4-Hour Flexible Suzhou City Highlights Private Tour





Description
Explore few top attractions of Suzhou within your limited time. The half-day tour itinerary is fully customizable based on your personal interests. See the beautiful Humble Administrator's Garden, Tiger Hill, Panmen Gate, Jinji Lake and etc.. Take a boat ride along the old Grand Canal or walk along on the historic Pingjiang Road and Shantang Street to experience the local life. Private guide and transfer services are included
Tour Options
Itinerary
Meet up with your friendly private guide at your Suzhou hotel or Suzhou Railway Station based on your pointed schedule. Discuss your Suzhou things-to-do list with your guide. Of course, your knowledgeable guide will give you some suggestions, and he or she will customize your day based on your needs and interests. Below literary is just an example for you. Typically, start your tour from Humble Administrator's Garden first. Stroll around the ancient house with delicate pavilions, corridors, ponds, rockeries, walkways and lush green trees. Enjoy the picturesque view and hear the rich history from your professional guide. Sitting in the pavilion beside the pond, feel like stepping back in history.
Then, continue to Panmen Gate (or tiger hill). It is claimed to be the oldest ancient water and land gate in the world for the purpose of defense against enemy armies. Wander around the park see the well-maintained gate all as well as the pagodas. (If you choose to visit tiger hill, you will see the old leaning pagoda on the historic mountain with stories of famous monks)
Head up to famous Pingjiang Road, explore the historic street next to canal, with a large number of heritage buildings, old residences covered by plants, stone bridges as well as quaint shops and cafes. Enjoy the peace and serenity of the street while learn the glorious culture from your guide. As this tour is flexible, you can choose some other alternative attractions to visit, 1.Relaxing boat trip on the old Grand Canal 2.Lingering Garden 3.Lion Forest Garden 4.Net-Master Garden 5.Suzhou Museum 6.Hanshan Temple 7.Canglang Pavilion 8.Jinji Lake When tour is finished, you will be transferred back to your Suzhou hotel or Suzhou Railway Station.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Suzhou railway station (Let us know your train details in the special requirement)
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Please wear comfortable walking shoes
Reviews(8)
this was a well organised tour that showed us some main highlights of Suzhou. Good communication in advance from the operator, we were collected from hotel, taken to three spots where tickets had been bought in advance, had a good lunch and dropped back to hotel around. Lin our guide was full of information and flexible to change any plans or specifc requests we had. Recommend this trip
Hi Alena, it was great experiencing with Barbara, she is an excellent tour guide, very informative and has a great personality. We enjoyed spending time with her. We give her 10 out of 10 👍
Tracy was my guide and she was wonderful. The tour was full of history and beautiful architecture in addition to some really neat parts of the city. Being picked up at my hotel was also very convenient for me since English Map apps can be a little difficult to use in China. Can’t recommend the tour enough if you’re visiting Suzhou!
Experience in Suzhou was very nice, we visited some beautiful gardens and Jack explained important cultural and historic details, also was very nice with our requirements, we recommend this tour 100%
Very good guide! We love all the titbits that were shared by Jerry. He is very approachable and knowledgeable about the places we visited, namely Humble's Administrator Garden and Pan Men. We briefly went through Pinging Road as my mother was unable to walk much and he adjusted the experience accordingly for us. He kept asking us on our preferences to cater to our likings. His enthusiasm in sharing what he knows is extremely contagious, keeping us excited the entire time. At the same time, there were ample relaxing time for us to fully enjoy the beauties of Suzhou. I will definitely look for Jerry when I return again. Additional tip: Please ask Jerry to take pictures for you. He is a fantastic photographer and knows the best place to capture memories of your visit.
This tour was amazing and I highly recommend. My mother and I did the half day tour and came in from Shanghai. The train ride was easy (only 30 min by bullet train) and our tour guide met us right at the station with a warm welcome. We were able to fill our time with things we wanted todo and the guide is very flexible. Our guide Tracy was very informative with every place we went. She was able to tell us so much about the amazing history that the city holds. Having a guide really enhanced our experience and understanding of the beautiful city. We learned much more then we would be able to if we were on our own. If you’re looking for a quick get away Suzhou is the place to go!
Tracy and the driver met us at the train station and we set off to see Suzhou. She was an excellent guide and flexible regarding our interests. She took us to Tiger Hill and the Humble Administrator's Garden. Her knowledge appeared excellent and she was quite willing to answer questions, We also decided, last minute, to take a leisurely "gondola" ride. She accompanied us to the hotel and ensured we were checked-in before she departed. The booking process with Viator was pretty smooth and they were excellent communicators. Even though we had a minor "glitch," they worked to correct the issue to my satisfaction - which they diid! I will use them again. All in all, we had a great time in Suzhou and I recommend Viator.
We enjoyed this tour very much. You pick the place where you want to go. Our guide was very knowledgeable and the pace was just right to enjoy the Garden of the humble administrator and the PanMen gate. We highly recommend it. Thank you for making this a very memorable day. Cheers Andreas



