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Suzhou 3-Day Private Tour & Tongli Water Town
Product code 37561P233
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Available from Jul 31, 2020
Start times
8:30 AM
Travelers
Infant ages 0-3, Child ages 4-7, Adult ages 8-80
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Suzhou 3-Day Private Tour & Tongli Water Town
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Duration
72 hours
Ticket type
Mobile Only
Languages
English
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Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
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Suzhou 3-Day Private Tour & Tongli Water Town





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Duration
72 hours
Ticket type
Mobile Only
Languages
English
Confirmation
Instant
Pickup
Pickup details available
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Why Travelers Love This
1) Explore the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Humber Administrator's Garden; 2) Stroll at the Lingering Garden, see lotus ponds and bamboo groves in Summer; 3) Visit Panmen Gate - the oldest city gate of Suzhou; 4) Have a relax walk in Tongli Water Town - over 1000 years, which is one of the most fabulous water town in southern China, and learn about its history; 5) Enjoy the cruise down the Grand Canal; 6) Travel in an air-conditioned private vehicle;
Overview
1) Explore the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Humber Administrator's Garden; 2) Stroll at the Lingering Garden, see lotus ponds and bamboo groves in Summer; 3) Visit Panmen Gate - the oldest city gate of Suzhou; 4) Have a relax walk in Tongli Water Town - over 1000 years, which is one of the most fabulous water town in southern China, and learn about its history; 5) Enjoy the cruise down the Grand Canal; 6) Travel in an air-conditioned private vehicle;
What's Included
Included
Gas, toll & parking lot fees
All entrance tickets to the sights listed above
English-speaking tour guide service fee
Air-conditioned vehicle with a private driver
Not included
Accommodations
Meals
Gratuity to the guide and driver
Personal costs
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup details
Itinerary
Humble Administrator’s Garden - Suzhou Museum - Lion Grove - Guanqian Street
1 hour 30 minutesAdmission included
Humble Administrator’s Garden - Suzhou Museum - Lion Grove - Guanqian Street
Visit Humble Administrator's Garden was built in Ming Dynasty (early 16th century), dating back more than 500 years of history, is the representative works of classical gardens south of the Yangtze River. You will see hill house, Wave Corridor, kinds of bridges and pavilions in the garden.
Humble Administrator’s Garden - Suzhou Museum - Lion Grove - Guanqian Street
1 hourAdmission included
Humble Administrator’s Garden - Suzhou Museum - Lion Grove - Guanqian Street
visit thousands of rare cultural relics and unique architectures. This museum was designed by Leoh Ming Pei, a world-famous Chinese-American architect. It combines modern exhibition halls and classical gardens' architecture together.
Humble Administrator’s Garden - Suzhou Museum - Lion Grove - Guanqian Street
1 hourAdmission included
Humble Administrator’s Garden - Suzhou Museum - Lion Grove - Guanqian Street
It is one of the four most famous and representative gardens of ancient classical style in Suzhou City, mainly characterized by its lakeside rocks and rockeries. The name of the garden is derived from the shape of these rocks, which are said to resemble lions.
Humble Administrator’s Garden - Suzhou Museum - Lion Grove - Guanqian Street
1 hour
Humble Administrator’s Garden - Suzhou Museum - Lion Grove - Guanqian Street
Walk along Guanqian Street (the name of the street means a street in front of a Taoist Temple), this street is 760 meters long, consists of the eastern, middle and western sections, the main theme of the street involves eating, shopping and entertaining. Some shops have a history of over a hundred years.
Master of Nets Garden - Tongli Water Town
2 hoursAdmission included
Master of Nets Garden - Tongli Water Town
It is considered the Venice in Asia. One of the best water village located in Suzhou and is a well protected water township with thousand years history. Tongli has a similar history and natural scenery compared with Zhouzhuang, but is much less crowded. Tongli also has its own unique features which are worth exploring and experiencing. Tongli is divided into seven islands intersected by 15 canals. Because of the landscape, almost all of the buildings in the town are along the waterfront. In front of the buildings, small stairs leading to the canals were built, which are convenient for residents to wash clothes and for traveling around the town by boat.
Master of Nets Garden - Tongli Water Town
1 hour 30 minutesAdmission included
Master of Nets Garden - Tongli Water Town
Tour Master of Nets Garden - is unique for its small size and exquisite buildings, elegant landscape, and compact structure. The garden demonstrates Chinese garden designers' adept skills for synthesizing art, nature, and architecture to create unique metaphysical masterpieces.
Lingering Garden - Shantang Street - Suzhou Grand Canal Tour - Panmen Gate
1 hourAdmission included
Lingering Garden - Shantang Street - Suzhou Grand Canal Tour - Panmen Gate
It was first built in 1593 during in Ming Dynasty and it was a private residence of Xu Taishi, a bureaucrat of the Ming court. But now kept in the Qing Dynasty style, with a history of more than 400 years, the Lingering Garden has changed hands several times, each owner did his best to perfect it. It is known for exquisite architectural art. It boasts its fine gardening, luxurious and spacious hall, and collection of stones from Taihu Lake. The garden can generally be divided into four parts: the central, eastern, western and northern parts according to the style of the buildings.
Lingering Garden - Shantang Street - Suzhou Grand Canal Tour - Panmen Gate
1 hour
Lingering Garden - Shantang Street - Suzhou Grand Canal Tour - Panmen Gate
It is also well known as Seven mile Shantang, it is an ancient riverside pedestrian road that is very popular with tourists. This old street sector is only about 360 meters long, but it has the reputation of “miniature of the old Suzhou” and the “window of Jiangsu culture”. It was a commodities center, where merchants conducted business and community staged folk activities.
Lingering Garden - Shantang Street - Suzhou Grand Canal Tour - Panmen Gate
30 minutesAdmission included
Lingering Garden - Shantang Street - Suzhou Grand Canal Tour - Panmen Gate
Experiencing Suzhou by waterway afternoon after lunch. Relax yourself to take the 30 minutes Grand Canal tour, one of the 3 greatest projects in ancient China. Along the way, you will sea ancient city gates of Suzhou, more than 20 stone bridges in diverse styles of traditional designs, ancient river town dwellings and historical relics.
Lingering Garden - Shantang Street - Suzhou Grand Canal Tour - Panmen Gate
1 hourAdmission included
Lingering Garden - Shantang Street - Suzhou Grand Canal Tour - Panmen Gate
The last destination to see Panmen Gate that the oldest city gate of Suzhou and the only existing water and land gate in China. The gate is located on the south-west corner of the Main Canal Suzhou. Originally built during the Warring States Period in the state of Wu, historians estimate it to be around 2,500 years old. It is composed of two water passages, three land passages and the outside gate. The canal outside the gate is the oldest section of the Grand Canal that was also built 2,500 years ago. In its vicinity, there is a 1,000-year-old pagoda named Ruiguang Pagoda, the earliest pagoda in Suzhou; and the Wu Bridge, the entrance to the gate at that time over the water passage and the highest bridge in Suzhou at the time.
Additional Info
Wheelchair Accessible
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller Accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public Transportation Nearby
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation Wheelchair Accessible
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Surfaces Wheelchair Accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Physical Easy
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation Policy
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Refund eligibility
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