Xitang – water town near Shanghai

There are a few water towns near Shanghai.
Most known would be Suzhou. To get to Suzhou from Shanghai, it takes about an hour with the train. Of course you should see the old town in Suzhou! There are also 2 gardens in Suzhou and a lot of water…

Another nice water town would be Xitang. To get to Xitang from Shanghai, it takes about an hour with the train. Xitang is one of the less touristic water towns near Shanghai ; while Zhouzhuang would probably be the most commercial watertown of all of the existing water towns in the world. Never the less, Xitang has a romantic atmosphere with authentic Chinese residents. People are friendly and certainly not trying to get into your pockets in Xitang. You can take a small cruise on the river with those ancient-looking, typical chinese boats.