3 Days Suzhou Tours from Shanghai

Day 1

Today's Activities: Arrive in Shanghai; Airport to hotel transfer

Day 2

Today's Activities: Shanghai to Suzhou by private car
Yuyuan Garden (1.5 hours):

Situated in the Anren Street of the center of the Old Shanghai city next to the Chenghuangmiao(Town God's Temple) area of Shanghai, the Yuyuan Garden is considered one of the most lavish and finest Chinese gardens in the region. With an area of about 20,000 square meers, Yuyuan Garden was built in 1,577 by a government officer named Pan Yunduan for his parents. tourists could access the Yuyuan Garden from the nearby Yuyuan Garden station on the Shanghai Metro Line 10.

The Jade Buddha Temple was founded in 1882 with two jade Buddha statues imported to Shanghai from Burma by a monk named Huigen in 1,882. These were a siting Buddha (1.95 meters tall and 3tonnes), and a smaller reclining Buddha representing Buddha's death. The temple now also contains a much larger reclining Buddha made of marble, donated  from Singapore.

Shanghai Nanjing Road--the busiest pedestrian streets in China, includes two sections: Nanjing Road West and Nanjing Road East, beginning in the east at the Bund and ending at the junction of Yan'an West Street and Jing'an Temple in the west.

The area of the Bund centres on a section of Zhongshan Road (East-1 Zhongshan Road) within the former Shanghai International Settlement, which runs along the western bank of the Huangpu River, facing Pudong, in the eastern part of Huangpu District. Usually, the Bund refers to the buildings and wharves on this section of the road, as well as some adjacent areas. There are 26 buildings in diverse architectural styles, such as Baroque, Gothic, Classicism, Romanesque and the Renaissance etc. It is one of the most famous tourist destinations in Shanghai.

Located at the tip of Lujiazui in the Pudong district, by the side of Huangpu River, opposite of the Bund, the Oriental Pearl Tower was the tallest structure in China from 1994-2007, when it was surpassed by the Shanghai World Financial Center. It is the world's third tallest Tv Tower with a height of 468 meters only after towers in Toronto of Canada and Moscow of Russia.

Day 3

Today's Activities: Suzhou
Tiger Hill (2 hours):

Suzhou Tiger Hill is actually a large hillock with a height of 36 meters and an area of about 14,100 square meters. While climbing the hill, tourists will find some historical relics which can date back to more 2,500 years ago. Although Tiger Hill is relatively small, it has many wonderful attractions indeed, such as the Tomb of King He Lu, Tiger Hill Pagoda, Sword Testing Stone and Sword Pool, Lu Yu Well Verdant Mountain, and  Villa Qanjing Villa.

Grand Canal of China, or Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, is the longest canal or artificial river in the world. Starting at Beijing, it passes through Tianjin and the provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the city of Hangzhou. The oldest parts of the canal started from the 5th century BC, and the various sections finally combined during the Sui Dynasty(581-618CE). The total length of the Grand Canal is 1,776 kilometers.

Humble Administrator Garden is one of the four great gradens and considered the finest garden in southern China. Currently, this garden is only very loosely related to its earliest version, but closely resembles its late Qing appearance. With numerous pavilions and bridges set among a maze of connected pools and islands, the Humble Administrator Garden consists of three major parts set about a large lake.