- Tour Routes
Urban Area Routes:1-day Tour: Huqiu, Xiyuan, Hanshan Temple, Liuyuan, Shizilin, (Wangshiyuan), Zhuozhengyuan.2-day Tour: (1st day) Huqiu, Panmen, Xiyuan, Hanshan Temple, Liuyuan.(2nd day) Canglang Pav...
- Agricultural and Ecological Tours---A Tour to Taste Crab In Yangchenghu Lake
Yangchenghu Lake, located in the northeastern suburbs, 10km away from Suzhou, is a lake well known at home and abroad for its richness of Dazha Crabs. Due to its limpid water, abundant waterweeds and ...
- Agricultural and Ecological Tours---A Tour to Visit Peasant Family in Yaoshang Village
Yaoshang Village, Guangfu Town in the western suburbs of Suzhou is located with its back to Taihu Lake and its face to a great mountain, where each family plants potted landscape, each family can embr...
- Agricultural and Ecological Tours---A Tour to Pick Tea Leaves In Yushan Mountain
Changshu Yushan Mountain is a national forest park. The natural ecological environment on the mountaintop makes Yushan Tea a tea totally free of pollution nuisance. Yushan Tea-picking Tour activity is...
- Agricultural and Ecological Tours---A Tour to Appreciate Plum in Taihu Lake
On Xishan Island of Taihu Lake, stands an imposing plum garden of nearly 10 hundred acres. During the blooming period, the whole island will be covered with white. In particular, there are more than 1...
- Agricultural and Ecological Tours---A Tour to Appreciate Fishing and Pearl-diving
Jinjihu Lake, located 4km southeast away from Suzhou, has an area of 750 hectares, in which all kind of fresh water fishes and pearl oysters are raised. It is the earliest artificial pearl-raising bas...
- Special Tours---A Tour of Ancient Waterside Town
Someone vividly compares the multitude of lakes in the Suzhou area to a handful of bright pearls scattered on the land. However, it is more suitable to use the comparison to describe the Ming-Qing anc...
- Special Tours---A Tour of Silk Culture
Suzhou is a famous City of Silk, with a longstanding reputation of having such a great daily output of silk, that it is sufficient to clothe the entire world. The Tour of Silk Culture is a tourist pro...
- Special Tours---Alley Tour by Bike, Ancient City Tour on a Tricycle or Bicycle
The famous historic city of Suzhou has maintained its double-chessboard city pattern of a combination of streets and rivers, with horizontal and longitudinal river courses and land routes crisscrossin...
- Large-scale Tourist Activities(1)
Huqiu Flower Fair, Temple FairIn order to expand Chinese folk culture and support Suzhou International Silk Tour Festival, Huqiu Mountain Scene Area has innovatively hosted Golden Autumn Huqiu Temple ...
- Large-scale Tourist Activities(2)
Love for the Land of Waters and Rivers-Rose Marriage CeremonyEach year, on 9th, October, seven cities in East China will jointly hold a Rose Marriage Ceremony. The theme of the activity in Suzhou is a...
- Large-scale Tourist Activities(3)
Listening to the Bell of the Cold Mountain Temple at the New Years Evehe activity of listening to the bell of Cold Mountain Temple at the New Years Eve was held annually since 1979. Now it has become ...
- Suzhou Taihu Pearl Resort
River flows around green hills, upon which flowers are in full blossom. Hidden in the brightness of flowers is the Pear Resort. Suzhou Taihu Pearl Resort is situated in the south west of Suzhou City. ...
- A Land of Rivers and Lakes---Diaohua Building
Also named as Spring Building, Diaohua Building is located at Dongshan Town in the southwest of Suzhou. Diaohua Building is an imitation of Ming Buildings. All the beams and rafters are carved, and th...
- A Land of Rivers and Lakes---Tongli Three Bridges
The Tongli Three Bridges are Located in the ancient Tongli Town, which is divided into 7 small islands by the 15 ´¨-like rivers in the town area. And these 7 small islands are linked together by 31 sma...
- A Land of Rivers and Lakes---Shanghu Lake
Also called Shanqian Lake (the Lake in Front of the Mountain) or Xihu Lake (West Lake), Shanghu Lake is situated in Changshu City, north of Suzhou. It occupies a water area of 12,000mu, which runs in ...
- A Land of Rivers and Lakes---Shihu Lake
Shihu Lake is one of the 13 scenic spots in Taihu Lake area, which earns its reputation for the historic relics of Wu and Yue Kingdoms and the beautiful pastoral landscapes of Jiangnan or the south of...
- A Land of Rivers and Lakes---Gusu City
Located in the Taihu Lake area, waterside Gusu City is a typical one in the southern area of the Yangtze River. There are many closely dispersed ports and interweaved rivers, which is also one of Suzh...
- A Land of Rivers and Lakes---Shuangqiao Bridges (Double Bridges)
Located in the ancient Zhouzhuang Village, the Double Bridges consist of an arch bridge and an ordinary stone bridge. It was named also as Key Bridge for its key-like shape. First built in Wanli Perio...
- A Land of Rivers and Lakes---Luzhi Town
Also called Fu Li, waterside Luzhi Town is an ancient town of cultural significance in the south of Yangtze River. It is located 25 kilometers to the east of Suzhou City. In Tang Dynasty, it was renam...
- A Land of Rivers and Lakes---Linwudong Cave (Forest House Cave)
Linwudong Cave is located on the Xishan Island of Suzhou Taihu Lake. In it, numerous stones stand like a forest, and its top is as flat as a house-roof. Thats why it was named Linwudong, which in Chin...
