Suzhou City Tour: Explore Canals, Gardens, Pagodas

Discover Suzhou’s ancient charm with a flexible private tour. Explore UNESCO sites, winding canals, and classic gardens with a local guide.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • The Classical Gardens of Suzhou - Your knowledgeable local guide and driver will meet you at your location in Suzhou, whether it’s your hotel or the train station if you’re arriving by train. Begin crafting your personalized day with your interests in mind. Below is a sample itinerary, and you are welcome to inform your guide if any adjustments…
What's Included
  • Local tasty lunch (If Tour with Lunch Option booked)
  • Bottled water
  • Great local guide
  • Experienced driver with comfortable car
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Entrance fees if apply
  • Local lunch( Pay as actual own your own if “ Tour with lunch option” not booked)
  • Pick up&drop off in outskirts as Kunshan, Dianshan Lake, Fenghuetc can be arranged at surcharge.
Additional Information

This one-of-a-kind Suzhou city tour offers complete flexibility, enabling you to explore magnificent landmarks in Suzhou with a local expert guide accompanying you. Witness the charm of meandering canals, historic edifices, ancient pagodas and traditional gardens. Enjoy the option of visiting UNESCO-designated sites like the renowned Humble…

Location
The Classical Gardens of Suzhou
No.12 Gongyuan Road, Canglang District,
Cancellation Policy

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

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Gyuilk2025
Nov 7, 2025
Great Tour Experience! - The tour was well organized and enjoyable. The guide was friendly and knowledgeable, and we got to see many beautiful places. Definitely worth it!
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Aanchal_g
Oct 4, 2025
I did the tour with Lily... - I did the tour with Lily and really enjoyed the experience. She picked us on time and was flexible with our preferences. She was also very fluent in English, I highly recommend her!
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Kne_l
Sep 16, 2025
calm and relax - We enjoyed the trip so much with such detailed explanation by Ms Shirley. She is a very nice lady and answered most of our doubts and questions.
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Andrew_a
Aug 27, 2025
Good guide . Her english... - Good guide . Her english is skill is good. And also can guide us well. Thankyoi for the good services
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William_g
Aug 2, 2025
Judy was very... - Judy was very knowledgeable and she spoke English very well. She made everything super easy for us and we enjoyed Suzhou a lot. We went to the Humble Administrator’s Garden and then to a popular shopping street to a teahouse.
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Zgming
Jun 9, 2025
Fantastic Excursion - We must thank Sunny for arranging this. She arranged for a driver to take us to Suzhou and Hangzhou from Shanghai. The driver was friendly and helpful. Initially, we were a bit apprehensive of the trip, wondering what could one really do in Suzhou though I had been here decades ago. But Sunny suggested that we visit the Suzhou Garden. Our guide was an English speaking Michelle. She not only speaks fluent English but is knowledgeable too. We thoroughly enjoyed our walkabout in the gardens as Michelle took us through each part of it with a wonderful journey of history and learning of this remarkable place. Since then I have been asking Sunny to arrange my other tours around China.
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Ryanbr2471uq
May 2, 2025
Flexible travel around Suzhou! - We traveled to Suzhou during the busy Labor Day weekend, so the usual garden tickets were all sold out. Our guide was able to arrange other visits that went well, including Tiger Hill, Panmen Gate, and a river boat ride. The tour guide Michele did a good job with two young kids and helped find us a restaurant even with all the crowds.
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Billthethird
Oct 18, 2024
Fantastic day - Sunny was Very helpful on the service end. Michelle was extremely friendly and knowledgeable and the driver was fantastic
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Dudedan
Oct 6, 2024
Very competent and cordial tour guide - Very competent and smart tour guide. She spoke English very well and explained a lot well. She had extensive knowledge of the history of China and could answer all our questions. The meal at the end was a nice conclusion to the quite successful trip. In addition, she was able to help us with other things.
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Global05597043938
Nov 27, 2024
Short Day in Suzhou - My father, me, and my nephew had good times taking this one day city tour with Michelle as our guide. In addition, she also helps my father buy shoe, hand moisturizer, and best of all, help us change our high speed train ticket schedule so that we did not need to wait too long at the station.
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From $43
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).