Shanghai Suzhou Bus Day Tour ( Closed )
Departure Date: Daily
Tour Description
Pick up from your mid-town hotel around 7:30am in Shanghai. Drive about 1.5 hour and get to Suzhou - known historical and cultural city, as well as a key scenic tourist one. The city is often referred to as "The Venice of the Earth." Its famous private gardens are listed as World Culture Heritage. You will be arranged to visit the following highlights in Suzhou including lunch:
Lion Grove Garden (1 hour): Lion Grove Garden is well-known for the large and labyrinthine grottos of Taihu rock at the garden’s center. The name derives from the shape of these rocks which seem to be a group of lions.Lion Grove Garden is one of the four classic gardens in Suzhou.
Suzhou Museum & General Zhong Former Residence (1 hour): Suzhou Museum is a museum of ancient Chinese art, paintings, calligraphies, and handmade crafts. Covering an area of 10,700 square meters, Suzhou Museum exhibits four permanent collections related to this artistically flourishing era: Wu Treasures, Wu Pagoda Relics, Wu Arts and Crafts, and Wu Paintings and Calligraphy housing about 30,000 cultural relics.
Suzhou No.1 Silk Factory - Shopping (40 minutes)
Local Restaurant-Lunch (1 hour)
Master-of-Nets Garden (1 hour): The Garden of the Master of the Nets is really a masterpiece， the best and most celebrated as a model Ming Dynasty Garden in all of Suzhou. The good use of space is the most effective thing about this garden. Rock arrangements and beautiful fish pools match each other as do the house and garden parts. The garden also holds many structures of using lattice windows to frame views of flowers or bamboo.
ShanTan Ancient Street (1 hour): Suzhou's Shantang Street is one of Suzhou's famous ancient streets with a long history of about 1,100 years. Its layout and architecture mostly represent the characteristics of Suzhou's old alleys. The street scenery, shops and architecture are in traditional style, providing great opportunities for some photographs. Lots of cafes on both sides of canal with great shopping.
Drive back to Shanghai and Drop-off service at your hotel before 6:00PM
Lion Grove Garden (1 hour): Lion Grove Garden is well-known for the large and labyrinthine grottos of Taihu rock at the garden’s center. The name derives from the shape of these rocks which seem to be a group of lions.Lion Grove Garden is one of the four classic gardens in Suzhou.
Suzhou Museum & General Zhong Former Residence (1 hour): Suzhou Museum is a museum of ancient Chinese art, paintings, calligraphies, and handmade crafts. Covering an area of 10,700 square meters, Suzhou Museum exhibits four permanent collections related to this artistically flourishing era: Wu Treasures, Wu Pagoda Relics, Wu Arts and Crafts, and Wu Paintings and Calligraphy housing about 30,000 cultural relics.
Suzhou No.1 Silk Factory - Shopping (40 minutes)
Local Restaurant-Lunch (1 hour)
Master-of-Nets Garden (1 hour): The Garden of the Master of the Nets is really a masterpiece， the best and most celebrated as a model Ming Dynasty Garden in all of Suzhou. The good use of space is the most effective thing about this garden. Rock arrangements and beautiful fish pools match each other as do the house and garden parts. The garden also holds many structures of using lattice windows to frame views of flowers or bamboo.
ShanTan Ancient Street (1 hour): Suzhou's Shantang Street is one of Suzhou's famous ancient streets with a long history of about 1,100 years. Its layout and architecture mostly represent the characteristics of Suzhou's old alleys. The street scenery, shops and architecture are in traditional style, providing great opportunities for some photographs. Lots of cafes on both sides of canal with great shopping.
Drive back to Shanghai and Drop-off service at your hotel before 6:00PM
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Booking Note
1. It's a busy day with much walking. So be sure to wear comfortable shoes and have a good sleep the day before.
2. Normally free hotel Pickup is available if you are staying at a midtown hotel in Shanghai. For home pickup or pickup far from the downtown, please contact our trip advisor for more information.
3. The traffic in Shanghai is very bad sometimes. So we would like to have your patience if our driver and tour guide are a little bit later than the pre-arranged pick-up time due to traffic jam.
4. We offer Chinese lunch. Usually the tourist meals have a bad name. But we try our best to improve the quality of the lunch on the tour.
5. We do arrange some shopping on the tour as listed. Chinese tourist shops have a very bad name on the internet. Actually the things are not so bad as it is. The shopping stops are nice places for you to relax and at the same time to make use of the short time to familiarize yourself with the local products as well as help create more jobs for local people. The shopping is not compulsory.
6. If you feel you enjoyed yourself and have had a great time, gratuities are greatly appreciated.
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| Price inclusion: 1. Entrance tickets as listed 2. Pick-up service from hotel 3. Air-conditioned tour coach 4. English Speaking tour guide 5. Typical Chinese lunch |
Price exclusion: Tips to the guide and driver |
Travel Tips:
Wear casually and pay attention to the climate in Shanghai
Special features:
1. Only English-speaking travelers in the coach;
2. Well- trained English Speaking tour guide;
3. Keep about ten travelers in a 9 seat Jin Bei Van or 22-seats air-conditioned coach.
Notice from TB
1. All rates on Tour-Beijing.com are subject to reconfirmation from our trip advisors when an actual booking is being made.
2. Tours price are net and non-commissionable.
3. Child definition: from Age 3 to 11 Years. Contact our trip advisors to check if discount rate is available for your kids. Basically, children under 1.2m in height will get child discount rate, except bus tours.
4. All tours & transfers are all based in English Speaking local guides. For other languages, please contact our trip advisors for new quotations.
Reservation Notes
| ● | Personal online booking information below must be provided or book by email  ：Full Name, Nationality, Gender, Names of Travelers, Flight No., Arriving Time and Start Date. You are also welcome to call us at (+86)18611964400 ( 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Monday through Saturday). Tour Beijing will not refund any losses due to missing or incorrect information. |
| ● | All rates on Tour-Beijing.com are subject to reconfirmation from our trip advisors when an actual booking is being made. |
| ● | Child definition: from Age 3 to 11 Years. Contact our trip advisors to check if discount rate is available for your kids. Basically, children under 1.2m in height will get child discount rate, except bus tours. |
| ● | All tours listed on website are all based in English Speaking local guides. For other languages, please contact our trip advisors for new quotations |
| ● | Cash or Prepayment (Paypal, credit card payment, wire transfer, AliPay, WeChat Pay). Both RMB and USD are acceptable. Your actual mode of payment will be confirmed by your trip advisor. Basically, only bus tours (day tour) accept cash payment on the day. |
| ● | When your booking is confirmed, you will get a confirmation email or call from us, which includes the confirmed detailed itinerary with prices. |
| ● | When your booking is confirmed, you will get a confirmation email or call from us, which includes the confirmed detailed itinerary with prices. |
| ● | The cancellation fee: to be confirmed by trip advisor, based on different itineraries and different policies. |
| ● | The schedule can be adjusted by your tour guide due to the actual traffic condition. |
| ● | You are strongly recommended to book this tour at least 35 days in advance to secure the land arrangement involved and avoid the risk of being canceled. |
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