Zhouzhuang Transportation

The best and cheapest way to visit Zhouzhuang would be to join a day-tour organised by a local Shanghai tour agent. There are numerous tour agents in Shanghai offering day-tours to Zhouzhuang catering to the domestic Chinese market. The prices are very reasonable. I paid RMB 120 for a full day tour of Zhouzhuang which includes the admission fee of RMB 100. The tour bus will pick you up from your hotel in downtown Shanghai at 0730 hours and will return to the hotel around 1800 hours. Lunch is an extra RMB 20 in a local restaurant in Zhouzhuang.
The tour is conducted in Mandarin and is suitable if you can speak and understand Mandarin. The agent that I used was Shanghai Gongxiao Travel Service Co Ltd located at the southern concourse of the Shanghai Railway Station at 702, Hengfeng Road. Call the 24-hour hotline to make your reservation. Payment is made when you board the tour bus.