Suzhou Flexible Guided Day Trip by Private Car with Lunch Option

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1. Your local friendly tour guide and the driver will pick up you from Suzhou hotel, railway station and any suzhou place. And then you will start your Suzhou gardens tour. There are several gardens for you choose, like Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden, Master of the Nets Garden, Lion Grove Garden and so on, As private tour you will enjoy a fully flexible itinerary. Your local guide also can give you advise as your interest.

   2 hAdmission included

2. Next you will travel Pingjiang road, located in the heart of the old city, Pingjiang Road is the best preserved and largest scale historical street in the area. With a history of 800 years. When you walk in the Pingjiang historical block, the road was still the old paved roads; the river was still green and clear and the residence was still as quiet as before. Waling on the Pingjiang road, you can see all the scenery was as beautiful as a painting. One of the best ways to enjoy the charm of Pingjiang Road and its surroundings is by taking a traditional boat ride along the canals. Local boatmen often row you through the narrow water lanes, giving you a different perspective of the area. It's a relaxing and picturesque way to explore the old town of Suzhou.

   1 h

3. Pingjiang road is also brimmed with stores and restaurants selling Suzhou-style crafts and cuisines. Our guide will arrange local food for you as lunch.

   1 hAdmission included

4. Next head to Panmen Gate, Pan Gate is part of the ancient city wall built in 514 BCE that surrounded and protected Suzhou. Pan Gate was the only entrance to the wall that surrounded ancient Suzhou. It is also known in China for its architecture. It is so famous for its complex of both land and water city gates that many times, people directly refer to it as the "Land and Water Gate". In order to attract more tourists, in recent years, the city of Suzhou has renovated the old wall and built many other attractions around the original gate in the Pan Gate Scenic Area.

   2 hAdmission included

5. Next you will travel Shantang street, Shantang Street, also called Seven-mile Shantang, is a prosperous ancient street block built in 852 AD. Visiting this old place, you will see many featured old houses selling local food, delicate handicrafts and feel the real flavor of old Suzhou and Wu culture in ancient times. After Shangtang street, you have a good tour in Suzhou. Our guide and driver will take you back to your hotel, railway station or other suzhou place.

   1 h

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

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How it compares in Suzhou

• Its from-price is 33% below the median of the 21 city tours we list in Suzhou.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• By number of reviews it ranks 3 of 21.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Suzhou

Suzhou, an old canal city west of Shanghai, is known for its classical gardens, whitewashed houses and stone bridges over narrow canals.

Suzhou has been a centre of wealth and culture for more than two thousand years, and its scholars and wealthy families built gardens as private retreats. Nine of them are inscribed by UNESCO, among them the Humble Administrator's Garden, the Lingering Garden and the Master of the Nets Garden, with rockeries, ponds, pavilions and zigzag corridors arranged to make small spaces seem large.

Top-ranked sights in Suzhou: Pingjiang Road (Pingjiang Lu), Zhouzhuang Water Town, Humble Administrator's Garden (Zhuo Zheng Yuan).

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