Suzhou Classic Garden and Water Town Day Tour
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Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Humble Administrator's Garden, No.178 Northeast Road, Pingjiang District, Suzhou 215001 China
In the morning, your tour guide will pick you up at your Suzhou downtown hotel or Suzhou train station.
Your tour start with The Humble Administrator's Garden, it is the largest private garden in the northeastern part of Suzhou. It has been listed as one of the four most famous national classic gardens in China. The art of the Humble Administrator's Garden has a prominent position in the history of China's garden creation. It represents the historical characteristics and achievements of south-east China's private gardens.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
Stop At: Suzhou Yishang Silk Manufacture Factory, China, Jiangsu, Suzhou Shi, Wuzhong Qu, Dongwu N Rd, 173号5层
Later, you'll head to Suzhou No. 1 Silk Mill. Suzhou has a long and rich history of silk culture, including mulberry tree and silk worm cultivation and turning raw silk into beautiful fabric. Suzhou's climate and soil are perfect for silk production, and the city has been a center of China's silk trade for many centuries. The Suzhou No. 1 Silk Mill has been a proud steward of this heritage for over 80 years. It's more like a museum which shows you how the silk is made from cocoons from the beginning and the whole silk process. Not to be missed.
Duration: 50 minutes
Stop At: Tongli Town, Wujiang District, Suzhou 215217 China
After lunch, drive you to Tongli Water Town, it takes around 1 hour for one way. Tongli Water Town is one of the most famous ancient water towns in China, is famous for their rivers, ancient bridges and house complexes. Tongli is located a short drive from Suzhou and about an hour drive outside of Shanghai. Tongli Water Town deserves its name of a "museum of ancient architectures" as there are many houses and temples dating from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Designed along the riverside and embellished with carved windows, porcelain furniture, figured clay bricks, flying eaves, dapper gardens and tiny stairs leading all the way down to the water, these complexes named Tongli Water Town could be a shining pearl among the water townships south of Yangtze. The most famous bridges among the 49 bridges in Tongli are the three bridges called Taiping (means peace), Jili (luck) and Changqing (celebration) bridges, which has been important landmarks of the place and regarded as the sacred architecture by the locals.
Free on your own for a while until our tour guide transfer you back to your hotel or Suzhou train station and your tour ends.
Duration: 3 hours
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Humble Administrator's Garden, No.178 Northeast Road, Pingjiang District, Suzhou 215001 China
In the morning, your tour guide will pick you up at your Suzhou downtown hotel or Suzhou train station.
Your tour start with The Humble Administrator's Garden, it is the largest private garden in the northeastern part of Suzhou. It has been listed as one of the four most famous national classic gardens in China. The art of the Humble Administrator's Garden has a prominent position in the history of China's garden creation. It represents the historical characteristics and achievements of south-east China's private gardens.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
Stop At: Suzhou Yishang Silk Manufacture Factory, China, Jiangsu, Suzhou Shi, Wuzhong Qu, Dongwu N Rd, 173号5层
Later, you'll head to Suzhou No. 1 Silk Mill. Suzhou has a long and rich history of silk culture, including mulberry tree and silk worm cultivation and turning raw silk into beautiful fabric. Suzhou's climate and soil are perfect for silk production, and the city has been a center of China's silk trade for many centuries. The Suzhou No. 1 Silk Mill has been a proud steward of this heritage for over 80 years. It's more like a museum which shows you how the silk is made from cocoons from the beginning and the whole silk process. Not to be missed.
Duration: 50 minutes
Stop At: Tongli Town, Wujiang District, Suzhou 215217 China
After lunch, drive you to Tongli Water Town, it takes around 1 hour for one way. Tongli Water Town is one of the most famous ancient water towns in China, is famous for their rivers, ancient bridges and house complexes. Tongli is located a short drive from Suzhou and about an hour drive outside of Shanghai. Tongli Water Town deserves its name of a "museum of ancient architectures" as there are many houses and temples dating from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Designed along the riverside and embellished with carved windows, porcelain furniture, figured clay bricks, flying eaves, dapper gardens and tiny stairs leading all the way down to the water, these complexes named Tongli Water Town could be a shining pearl among the water townships south of Yangtze. The most famous bridges among the 49 bridges in Tongli are the three bridges called Taiping (means peace), Jili (luck) and Changqing (celebration) bridges, which has been important landmarks of the place and regarded as the sacred architecture by the locals.
Free on your own for a while until our tour guide transfer you back to your hotel or Suzhou train station and your tour ends.
Duration: 3 hours
Included
- Railway station pickup and drop-off at Suzhou railway station
- Bottled water
- Professional English & Chinese speaking tour guide
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Entry/Admission - Humble Administrator's Garden
- Entry/Admission - Tongli Town
Not included
- Gratuities
Additional
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
Features
Tourism
95%
Cultural
80%
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