Suzhou Private Day Tour including Panmen Gate, Cruise, Pingjiang Road, Gardens

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

Firstly, go to the Master of the Nets garden,which is 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.


Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Panmen Gate, No.1 East Street, Canglang District, Suzhou 215002 China

Secondly you will visit Panmen(盘门),which is a historical landmark in Suzhou and located on the south-west corner of the Main Canal or encircling canal of Suzhou. Originally built during the Spring and Autumn period in the state of Wu, historians estimate it to be around 2,500 years old. It is known for the "three landmarks of Pan Gate". They are the Ruiguang Pagoda, the earliest pagoda in Suzhou built in 247, the Wu Gate Bridge, the entrance to the gate at that time over the water passage and the highest bridge in Suzhou at the time, and Pan Gate. The Ruigang Pagoda is constructed of brick with wooden platforms and has simple Buddhist carvings at its base.



Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes

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

After your morning tour,your guide will take you to a nice local restaurant where you can enjoy some local yummy food.

In the afternoon,you will 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: Suzhou Ancient Grand Canal, Guyunhe Travel Terminal, Side of Xinshi Bridge , Jinchang District, Suzhou 215004 China

After paying a visit to the museum you will have a boat ride in small canals. Suzhou reputed as "Oriental Venice" has almost an area of 3700 square kilometers covered with water and boat cruise in small canals is very popular for tourists' sightseeing.



Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Pingjiang Road, Pingjiang District, Suzhou China

Then you will wander on Pingjiang Road ,which is an ancient canal-side street located in the city of Suzhou and the road and 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 20 minutes