Shanghai · TRAIN EXPERIENCES
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These are the 15 best bullet-train trips right now: what each one costs, how long it takes, and the kind of traveller it suits. Start at number one and work down.
Private Suzhou day trip from Shanghai with hotel pickup and bullet train options. Gardens, canal streets, Tiger Hill, boat ride, lunch.
“Excellent tour. Our guide Annie was great. She provided good explanation and her English is excellent. Good sense of humour as well. Knowledgeable about the history.”
Private Suzhou day trip from Shanghai by bullet train with a guided tour, lunch, and an all-inclusive option with boat, rickshaw, and gardens.
“We really enjoyed the trip. Xin is very nice, kind, helpful, patient and knowledgeable. excellent service.”
Take a private day trip from Shanghai to the Southern Great Wall near Linhai by bullet train, with an English guide, lunch, and old-street food.
“Excellent service from hotel pick up to hotel return. Emma had a lot of relevant info to share and is fluent in english.”
Shanghai to Suzhou by bullet train: Humble Administrator’s Garden, Pingjiang Road rickshaw, Panmen Gate, Grand Canal boat, lunch.
“Caroline was our tour guide, she was on time, very tentative and cheerful. She was informative and made the whole tour experience memorable. Our driver Qiqi was also great! Highly recommend!”
Private bullet-train day trip from Shanghai to Linhai’s Southern Great Wall, with garden time, a local buffet lunch, and Ziyang Old Street.
“Our guide Jennifer provides great service! She cintacted me ahead of time and had the day well-planned out. She is knowledgeable about the history. Definitely recommended!”
Private bullet-train day trip from Shanghai to Hangzhou for West Lake, Longjing tea, and Lingyin Temple with an English guide.
“Berlin is an amazing tour guide. She is professional and happy to share with me the best food spots in town. She even helps me plan my trip to the tourist spots for the next couple of days.”
Private Hangzhou day trip from Shanghai by bullet train with West Lake, Lingyin Temple, Longjing tea, Feilai Peak, and Hefang Street.
“Shirley was amazing. Very friendly, caring, genuine, and prompt. Can’t recommend her enough. Would highly recommend this tour.”
One-way Shanghai Pudong airport to hotel transfer by Maglev, with meet-and-greet and private car. Up to 268 mph ride in about 8 minutes.
“I highly recommend this especially for those visiting Shanghai for the first time. The driver patiently waited for me for an hour due to some delay at immigration. He was very knowledgeable and very professional. He took excellent photos of me on the Maglev train which was a great experience!”
Private Suzhou day tour from Shanghai with door-to-door pickup, UNESCO gardens, Panmen Gate, silk learning, canals, and included admission.
“Very efficient pre-tour contacts via WeChat with Jenny made everything easy and smooth. If you book with them, try and ask for Apple to be your guide: she is professional, knowledgeable, and a lovely person. Jenny was available also for help in Shanghai after the tour. Remarkable experience.”
Private Suzhou day trip from Shanghai by bullet train: UNESCO gardens, canal-town stroll, Tiger Hill and a Grand Canal cruise with an English guide.
“Our guide Sammi has been fantastic. She is very nice He knows a lot about Souzou and explains very well. She was willing to help us at all times”
Skip PVG taxi chaos with a meet-and-greet, an 8-minute Maglev ride, and private car transfers for a smooth start and finish in Shanghai.
“The tour guide was excellent and spoke excellent English”
Private Shanghai-to-Beijing day trip by bullet train to Mutianyu Great Wall, with cableway, guide, and door-to-door transfers.
“I booked a private tour through Viator and the experience was fantastic. Special thanks to Summer who was our private guide. Her knowledge and understanding of the history allowed us to have an unforgettable experience.”
Private Hangzhou day trip from Shanghai by bullet train with West Lake cruise, Faxi Temple, Longjing tea tasting, and hotel pickup.
“To start off Viator says we must contact our local guide to ensure local pickup at a hotel and only gives a phone option to do so. We only had phone data service so wasn't able to call the number, but luckily the number popped up in WeChaRead more”
Hotel pickup and one-way Maglev ride from Shanghai to PVG airport, escorted in English to beat traffic and check in fast.
“Thoroughly recommend Mr Tom. He picked us from our hotel and saw us all the way through to check-out. Excellent English and most forthcoming on local sights and customs. The easiest way to catch the Maglav.”
Bullet train to Suzhou with hotel pickup, a private English guide, garden classics, canal boat views, and flexible canal-street time.
“Kelly, the owner of Melody Tours, is a true professional, meeting us at our hotel just to say hello and introduce us to Jessica, our guide. Jessica was great: highly knowledgeable, completely fluent in English and very friendly. Highly recommend using them, and would certainly do so the next time we're in Shanghai.”
