How to Get to Tongli Water Town from Shanghai 2025

For a perfectly smooth journey from Shanghai to Tongli Water Town, we highly recommend China Discovery’s Private Transfer Service. The drive from downtown Shanghai to Tongli Water Town typically takes approximately 1~1.5 hours under normal traffic conditions. Tourists can enjoy stress-free rides between airports, train stations, hotels, and attractions in comfort with our professional drivers and premium vehicles, maximizing your time for exploration.

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Taking a high-speed train is the most efficient and budget-friendly way to travel from Shanghai to Suzhou. Shanghai operates more than 300 high speed bullet trains to Suzhou daily. These trains mostly departs from Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station and Shanghai Railway Station and arrive at Suzhou Railway Station and Suzhou North Railway Station. The fastest train takes only 23 minutes. Check more about Shanghai to Suzhou Trains >>

In addition to taking the train, there are alternative transportation options available for traveling from Shanghai to Suzhou. Check more about Transfer between Shanghai and Suzhou >>

Option one: take metro

To reach Tongli Water Town from Suzhou, take Metro Line 4 from Suzhou Railway Station with 50 minutes' ride. After arriving at Tongli Station, Tongli Water Town is 3 km away. Tourists can take a short taxi ride (5~10 mins), hop on bus (10 mins), or walk (30~40 mins) for the final leg to Tongli. Check more about Suzhou Metro Lines >>

Option two: take a bus

If you happen to encounter the metro rush hour and prefer to avoid the crowds, you can opt to take the bus instead. There are accessible buses from Suzhou North Plaze Bus Station (Suzhou Beiguangchang Bus Station) to Tongli Water Town. The whole trip covers about 33 kilometers and takes about 50 minutes. Located in the north square of Suzhou Railway Station, Suzhou North Plaze Bus Station is easy to get to after you arrive at Suzhou Railway Station by train. Check more about How to Get to Tongli Water Town from Suzhou >>

Generally, a classic Suzhou tour takes about 1~2 days. Visiting Suzhou, you can't miss elegant Suzhou gardens, like Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden, Master of the Nets Garden, etc. You can choose one or two of them for a great garden delight. Other must-be-visited sights in Suzhou City include Suzhou No.1 Silk Factory from which you can watch the process of silk making from silkworms to elegant products, Tiger Hill which is known as the first sight in Suzhou, Suzhou Museum which is designed by I. M. Pei and Suzhou's old canalside roads (like Pingjaing Road and Shantang Street), etc. If you like Jiangnan watertowns, you can visit Tongli, Zhouzhuang or Luzhi to have a wonderful time.

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If you want to explore more about Jiangsu Province, you can travel to Nanjing - the old capital city of 6 ancient dynasties, Wuxi - a beautiful lakeshore city, Yangzhou - old culture center of southern China, etc. Check more about Jiangsu Tours>

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In fact, most people travel Suzhou with Shanghai - the best gateway city to Suzhou, and Hangzhou which has long been on a par with Suzhou since ancient times. Generally, it needs 2~3 days enjoying Shanghai's highlights and another 2~3 days appreciating the poetic beauty. Check more about Shanghai Suzhou Hangzhou Tours>

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Since 2012, we have helped numerous customers visit Suzhou and surroundings. With our fully-inclusive private tour packages, all of our customers enjoyed their trips to the exquisite gardens, peaceful watertowns, informative silk factory or museum, old Suzhou streets, etc. Some of them kindly shared their precious photos and stories about their Suzhou journey, just get inspired now.

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Besides the wonderful travel stories, many customers who visited Suzhou with China Discovery also send us their first-hand feedbacks about their trip, feel free to read the Suzhou Reviews and learn what they say about their experience. If you want to start your Suzhou tour now, don't hesitate to contact us.