Name: Zhouzhuang Zhengfu Caotang Hotel
Address: No.90 Zhong Shi Street, Zhou Zhuang Town, 昆山市苏州市 JS, China, 215325, Shanghai, Shanghai, Shanghai, 215325, China
Rating: 9

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Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport

Shanghai Botanical Garden

Jing An Temple

Sunan Shuofang International Airport

Taikang Road

Shanghai Art Museum

People's Square

Shanghai Museum

South Yunnan Road

Nanjing Road Shopping District

Shanghai Museum of Pen and Ink

Shanghai Natural History Museum

Old Town God Temple Snack Street

Yuyuan Bazaar

Yu Yuan Garden

The Bund

Shanghai International Convention Centre

Shanghai Natural Wild Insect Kingdom

Oriental Pearl Tower

Jin Mao Tower

Shanghai Science and Technology Museum

Zhouzhuang Zhengfu Caotang Hotel

Shanghai

Excellent ... Happy to be able to visit Zhouzhuang and even more when i found this hotel. I will definately recommend you if you are looking for an ancient and traditional while cozy hotel to stay in. The hotel is really taking care of its cleanliness and also the staffs are so friendly. They are really willing to help you anytime you need so you are just feeling that you are being pampered all the time.

Excellent and thumbs up

Just to be clear, this is the one in Zhouzhuang, not Tongli. 

Enjoyed our stay here as we loved Zhouzhuang and experiencing it in the evening and morning was well worth it. 

The room itself was nice but not amazing.  A lot of space wasted on a bathroom that in fact has very little to offer. But the hotel is really really pretty (and has a delightful kitten!) and the staff are fantastic especially when it comes to recommendations etc.
No English spoken I think.

Do stay a night in Zhouzhuang 

This is a lovely little hotel in Tong Li with only a few rooms, so make sure you book ahead.  The person at the front desk was very friendly.  We had booked our room through c-trip, and had no problems with the booking upon arrival.

The room was incredibly lovely, with beautiful antique furniture, including a comfortable bed and tea service on a day bed by the window.  Bathroom was spotlessly clean and had everything you could ask for.  

The hotel may be a little difficult to get to for those with disabilities, as a car would have to leave you on the other side of the quaint little bridge connecting to the old town.  But, if you are able bodied (and not incredibly lazy), don't miss out on the pleasure of this simple little gem.  For our return the very helpful attendant in the front (who might be the owner-- we weren't sure as our Chinese language skills are pathetic) got us a rickshaw which took us to the bus stop, along with our many pieces of luggage acquired from shopping sprees in Tong Li.

The gardens in the hotel are spectacular, as are the many well kept rooms that are, we think, used for tea ceremonies.

A little gem

Chose to stay in a small town for one night on our trip from Beijing to Shanghai instead of the more busy Suzhou to experience a water town. The Hotel really added to our experience, though we couldn't really enjoy the the courtyard in the evening, because there was a group of chinese having a tea ceremonies or whatever in one of the meeting rooms. They were talking the chinese way...
From the hotel, we explored the Old Town after our arrival at 16.00, had diner along the canals and the other morning we visited some gardens and took a boat ride. All very quiet and enjoyable.
The hotel and it rooms have a high quality, with luxurous bathrooms. Not so cheap (780 RMB), but that's what your choose for. Breakfast is included and just OK. 
Friendly service, though they don't speak English very well, but at least we could arrange a taxi to shanghai (400RMB).

relaxed stay in Tongli

We stayed at Zhouzhang - about an hour out of Shanghai - for three nights to experience some China outside the big cities.  Our hotel in Shanghai organized a long distance taxi for us for RMB500 oneway.  We did learn that the taxi can only go as far as the entrance gate to the old town - a few minutes from the hotel. Have the address written in Chinese and everyone will show you how to find the hotel, just a few minutes inside the old town gate.  We returned to Shanghai on the local bus for RMB 25 each - an adventure in itself.  It took a bit over an hour.
We booked through Bed and Breakfast in China, which worked well at http://www.bb-china.com. The hotel was like one of the museum houses we had visited.   It was a grand two-storey house, built around two central courtyards, with living rooms you could sit in.  The guestrooms were upstairs overlooking the second courtyard.
Our room was the middle room, with ensuite, couch and a view over tiled roofs to the pagoda. 
The hotel included a basic and acceptable breakfast. 
Be warned that there is little English at the hotel or in town. No TV at the hotel, but who needs that to interrupt an outstanding experience of China?
We were there in winter.  In better weather, you could have walked out of town into the country.

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