Info About Suzhou Travel - China Vacations

This article is about the Suzhou travel and China vacations.  You can find some useful information in it if you are planning your Suzhou travel now.

Suzhou is a city on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and on the shores of Lake Taihu in the province of Jiangsu, China. The city is renowned for its beautiful stone bridges, pagodas, and meticulously designed gardens which have contributed to its status as a great tourist attraction. Since the Song Dynasty (960-1279), Suzhou has also been an important centre for China's silk industry and continues to hold that prominent position today. The city is part of the Yangtze River Delta region.

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(1). Zhuozhengyuan Garden: Zhuozhengyuan Garden features of the garden is divided, and the layout very tricky limited spaces, fully adopted by the King and King and other garden art, it goes without Zhuozhengyuan Garden in the United States, Some say Zhuozhengyuan Garden of Suzhou gardens in the first four. This Zhuozhengyuan is a classical Chinese garden, and is one of China's four famous garden. Its address is: 178 Loumenneidongbeijie Street, Suzhou. To get here, you can take the Line You 1, 2, 5 or Line 2, 3 city bus to the station named "Zhuozhengyuan". The ticket price is 70 rmb for the peak season ( 03/01 - 05/31 and 09/01 - 11/30 ) and 50 rmb for the slack season ( 06/01 - 08/31 and 12/01 - 02/29 ). You can see the azalea holiday and water lily holiday if you visit here in the peak season. The office hours: 8:15 - 17:30.

(2). Tiger Hill (Huqiu): Tiger Hill is an artificial hill and the burial place of He Lu. Regarded as the founder of Suzhou (in the 6th century BC ) he is believed to be protected by a white tiger which came to visit the grave. Tiger Hill is famous for its scenery and popular with tourists.Tiger Hill is 36 meters high, 630 meter in perimeter with a total area of 20 hectare (200,000 sqm). Formed about 150,000,000 years ago, Tiger Hill's history can be traced back to 2500 years ago, the same time with the ancient Suzhou city. To get here, you can take the Line You 1, You 2 or Line 8, 49 city bus. The ticket price is 60 rmb for the peak season ( 03/01 - 05/31 and 09/01 - 11/30 ) and 40 rmb for the slack season ( 06/01 - 08/31 and 12/01 - 02/29 ). You can see the temple fair here if you visit the Tiger Hill in the peak season.  ( To get more information about the China vacations, Beijing flights and Lhasa travel, you can visit our site: Travel2ChinaInfo Dot COM )

(3). Lingering Garden: The Lingering Garden is one of the four classical gardens in Suzhou City. In the Jianing reign of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), an official named Xu Jiongqing from the Taipu Temple built two gardens here: one in the east and the other in the west.The one in the east is the predecessor of today's Lingering Garden. To get here, you can take the Line You 1 , You 2 or Line 11 city bus. The ticket price is 40 rmb for the peak season ( 03/01 - 05/31 and 09/01 - 11/30 ) and 30 rmb for the slack season ( 06/01 - 08/31 and 12/01 - 02/29 ). You can see a specail show named "Wuyulanxun" here if you come here in the peak season. The office hours: 7:30 - 17:00.

Transportation:
There are express train services between Suzhou and Shanghai every day and it only takes 40 minutes to get to Suzhou from Shanghai. Suzhou has 3 bus stations that provide bus transportation service to Shanghai: Suzhou south bus station, Suzhou north bus station and Suzhou west bus station. The bus is available every 20 minutes and the cost is about 26 - 30 rmb. It takes 1 hour and 20 minutes to get to Shanghai from Suzhou by bus. These buses can drop you at Hengfenglu Street, Hutailu Street, Xujiahui Hongqiaolu Street or Pudong Bailianjin Street, Shanghai. For the taxi service in Suzhou, the flag-fall price is 10 rmb (for the first 3 kilometers). You will need to pay 1.8 rmb for one kilometer after these 3 kilometers. If you get a taxicab after 23:00, you will need to pay a 30% extra fees. Because many famous scenic spots in Suzhou are located in the small sideways and it will be impossible for the taxicabs to get there, you can choose the manpower three-wheeled cart car. The "flag-fall" price is 2 rmb and you will need to pay 2 rmb for every kilometer. Travelling in Suzhou with these manpower three-wheeled cart cars can be very a spceail experience for your China vacations. :-)  Another good option for your transportation in Suzhou is the bike rental, you can find lots of bike rental stores near the Pingmenqiao bridge (in the east of the Suzhou railway station). The cost is about 2 rmb for 4 hours; 3 rmb for 5 - 6 hours, 5 rmb for a whole day.

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