Tiger Hill 虎丘7:30am - 6pm
More than 2,500 years ago the king of Wu, He Lu, died in a battle fighting the Yue. His son buried him on the hill. The story goes that three days after he... Address: 8 Huqiu Mountain
虎丘路8号
Tel: 0512 6532 3488
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North Temple Pagoda 北寺塔8am - 6pm
Over 1,700 years ago, during the Three Kingdoms period, Buddhism finally began to take root in China. It was at this time that Sun Quan ruled the kingdom of... Address: 652 Renmin Road
人民路652号
Tel: 0512 6753 1197
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West Garden Temple 西园寺7:30am - 5:30pm
Recently, through no fault of our own, we became the caretakers of four tiny little turtles. They weren’t eating, so we turned to Google for a little help.... Address: Xiyuansi Rd.
留园路西园弄18号
Tel: 0512 6533 1860
Tel: 0512 6534 9825
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Suzhou Taihu National Tourism Vacation Zone 苏州太湖国家旅游度假区7:30am – 6pm
Sometimes it's good to get out of town and go to a place where there are no taxis, few busses and no flashing lights. Lake Tai is just the spot. It is the... Address: Lake Tai National Tourism and Holiday Zone, 2 Wanghu Road
太湖国家旅游度假区望湖路2号
Tel: 0512 6651 4700
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Pinjiang Lodge 平江客栈24 hours
Since the beginning, we’ve been givin’ you the skinny on hotspots around town. Unfortunately, most of these places charge an admission, so we’ve... Address: 33 Niujia Lane, Pingjiang District
平江区钮家巷33号
Tel: 0512 6523 3888
Tel: 0512 6523 3868
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Lion Forest Garden 狮子林7:30am – 6pm
In 1342, the monk Tianru wrote in a poem, "People say that I am in a city, but I suspect that I am among thousands of mountains." He was either inebriated or... Address: 23 Yuanlin Rd.
园林路23号
Tel: 0512 6727 8316
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Humble Administrator's Garden 拙政园8:15am -4:15pm
The Humble Administrator’s Garden was started in the fourth year of the Ming dynasty's Zhengde period, that’s round about 1509 A.D. Along with the Summer... Address: 178 Dongbei Street
东北街178号
Tel: 0512 6753 9869
Tel: 0512 6753 7002
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Canglang Pavilion (Blue Wave Pavilion) 沧浪亭Mar 1st – Nov 15th 7:30am - 5:30pm; Nov 16th – Feb 29th 7:30 - 5pm
Let us preface this by saying that next month we will not be featuring hot spots that include any of the following: bamboo gardens, strange rocks, brightly... Address: 3 Canlangting Street
沧浪亭街3号
Tel: 0512 6529 3109
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Garden of the Master of the Nets 网师园8am - 5pm
The Master of Nets Garden is tucked right behind Shiquan street. It is one of the smallest gardens in Suzhou but also one of the best. On warm nights the... Address: 11 Kuojiatou Lane
阔家头巷11号
Tel: 0512 6529 3190
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Baitang Arboretum 白塘生态植物园
The weather is quickly changing, and now is the time of year that most of us start to think about all of the things that we didn’t get done this summer.... Address: Shitang Rd.
石唐路
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Suzhou Pingtan Opera House & Theatre Museum 苏州戏曲博物馆8:30am - 4:30pm
It started out like things often do, with a joke. A 5 kuai ticket purchased. We sat down in the front row surrounded by dozens of Suzhou's friendliest... Address: 14 Zhongzhangjia Lane
中张家巷14号
Tel: 0512 6727 3741
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Han Shan Temple 寒山寺7am - 6pm
A temple is a temple, and at all too many of them, be they Daoist, Buddhist or Confucian, the monks have disappeared and been replaced by annoying people... Address: 24 Hanshansi Lane
寒山寺弄24号
Tel: 0512 6533 6634
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Evening Garden Entertainment 网师园夜间娱乐园7:30pm - 10pm
It’s a bit pricey, but strolling around this quaint garden at night is, well, dare we say romantic. There are great performances of traditional music,... Address: Garden of the Master of the Nets, Off of Shiquan Jie (near Fenghuang Jie)
网师园内
Tel: 0512 6529 3190
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Lingering Garden 留园7:30am - 5pm
Okay. Last month we said no more gardens for a while. Things changed when friends showed up from out of town and we got snowed in. We weren't looking for the... Address: 79 Liuyuan Road
留园路79号
Tel: 0512 6557 9466
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Cheng Huangshan Daoist Temple 苏州吴中城皇山道院
Address: Chenghuangshandao, Zhangqiaocun, Wuzhong Economic Development Zone
吴中经济开发区张桥村城皇山道院
Tel: 0512 6655 3722
Tel: 0512 6655 2565
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Temple of Mystery 玄妙观7:30am - 4:45pm
Address: Guanqian Street
苏州观前街
Tel: 0512 6770 6327
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Da Cheng Men 大成门8am - 5pm
Sometimes you never know what you're going to find when you go walking in this city. The maps are hard to read and almost never to scale. But on those days... Address: Across from Canglang Pavillion
沧浪亭对面
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Coiled Gate 盘门
Address: 2 Dongda Street
东大街2号
Tel: 0512 6526 0004
Tel: 0512 6530 0827
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Wuzhong Chenghuangshan Daoist Temple 苏州吴中城皇山道院
Address: Chenghuangshandao, Zhangqiaocun, Wuzhong Economic Development Zone
吴中经济开发区张桥村城皇山道院
Tel: 0512 6655 3722
Tel: 0512 6655 2565
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East Garden 东园8am - 5pm
Having been in Suzhou for a long time, we thought that we had been to or at least heard of all of the UNESCO World Heritage Site gardens in Suzhou. A couple... Address: 5-1 East Baita Road
白塔东路5-1号
Tel: 0512 6777 9664
Tel: 0512 6729 5184
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Suzhou Baimajian Ecology Garden Dragon Pond Scenic Spotlandscape 苏州白马涧生态园龙池风景区景观
Address: 83 Beiyuan Rd.
北园路83号
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Wetland Folk Museum and Garden 定园7:30am - 5:30pm
We don’t want to talk about the goose. We don’t want to talk about it, but we feel obliged to do so here. Just once. If we don’t look out for you, who... Address: 1 Pufu Road, Huqiu Road
虎丘路普福路8号
Tel: 0512 6557 3228
Tel: 0512 6583 1947
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Heshan Park 何山公园
Address: 462 Changjiang Rd.
长江路462号
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Hubin Park 湖滨公园
Address: Suxiu Rd.
苏绣路
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Guihua Gongyuan 桂花公园5:30am - 10pm
This park is covered in flowers during most times of the year. Here you catch a glimpse of people doing tai chi and water brush calligraphy. You can also see... Address: 1 Zhuhui Rd.
竹辉路1号
Tel: 0512 6519 3556
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Suzhou Zoo 苏州动物园 8am - 5pm
Tickets: 10RMB
Busses: 301, 305
Zoos are a funny thing, so are people. We can be pretty uncaring towards each other. We too are just animals. For us,... Address: 5-1 East Baita Road
白塔东路5-1号
Tel: 0512 6727 5937
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Suzhou Children's Park 苏州儿童公园
Address: West Taihu Rd.
太湖西路
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Suzhou Amusement Land 苏州乐园
Address: 87 Jinshan Rd.
金山路87号
Tel: 0512 6805 5654
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