Private Day Tour: Exploring Historic Suzhou's Highlights from Shanghai by Car or Train

Embark on a private day tour from Shanghai to explore the historic highlights of Suzhou. Visit the iconic Panmen Gate, indulge in a delicious lunch on Shantang Street, discover the art of silk-making at a renowned factory, and marvel at the beauty of the Master of Nets Garden.

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Panmen Gate - See the 14th-century Panmen Gate and surrounding scenic area near the remaining city moat and walls. Feel like your on the Great Wall of Southern China and surrounded by water.
  • Master-of-Nets Garden - Explore the best of Suzhou’s UNESCO-listed gardens. Savor the exquisite landscapes, created in 1342 by a Buddhist monk, as you…
What's Included
  • Choose a flexible start time that suits your schedule
  • Travel with the convenience of an optional hi-speed train
  • Enjoy the ease of central Shanghai hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Stay hydrated with complimentary bottled water
  • Savor a delightful included lunch
  • Experience personalized attention with a personal tour guide
  • Travel in comfort with a premium car and driver
What's Not Included
  • Tips-recommended
Additional Information

Experience the essential sights of ancient Suzhou, which encompasses the Master of Nets Garden, during a 9-hour exclusive day trip departing from Shanghai. Discover the impressive Panmen Gate encircled by historical edifices, savor a complimentary lunch on Shantang Street, explore one of the leading silk manufacturing facilities in China, and wander…

Location
Panmen Gate
No.1 East Street, Canglang District
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(41 Ratings)
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Clairechennai
May 2, 2025
Book Jenny’s Shanghai Tours of you want top service and memorable visits! - I was traveling solo to Shanghai and am so glad I booked Jenny’s Tours: one day to Hangzhou and one day to Suzhou. Both guides were speaking perfect English and were very friendly, enthusiastic and helpful. They shared many awesome stories about Chinese history and myths. They also helped me with getting excellent vegetarian food. I recommend it warmly!
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Chiehlingl3
Apr 27, 2025
Great Day out at Suzhou and Tong Li - My friend and I took this tour on 26/4/25. We enjoyed the tour tremendously mainly because our tour guide,Nora, was excellent. She is very knowledgeable and engaging. She is also helpful, accommodating and funny. We learnt so much from her clear and detailed explanation about the places en route n the places we visited. The Administor’s Garden is very beautiful and interesting. Despite the crowd it is well worth a visit. The平江 pedestrian shopping street was great fun with plenty to see, eat and shop. The water town Tong Li is very enjoyable, interesting and relaxing for us  Time and money for this tour was very well spent. Highly recommend.
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Mariaelizza_m
Apr 2, 2025
Must Visit City :Suzhou - We are a family of three and the door to door service private Tour is definitely worth what you pay for. Nora is an excellent and Knowledgeable guide and provided exceptional service. The noodle lunch in a local popular noodle house was a definite highlight. We loved the bullet train experience which took us back and forth from the city in 37 minutes. Overall a very good choice if you're looking for an out of town trip from Shanghai.
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Randy_r
Mar 9, 2025
Perfect Patty. - Jenny was a wonderful communicator and Patty was an amazing guide. She has so much local knowledge. Amazing!
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Q3740dabrianm
Oct 8, 2024
A Fun Experience With A Great Tour Company - Jenny's Shanghai Tours is a great way to see Shanghai and the surrounding area. We had a private guide (Troy was very knowledgeable and was an excellent guide) and car and saw all the major sites, including the Bund, Yu Gardens, Jade Temple, and Ancient water town. The tours were very easy to book...we got exactly the experience we were looking for and had a great time!
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Vicente
Jun 25, 2024
Nice tour to Suzhou. - Complies correctly with the agreement. Guide in Spanish which speaks perfectly, plus Marí was very nice and taught me the history of that city. The schedule was fulfilled, the journey is short by train ( 45 minutes ) and the visits very beautiful (garden and walls ). The visit to the silk factory very interesting. In short, they'll like it.
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765trishan
May 29, 2024
Would Recommend! - My family enjoyed both the tours around Suzhou and Hangzhou! They were able to experience a mix of history, food, and beautiful sights! I think it was a perfect 2 days for them to see other cities close to shanghai. The tour was also very convenient for them as they were picked up from their hotel and brought back accordingly. Overall, great experience and would recommend to friends for future travel :)
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Tipen45
Mar 30, 2024
Longevity, auspiciousness and peace! - We had a wonderful time yesterday discovering Suzhou with Cathy as our guide. She went over and beyond our expectations. She was very knowledgeable about history and eloquent in speaking the English language. She made us feel really comfortable the whole tour. We tried a lot of street foods and the noodle place was really enjoyable too. The highlight for us was the Tongli water town. The tranquility of the place transports you back to the old times. Cathy helped us a lot in terms of booking reservations to showing us how to get from point A to point B. Also appreciate our driver who dropped us off at the circus world! Made it really convenient for us. To your whole team, what an amazing effort! We will surely spread the word of your excellent service and will definitely book tours with you again when we get the chance to come back to China! Xie xie nin!
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Daytrip53406625008
Sep 27, 2023
Very good experience - Very well organized. Fast answering to questions that you have about organizing your Tour. I had a good, attentfull and good English speaking guide
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Susannehl3756ch
Apr 27, 2025
Excursion with obstacles - We had participated in the excursion "Suzhou incredible highlights" on March 17. The start of the excursion was postponed by one hour in advance, as two mid-ice guests only arrived on this day. The guide had picked up these two guests at the hotel. When we got out of the terminal, we didn't see anyone with a sign at first. We walked the entire row with the buses. Back at the terminal we saw a small group. It turned out that they too had booked the same excursion and were also looking for our guide. Neither did the guide look for his guests nor had anyone else put up the promised sign. Never before had we seen a person standing with the appropriate sign. Luckily, there were other guests who recognized the guide from a previous trip. The woman went to him in the terminal and brought him to us. He then came to us with the two new guests. Only then did he call the bus driver. We had to wait another 20 minutes in the cold for the minibus. Overall, we stood in the cold for 50 minutes. We had to get up an hour earlier than we were told in advance and had to wait almost an hour in very cold outside temperatures. That was an imposition and I can't do it. The two newly arrived guests were unable to leave their bags at the terminal at Aida and had to take them with them. The bus did not have a trunk and so the suitcases stood in the way in the aisle of the bus and would have prevented the rear guests from getting out in an emergency. That was very cramped and dangerous. Also the bus was very small and cramped. Many seats were due to wheel arches etc. without sufficient space for the legs. The guide couldn't use the microphone on the bus because there was feedback and you didn't understand anything. So he used the audio guide devices. This was also rather suboptimal on the bus. At the first stop there would have been nice souvenirs. Unfortunately, we had not gotten any free time there. During the later leisure time there were unfortunately no souvenirs to buy. That was annoying. Overall, the trip did not meet our expectations.
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From $89
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).