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If you are in the process of planning your Suzhou touror Shanghai tour, a glimpse of Zhouzhuang Water Town is worth your time. Zhouzhuang is reputed as the No.01 Water Town in China and "Venice in the East". Under the jurisdiction of Kunshan City, it is located 45km to the southest of Suzhou and 80km to the west of Shanghai.

Zhouzhuang stands out from the numerous water towns dotted around the Yangtze River Delta mainly due to its complete and well preserved old houses, bridges and canals coupled with unique culture annd history. Now Zhouzhuang has been included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Cultural Heritage Sites.

How to visit Zhouzhuang Water Town? There are plentiful buses running either from Suzhou or Shanghai to Zhouzhuang. Many local travel agencies operate daily bus tours visiting Zhouzhuang from Shanghai and Suzhou. So you can join in the coach tours starting from your hotel or go to your nearest long-distance bus station and jump onto a bus for Zhouzhuang.

Follow me to have a photo tour of Zhouzhuang.

Passing through the center of Zhouzhuang Town, then walk to the entrance to the old water town of Zhouzhuang.

Walk to the entrance to the old water town of Zhouzhuang

A traditional white-washed house

A boat ride offers people a close look at the historial houses and bridges

The beam bridge is across the river.

A stone hump bridge spans an narrow river

Rows of traditional houses stand by the rivers and bridges far away from the

Some houses have been turned into tea houses and restaurants

A few waterways are quite narrow

This is the famous twin-bridge

Tired of the noisy world and get lost in Zhouzhuang

Overlooking the river sandwiched by the traditional houses from a bridge

Boats are docking on the narrow canal

Enter Shen Mansion, the most wealthy family in Qing Dynasty

Shen Family's kitchen

Upturned roof or eaves along with white walls and black tiles reflected on the river.

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