Suzhou and Zhouzhuang Water Village Tour: Discover Gardens, Bridges and Ancient Towns
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Suzhou
Embark on a captivating tour of Suzhou and Zhouzhuang Water Village, where you'll discover enchanting gardens, ancient bridges, and historic towns. Explore UNESCO gardens, temples, and museums in Suzhou, then venture to Zhouzhuang to experience its tranquil canals and Ming and Qing era residences. Enjoy the flexibility of a personalized itinerary and convenient pickup and drop-off from your hotel or the railway station.
Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • The Classical Gardens of Suzhou - Meet your private guide and the driver at your Suzhou hotel or Suzhou railway station if you travel by train. Spend few mins discuss with your guide about the places to visit in Suzhou. As private tour, the itinerary is 100% flexible and can be customized around you. Following is the suggested itinerary, be sure to let your guide know if you need make any changes.
    First choose to visit one of the city’s most famous gardens: The Humble Administrator’s Garden, Lingering garden or Master of the Garden of Nets based on your own preferences. With stunning example of ancient architecture from different dynasties, the amazing Suzhou gardens retains immaculate oasis features, Taihu rocks, delicate pavilions, ponds, and lush flowers and trees and different types of Bonsai tree.

  • Suzhou Silk Museum - After exploring the garden, visit Suzhou’s best-known silk factory, located in the former Japanese concession and once housed in what was the Japanese consulate. Learn the process used to produce China’s famous silk, from the tiny silkworms to the beautiful finished garments. If you have seen the silk process you could choose to visit one of the other top attractions such as Beisi temple, Pan Man Scenic area or Leaning Pagoda on the Tiger Hill.

  • Suzhou Ancient Grand Canal - Then take a break and savor a delightful local lunch with the recommendation from your guide.

  • Zhouzhuang Water Town - Afternoon drive to Zhouzhuang water town , famed as the first water town in China ,take a stroll along the canal to soak up its charms and admire its ancient twin bridges, in addition visit Mr. Shen Wansan’s House, the courtyard residence of a 14th-century tycoon whose wealth inspired the envy of the first of China’s Ming emperors. Admire the classical architecture of Shen’s House as you learn about his fascinating life, and take the relaxing gondola boat trip along beautiful canals to fully appreciate the beauty of \

What's Included
  • Up to 8-hour private tour.
  • Experienced driver with air-conditioned car.
  • Local tasty lunch.
  • Professional private guide.
  • Selected Suzhou city site entry (with All Inclusive Tour).
  • Canal boat ride (with All Inclusive Tour).
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Boatride in the cancal town ( If all inclusive tour is not booked)
  • Entrance fees If “ All inclusive Tour” is not booked
Additional Information

Unearth the allure of Suzhou by discovering its captivating gardens, bridges, and a UNESCO garden like Humble Administrator’s garden or Lingering garden. Choose to visit temples or museums according to your taste. In the afternoon, tour Zhouzhuang, a top-tier national attraction also famed as China’s numero uno water town. Discover ancient stone bridges, peaceful canals, and residences from the Ming and Qing eras guided by a local expert. Benefit from a flexible schedule, with pick up and drop off service included from a central Suzhou hotel or the Suzhou railway station.

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Please wear comfortable shoes
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • Operates in all weather conditions,please dress appropriately
Location
The Classical Gardens of Suzhou
No.12 Gongyuan Road, Canglang District,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Krishna_s
Dec 22, 2023
Sudden trip? No problem! - We just booked one day before for this tour. But we are being handled well with Sunny. Sunny contacted us and said that Lulu would guide us. Overall, the experience was terrific, and Lulu was a great tour guide, experienced and helpful. I will recommend it to friends. Thanks Sunny and Lulu.
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Irene_c
Oct 29, 2023
Excellent experience of beautiful Suzhou and Zhou Zhuang - Our guide Sunny is knowledgeable and experienced to explain the culture and tradition of Suzhou and Zhou Zhuang. She took time and patiently waiting when we browsed the shops and while we made purchases. I recommend highly Sunny service and hope to join her other tours in the future.
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Hunkybackpacker
Oct 28, 2023
Great tour - Great sites to see, and a very attentive guide. A bit of pressure to buy things, but I'm a pushover on that type of thing.
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David
Sep 26, 2023
Thank you Sunny! - Sunny was great - informative, friendly, flexible. She made us comfortable, shared a lot about all the places we visited, had lunch with us, etc. We booked this only the afternoon before, but Sunny was responsive in negotiating a place to meet, and on the start time. We also appreciated the flexibility at the end of the day, where she adjusted the itinerary so we would have less travel time back to our hotel. We are happy we did this! (2 adults and older teen)
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Karissa
Jul 30, 2023
Perfect Tour of Suzhou & Zhouzhuang! - I have an amazing day with Sunny as my guide! I started with the Master of the Nets Garden in Suzhou, a more tranquil experience compare to some of the other gardens. It was just perfect! Next stop was the silk factory where I got to see the whole process of producing silk. We stopped for lunch where I tried some Suzhou specials! And finished my day with a boat ride in Zhouzhaung - simply magical! Sunny is so knowledgeable and an absolute blast. She made my day meaningful and FUN. Thanks again, Sunny!!
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Vincent
Oct 29, 2019
Review of: Private Suzhou Tour and Zhouzhuang Water Town Visit- Sophie Jiang - I never thought of having a wonderful time before we met Ms Sophie Jiang! We indeed spent a specular day at Suzhou and ZhouZhuang Village in the coming passed Saturday. Sophie definitely deserves to be called a 5 star golden metal tour guide. She is charming, funny, knowledgably about Chinese culture, language. She indeed excited us to have more question back to her with her lovely smile! We started with a tour to Suzhou city. Sophie gave us some options on the garden selection at Suzhou. There are so many greatest gardens in Suzhou and normally it is a tough question to ask – which one you want to go if you want to visit typical one within one day. Sophie was so patiently described the details to us during our way to downtown from our hotel- W Suzhou. She recommended Lion Grove Garden based on our interest and her knowledge. This was so effectively to save us time and maximized our interest to Suzhou within such short time of the tour. Sophie has a perfect English and we were surprised to know that she learnt English by herself without going aboard or attending from a foreign college- she learnt English from Youtube ! Although I grew up at China and I was lucky to know her and learned a lot from her on the Chines culture and the meaningful puzzles observed at Lion Grove Garden. She also came to know our interest to Suzhou silk and brought us to the Suzhou first silk factory. We came to know a lot about the history of the silk and origin of the industry. She is so caring, and mostly important, she is a beautiful girl with smart smile and full answers whenever to your questions. Also she is a smart girl with excellent photographing techniques and knows the best places and moment to take photos for us. Finally she performed the Qun Opera to us to make a greatest close remark of our trip. We love to have Sophie to be with us and we will come back with her if we have chance. Introduce her to my friends, sure, I highly recommend Sophie Jiang.
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