Entrance fee: 100 yuan

Wooden boat: 80 yuan per person

Information: The Zhouzhuang Tourism Co., Ltd

Tel: 0512-5721 8001

http://www.zhouzhuang.net/　

How to get there:

60 km to Suzhou and 65 km to Shanghai.

Bus schedule from Shanghai, Suzhou, Kunshan, Qingpu district to Zhouzhuang:

From Shanghai:

Shanghai Stadium:

Bus leaves: 7:00, 9:05, 9:45, 12:10; Returns: 14:30, 16:30

Time: approx. 1 hour and 40 minutes.

More buses run during peak holiday periods

140 yuan per person (includes admission fee)

Tel: 021-64265555.

Hongkou Soccer Stadium:

Bus leaves: 8:00, 10:00; Returns: 15:00, 17:30

Time: approx. 2 hours

145 yuan per person (includes admission fee)

Long- distance bus station in Gongxing Road:

Bus leaves: 8:30, 9:30, 12:20, 13:00, 14:30, 15:30

Time: approx. 2 hours

21 yuan per person

Tel: 021-56630230.

From Suzhou:

North bus station: 6:55-17:15 (one bus every half hour); approx. 1.5 hours; 118 yuan per person (includes admission fee), Tel: 0512-67510351

Bus station at Wuzhong District: 7:30, 9:30, 13:00; approx. 2 hours; 15 yuan per person.

Kunshan or Qingpu bus stations: One bus every 10 minutes; approx. one hour; 6.5 yuan from Kunshan station, 9.5 yuan from Qingpu.

Hotels:

Zhouzhuang has good facilities set up for tourists. There are 30 hotels and hostels with 1,500 beds in total.

(China.org.cn February 2006)