Tour Features:Suzhou, a well-known garden city with 'the streets and rivers go side by side while the water and land routes run in parallel', is praised as the 'Oriental Venice'. During this tour, you will not only visit the highlights in Suzhou, including Humble Administrator's Garden, Tiger Hill, Garden of the Master of the Nets and Lingering Garden, but also visit Zhouzhuang, the No.1 Water County of China. After traveling, you will know more about the south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
Day by Day Itinerary:
Day 1: Arrival in Suzhou (-/ L/ D)
Our guide will pick you up at Suzhou railway station and transfer to Hotel. The rest of the day is on your own to explore the city. Suzhou, a well-known garden city, is renowned for its beautiful stone bridges, pagodas, and meticulously designed gardens. Besides, it is also a water town with traditional architecture. Don’t forget to take a camera when you walk on the street of picturesque Suzhou.
Day 2: Suzhou (B/ L/ D)
Today, you will visit the Humble Administrator’s Garden first. Humble Administrator's Garden is the largest garden in Suzhou and the best representative of Chinese classical gardens. Focused on a central pond with pavilions, terraces, chambers, and towers located nearby, the garden is divided into the eastern, middle and western parts. Then, the Tiger Hill and the Garden of the Master of the Nets are waiting for you. Many of these historic helices on Tiger Hill can be traced back over 2,500 years to the time when Suzhou was initially founded. The Master of the Nets is one of the four renowned gardens and a piece of representative work of Suzhou gardens. Later, you will visit the Lingering Garden, an elaborate succession of small gardens and one of the four most famous gardens in China. All of this centers upon the broad expanse of a lake to form the poetic and picturesque garden landscapes and waterscapes with exquisite buildings and luxuriant vegetation.
Day 3: Suzhou - Zhouzhuang - Suzhou (B/ L/ D)
Drive to Zhouzhuang, the No.1 Water County of China. This town is surrounded by water with many branching streams, stone bridges and old residence with black tiles and white wells. Later, you will have a chance to visit the Hall of Shen’s residence, which was built in 1742 as a private property of the descendants of Shen Wansan, the first millionaire in the area south of the Yangtze River in the early Qing Dynasty. Then the Milou Tower and the Chengxu Taoist Temple will be visited. After that, Drive back to Suzhou before dinner time.
Day 4: Departure from Suzhou (B/ -/ -)
See off.
Itinerary: B: Breakfast AB: American Breakfast L: Lunch D: Dinner SD: Special Dinner
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