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Suzhou Garden Tour from Shanghai: 4 Best Gardens in A Day
Suzhou Chinese garden
Suzhou Chinese garden
Suzhou Chinese garden
Suzhou Chinese garden

Suzhou Garden Tour from Shanghai: 4 Best Gardens in A Day

By Great Wall Hiking, Camping and Trekking Operator
Free cancellation available
Price is €367 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 10h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

1) The Classical Gardens of Suzhou are a group of gardens in Suzhou. panning a period of almost one thousand years, these gardens, most of them built by scholars, standardised many of the key features of classical Chinese garden design with constructed landscapes mimicking natural scenery of rocks, hills, and rivers with strategically located pavilions and pagodas. That is exactly why we want you to spend a whole day to touch the four most famous gardens in Suzhou by driving from Shanghai for about 1.5 hours.

2) The four finest gardens were selected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site to represent the art of Suzhou-style classical gardens.

3) Driving from Shanghai rather than taking a bullet train (although with frequent departures) can save you big hassle of the check-in and check-out at the train station where it is often chaotic and time-consuming. The highway between Shanghai and Suzhou is of great condition and very safe to use.

4) Excellent English-speaking guide.

Activity location

  • Humble Administrator's Garden
    • No.178 Northeast Road, Pingjiang District,
    • 215001, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Humble Administrator's Garden
    • No.178 Northeast Road, Pingjiang District,
    • 215001, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

Check availability

Suzhou Garden Tour from Shanghai: 4 Best Gardens in A Day
  • Activity duration is 10 hours10h10h
  • English

Pickup included

Starting time: 07:30
Price details
€367.23 x 1 Adult€367.23
Total
Price is €367.23

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedAll Fees and Taxes
  • What's includedWhat's includedSuzhou local style lunch

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Humble Administrator's Garden
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Built during the Ming Dynasty, Humble Administrator's Garden is the largest and most renowned classical landscape garden in Suzhou, covering an area of 5.6 hectares (13.8 acres). As one of the four most famous gardens in China, it is a 5A tourist spot listed in the Key National Historical Conservation Units and valuable cultural relics in the world.
The Lingering Garden
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
The Lingering Garden is a renowned classical Chinese garden and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was commissioned by Xu Taishi, an impeached and later exonerated official in 1593 CE. the garden is divided into four distinctly themed sections; East, Central, West, and North. The built elements of the garden are grouped by section. You will find those unique elements and styles during your guided tour.
Canglang Pavilion (Blue Wave Pavilion)
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
The Pavillion is variously translated as the Great Wave Pavilion, Surging Wave Pavilion, or Blue Wave Pavilion. Being a UNESCO heritage site, the Pavillion was built in 1044 CE by the Song dynasty poet Su Shunqin (1008–1048), on the site of a pre-existing imperial flower garden. The garden sits on a branch of the Fengxi Stream, which forms a lotus pond. The garden has 108 windows, each one with a unique design. Unlike other gardens, Canglang Pavilion emphasises the harmony between human-made buildings and the natural environment. Before entering the garden, you can see a beautiful green pool that is surrounded by weeping willows.
Master-of-Nets Garden
  • 2h
The Master of the Nets Garden in Suzhou is among the finest gardens in China. The garden demonstrates Chinese garden designers' adept skills for synthesizing art, nature, and architecture to create unique metaphysical masterpieces. The Master of the Nets is among garden connoisseurs for its mastering the techniques of relative dimension, contrast, foil, sequence and depth, and borrowed scenery.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESHumble Administrator's Garden
    • No.178 Northeast Road, Pingjiang District,
    • 215001, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEHumble Administrator's Garden
    • No.178 Northeast Road, Pingjiang District,
    • 215001, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

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