A week across the delta at a walking pace.
West Lake, Hangzhou · Photo: Circa24, CC BY-SA 4.0
“Shanghai struck me as a magical place”
J. G. Ballard, Novelist, who spent his childhood in Shanghai in the 1930s. Miracles of Life: Shanghai to Shepperton (2008), as quoted on Wikiquote
Private air-conditioned vehicle
Pick-up: Pudong or Hongqiao airport, or your hotel
Airport meet and a Bund walk at dusk.
The Shanghai Museum and the Old City.
Tianzifang in the morning, the water town after lunch.
Transfer or train; the first UNESCO-listed garden.
Tongli’s canals and the Retreat & Reflection Garden, then the Hangzhou transfer.
The lake, a causeway walk, the temple and the tea hills.
High-speed train to Hongqiao, about 45 minutes per Wikipedia, and your flight.
From US$2,010 per private group of up to 2 travellers, with driver, guide and vehicle (estimate). Entry tickets and meals are extra, and so are hotels. We confirm the final price in writing within 12 hours.
Not by design. 240 hours is 10 days from the day after entry, so a 7-day trip is inside the limit, but you need an onward ticket to a third country and permission to stay in all the areas. We confirm both before quoting.
The places and figures named here were read from these pages on 2026-11-09. The route, timing and inclusions are our own plan.
A museum of Chinese art, a Ming-era garden and the river at dusk, in one unhurried day.
From US$220per private group of up to 2, estimate
Shikumen lanes, plane-tree streets and two ways of reusing old Shanghai.
From US$120per private group of up to 2, estimate
Canals and stone bridges inside the Shanghai municipality.
From US$300per private group of up to 2, estimate