- A Land of Rivers and Lakes---Taihu Lake
The region of Taihu Lake is surprisingly enchanting. The lake itself is not very deep, yet it covers a wide area. And the mountains in this area are not very high, yet very delicate and pretty. 62% of...
- Historical and Cultural Scenic Spots---Cold Mountain Temple
First built between 502 A.D. and 519 A.D. in the Liang Dynasty of the Period of the Six Dynasties in Chinese history, it was initially named MiaoLiPu MingTaYuan, (which presumably is a transliteration...
- Historical and Cultural Scenic Spots---Baoshengsi Temple
Situated in Luzhi Town, east suburban area of Suzhou, Baoshengsi Temple has been put in the list of the Historical Interests and Cultural Relics under State protection. In a single-caved museum of ant...
- Historical and Cultural Scenic Spots---The Grand Canal in Suzhou
The Grand Canal in Suzhou, with wide surface, abundant and crystal clear water, has been the best part of the Grand Canal for shipping. The old canal is about 35km long from Hushu Pass to Wujiang City...
- Historical and Cultural Scenic Spots---Zijin'an Nunnery
Located in the south west of Suzhou city, Zijinan Nunnery was built in the early years of Tang Dynasty. The moderate-sized Arhat statues in the nunnery were suitably and vividly designed with differen...
- Historical and Cultural Scenic Spots---Panmen
Panmen is the best-preserved part of the ruins of ancient Suzhou City. In 514B.C., in order to make people live in peace, and to strengthen his control over the neighboring region so as to conquer the...
- Historical and Cultural Scenic Spots---Lingyanshan Mountain
Located 12.5km to the west of Suzhou City, the Lingyanshan Mountain is 1.5km away from Taihu Lake. The mountain is 18.2 meters high, and covers an area of 120 hectares. As a long-standing Buddhist res...
- Historical and Cultural Scenic Spots---Beisi Tower
Beisi Tower is the best among towers in Suzhou. It is one of the two symbols of ancient Suzhou City, with the other being Yunyan Pagoda on the Tiger Hill. 76 meters high, Beisi Tower is a nine-story c...
- Historical and Cultural Scenic Spots---The Scenic Resort of Fengqiao Bridge
With coverage of 45 hectares, the Scenic Resort of Fengqiao Bridge is situated near the old canal to the west of Suzhou City. Here many scenic spots and historic relics could be found, such as, the fa...
- Historical and Cultural Scenic Spots---Huqiushan
Noted as the No.1 historical and scenic spot in Wu region, the Tiger Hill is the earliest (built in Spring and Autumn Period) landscaped garden among the city gardens in China. With a long history of ...
- Garden Sceneries---The Amusement Park of Suzhou
With the uprising of modern recreations in China, the Amusement Park of Suzhou, which is praised as the Oriental Disney Land is built on the well-known Lion Hill. At the first sight of the lofty Lion ...
- Garden Sceneries---The Amusement Park of Suzhou
With the uprising of modern recreations in China, the Amusement Park of Suzhou, which is praised as the Oriental Disney Land is built on the well-known Lion Hill. At the first sight of the lofty Lion ...
- Garden Sceneries---Yipu
Yipu was once a very famous residential garden in Ming Dynasty. It was located in Wenya Alley, Wuqu Street in Lumennei District of Suzhou City. It is a very sequestered garden which has the artistic c...
- Garden Sceneries---Huanxiu Shanzhuang
Built in Qing Dynasty, Huanxiu Shangzhuang Garden is famous mainly for its art of rockery. The way in which the rocks were piled up is the best among the lakeside rocks and rockeries in Suzhou gardens...
- Garden Sceneries---Qiyuan
Qiyuan is located on the East Mountain by the Taihu Lake, 30km southwest away from Suzhou, with her back to a mountain and facing a lake, occupying an area of 70 acres. She was built by a Shandongese ...
- Garden Sceneries---Ouyuan
Originally named Sheyuan, Ouyuan is a famous garden built in Qing Dynasty. The garden is divided into two parts, the eastern part and the western part. The center of the garden is the residential area...
- Garden Sceneries---Wangshiyuan
Wangshiyuan an old site for Wanjuantang (Ten-thousand-book Hall). It belonged to Shi Zhengzhi, an assistant minister of Northern Song Dynasty and was once named by him as Fishing in Seclusion. During ...
- Garden Sceneries---Liuyuan
The name Liuyuan or Lingering Garden actually means lingering in the world. First constructed in Jiajing Period of Ming Dynasty (1522-1566), it is praised as one of the nations four famous gardens. Th...
- Garden Sceneries---Canglangting
Canglangting or the Surging Wave Pavilion was first built in the year of Jiashen during the Qingli period of Song Dynasty (1044 A.D.). It is the oldest garden in Suzhou. The Surging Wave Pavilion has ...
- Garden Sceneries---Yiyuan
First built during Tongzhi and Guangxu Period of Qing Dynasty, Yiyuan was the latest among Suzhous gardens, which enables it to combine the advantages of those in former dynasties and form a style of ...
- Garden Sceneries---Tuisiyuan
Located in Tongli Town of Wujiang County, Tuisiyuan is first built in the 13th year of Guangxu Period in Qing Dynasty. Ren Lansheng, the master of the garden was once the officer in Fengyang, Yingchua...
- Garden Sceneries---Shizilin
Shiziling was first built in the second year of Zhizheng Period of Yuan Dynasty (1342 A.D.) and is mainly known for its rockeries. The deep, quiet cavities and grooves wander around the rocks like a m...
- Garden Sceneries---Zhuozhengyuan
Zhuozhengyuan, or the Humble Administrators Garden, is one of the four famous landscaped gardens in our country. It is among the first group of Historical Monuments and Cultural Relics under State Pro...