1-Day Yangzhou City Tour

- He Garden / Shouxihu

Trip Highlights - Attractions involved: He Garden, Ge Garden and Shouxihu in Yangzhou. Yangzhou city has a long history of more than 2500 years. It used to be a major trade exchange center for salt, rice and silk. The brilliant and rich history left the large number of treasures to this city. Though a small city, Yangzhou features an unbelievable amount of tourist places and activities. Yangzhou is famous for its long history and many well preserved Suzhou style gardens. This one-day Yangzhou City Tour of Gardens will offer a wonderful touring experience with its unique highlights.
Availability: Daily.      Pick-up Point & Time: Your hotel, 8:30am.      Finishing Point & Time: Your hotel, 5:00pm.      Duration: 8 hours.

Tour Itinerary:  (Lunch)
In the morning, your English-speaking guide will pick you up at your hotel in Yangzhou and take you to visit He Garden, which is the famous garden in the city with many traditional buildings. Then, you will visit Ge Garden, which is named after the left part of Chinese character of bamboo since the garden is most famous for all kinds of bamboos and exquisite designs of rocks. After lunch, you will visit the Shouxihu, which is a narrow lake with the plants, bridges, and pagodas at the banks of it. Then, you will be driven back to your hotel. (Service End)

Attraction Description
He Garden is a famous garden all over the country. It is regarded as "the No. 1 Garden in the late Qing dynasty". Built in 1883, its maze of buildings and residences combine some Western architectural styles, yet retain a nostalgic late Qing era feel.
Ge Garden is a private garden in Qing dynasty. The reason why Ge Garden got this name is  because many bamboos were planted in the garden in order to show the aspiration of straightness and upwardness. The main feature of Ge Garden is the bamboos and stones.
Shouxihu, known as "Slender West Lake" is one of Yangzhou's largest and most striking sights. Connoisseurs of gardens admire it because it combines the elegant presentation and careful planning of a small garden with the landscape and scenery of a larger lake.