Private Suzhou Tour including Lion Grove Garden and the Night Garden
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Private Suzhou Tour including Lion Grove Garden and the Night Garden

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Stop At: Suzhou Museum, 204 Dongbei Jie, Pingjiang District, Suzhou 215000 China

Visit the Suzhou Museum, which was designed by I. M. Pei, a Chinese American architect having designed John F. Kennedy Library, the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in USA and Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong ,etc and won the Pritzker Prize called the Nobel Prize of architecture,and in Suzhou Museum you can appreciate a lot of cultural relics and antiques which help you know more about Chinese history and culture.



Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Lion Forest Garden, No.23 Yuanlin Road, Pingjiang District, Suzhou 215001 China

Secondly,you will visit the Lion Grove Garden,was built in 1342 during the Yuan Dynasty by a Zen Buddhist monk, Wen Tianru, in memory of his teacher-Abbot Zhongfeng is famous for the large and labyrinthine grotto of taihu rocks at its center. The name of the garden is derived from the shape of these rocks, which are said to resemble lions."Of all the famous rock-gardens in history, only one has survived. Hence the name.By the way, this garden was owned by the family Pei and I. M. Pei spent his childhood in this garden before.


Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Suzhou Ancient Grand Canal, Guyunhe Travel Terminal, Side of Xinshi Bridge , Jinchang District, Suzhou 215004 China

After paying a visit to the garden you will have a canal boat cruise to Pingjiang Road which is about 1.6km long and an ancient canal-side street located in the city of Suzhou. Its surroundings have been around for more than 800 years lined with quaint old bookshops, local theaters, and traditional Suzhou houses with whitewashed walls and black tiles and different kind of gifts shops.



Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Pingjiang Road, Pingjiang District, Suzhou China

Visit the Pingjiang Road which is about 1.6km long and an ancient canal-side street located in the city of Suzhou. Its surroundings have been around for more than 800 years lined with quaint old bookshops, local theaters, and traditional Suzhou houses with whitewashed walls and black tiles and different kind of gifts shops.



Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Master-of-Nets Garden, No.11 Kuojiatou Alley, Daichengqiao Road, Canglang District, Suzhou 215006 China

Then you will visit the Master of the Nets Garden, originally called Ten Thousand Volumes Hall, was first constructed in 1140 by a high official who resigned from the Southern Song Dynasty government,and he often referred to himself as a fisherman because he hated the vicious competition in the Imperial Court so he wished to live like a fisherman, as an allusion to the simple life of a fisherman.The visit to the garden at night shows you different kinds of performances including Kunqu Opera performance, different musical instruments' performance, dancing,pingtan (one local artistic form) and so on.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

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Included
  • Professional guide
  • Public Transportation in Suzhou(subway,bus or taxi)
  • Special dim-sum dinner
  • A canal boat cruise
  • Dinner
  • Entry/Admission - Lion Forest Garden
  • Entry/Admission - Suzhou Ancient Grand Canal
  • Entry/Admission - Master-of-Nets Garden
Not included
  • Gratuities
  • Lunch
  • Transportation in Shanghai(between hotel and Shanghai Railway Station)
Additional
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Infant seats available
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
Features
Tourism
95%
Cultural
80%
Nightlife
15%
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