Shanghai Suzhou Day Tour
(Your Exclusive Vehicle and Tour Guide)

Pick up from your hotel in Shanghai around 8:00am. Drive about 1.5 hour and get to Suzhou - a well-known historical and cultural city, as well as a key scenic tourist one. The city is often dubbed as "The Venice of the East." Its famous private gardens are listed as World Culture Heritage.

First visit Humble Administrator's Garden. The Humble Administrator's Garden is one of the four most famous private gardens in Suzhou together with the Lion's Grove Garden, Canglang Garden and the Lingering Garden. The Humble Administrator's Garden is typical of the classical gardens in Ming Dynasty. The Humble Administrator's Garden is also on the top list of the most famous gardens in China.


Then move on to Pingjiang Road for a walk. This 800-year old street is the best preserved ancient "water lane" ( in contrast with "water town") in Suzhou. You cannot find a better place in China in which modernity and tradition match hand in hand.


After lunch, Then move on to Hanshan Temple - the temple used to be one of the 10 most famous temples in China. Hanshan Temple is a Buddhist temple and monastery in Suzhou which is located at the town of Fengqiao ( Maple Bridge), about 5 kilometres west of the old city of Suzhou.Temple has been famous since the Tang Dynasty. The temple compound is a scene of luxuriant green creating a secluded atmosphere.


Continue to visit Tiger Hill - one of Suzhou's famous site and symbol of Suzhou City. The hill is so named because it is said to look like a crouching tiger. The Tiger Hill covers about 14,100 square metres and is 36 metres in height. The Tiger Hill includes Tiger Hill Pagoda, Sword Testing Stone and Sword Pool, Lu Yu Well, Verdant Mountain Villa and Wanjing Villa.


After the tour in Suzhou, transferred back to your midtown hotel in Shanghai.

This tour is designed for your own traveling party and no other tourists will join you. So you have much flexibility and freedom. If you have any questions, or want more time for taking photos, just feel free to let your tour guide know. With your personal tour guide, you will have more interaction with the locals which will enrich your travel experience in Suzhou and Shanghai. It is a non-shopping private tour and no Hidden Fee!

On the evening before your departure early next morning, you will get a call to your hotel room or a message at your hotel front counter by your tour guide to reconfirm your next morning's pickup time which is normally set around around 8:00 am.

On the morning of your tour departure date, our tour guide will go to your hotel ahead of your pick-up time in the lobby, holding a sign with your name. When you come down to the hotel lobby, just look around for the sign to meet our tour guide.

You will have the narratives of local history and culture by your tour guide while you are comfortably sitting in the air-conditioned vehicle of your exclusive use and enjoying the views passing by.

Rush hours in Suzhou and Shanghai can cause serious traffic jam. We try our best to manage the traffic and keep your schedule.

All tours & transfers are all based in English Speaking local guides. For other languages, please contact our trip advisors for new quotations.

Price List for this tour (Price per person in US dollars)

Price inclusion: 1. All transfers and city transportation for your own use 2. Entrance fees and lunch as mentioned 3. Private car or van with English speaking guide 4. The above private escorted tour is customized for you, your family or your friends exclusively. No other travelers will join in your group.

Price exclusion: 1. Tips to your tour guide and driver 2.Travel insurance for your coverage of injury or accident

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