1-Day Side Trip to Suzhou

- Shanghai-Suzhou Tour

Trip Highlights - Attractions Involved: Suzhou Garden of the Master of the Nets, Silk Factory, the Grand Canal, Tiger Hill. One-day Shanghai - Suzhou Tour combines the excitement of Shanghai‘s vitality and busyness with the beauty and tranquility of Suzhou's canals and gardens to create memories that will last a lifetime. You can find many things so different from Shanghai in its neighboring cities, such as elegant gardens in Suzhou. Located just 100 kilometers from Shanghai, Suzhou and its exquisite gardens are famous throughout the world for their harmonious and classic style.
Tour Availability: All Year Round.          Tour Destinations: Shanghai - Suzhou          Tour Duration: 1 Day.

Tour itinerary (Lunch)
In the morning, pick you up from your hotel by private vehicle and English speaking tour guide around 8:30am, and then drive 1.5 hours to Suzhou. First visit Net Master Garden, the best and most celebrated as a model Ming Dynasty Garden in all of Suzhou. Though Suzhou is famous for its gardens, you are not recommended to spend all time in gardens. So the tour will be continued by visits to a fabulous library, the Silk Factory and Old City Walls. After lunch, you will be arranged to take a Grand Canal Cruise and finish the tour with Tiger Hill. Afterwards, you will be driven back to your hotel in Shanghai. (Service End)

Attraction Description 
Garden of the Master of the Nets is a clear example of that the smallest package can contain the most magnificent gift. It is the smallest but most impressive one because of its efficient space utilization which creates an illusion of much more spacious than its…
Silk Factory: Silk is a very important commodity and trading item in China every since the beginning of the Silk Road in Eastern China. Suzhou is the best place to raise silkworms, so it produces best quality silk products. When in Suzhou, it's better to visit a silk factory…
Grand Canal of China is one of the longest ancient canals or artificial river in the world. The Grand Canal begins in Tongxian County in Beijing and ends in Hangzhou which makes it roughly 1776 kilometers long and the major water consevancy in ancient China…
Tiger Hill, known as Huqiu in Chinese, is a popular but tranquil place to go wonder around and learn about some of Suzhou history for its natural beauty and historical sites. The hill itself has a very long history with several paths, waterfalls and pagodas to explore…