of things to do outside of Shanghai. Zhouzhuang was a lot more interesting. I think if our driver wouldn't have nodded off while driving out to the countryside, the tour would have been a lot better. It just put a damper on the tour itself. However our tour guide was fantastic, informative and a lot of fun to be around.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United States, March 2008
The garden we visited was small, as they all are in the area. The number of people visiting whilst we were there ensured it was not possible to enjoy the area or take photos that reflect the true nature of the garden. Lunch was a disaster: poor food and again too many people. The Water Village saved the day from being a total disappointment
Reviewed by: Michael K, Australia, November 2007
I have been to these places before on another tour. What these guys need to do was better coordinate the time so that Zhouzhuang had more time. Very rushed due to bad time management. Beautiful places though.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, Australia, January 2007
This was OK, but I think there was too much time for shopping and not enough time for sightseeing, especially in Suzhou.
Reviewed by: Wlodzimierz H, Denmark, November 2006
