If I had to name this, "humble" is probably not a word that would spring to mind. Perhaps the Administrator might have been humble, but the garden is anything but. There is an explanation in the museum as to why there are so many nice (previously) private gardens in and around SuZhou. Think "keeping up with the Jones'". So maybe the Administrator wasn't all that humble after all, just like his garden! We went on an "off-peak" weekday, but it was still quite crowded. Nevertheless, we were able to enjoy the various "rooms" that the garden is divided up into without too much crowding. As it was spring time, there were quite a few flowers out. Overall, this was a very pleasant place to spend a half day. The only reason that I didn't give this five stars is that even though it was an off-season weekday when we visited, some of the paths were quite narrow and it was - at times - a bit difficult to squeeze past other park visitors. I personally probably wouldn't visit during a busy time - unless crowds are your thing.

The oriental scenery is so be beautiful, not recomended to buy souvenirs inside the garden, i would suggest to somewhere 3pm, then exit at 5.00pm, then wait for night event to see the lighting from 6pm.

There are multiple traditional Suzhou-style Chinese gardens in Suzhou, and 9 of these gardens have been inscribed in World Heritage list. The most famous and notable one is the Humble Administrator's Garden. It will take you about two to three hours to finish the walk throughout most of the places of interest. It's mandatory to make a reservation of your arrival time during a busy time like summer. It is recommended to join a tour guide service to further understand the background history and trivia behind this garden and the story of the founder. The complimentary tour guide service lasts for half an hour, guiding you through some of the most crucial buildings in the garden. You can understand more by requesting for a paid tour guide service. There are lots of photo opportunities in the garden, and you get to experience more when the history of these incredible buildings is revealed. The current price is RMB$70 in the off-peak season and RMB$80 in the peak season.

One of the must visit attractions in Suzhou. This attraction boasts of a traditional house from ancient times with beautifully manicured gardens. The bonsai garden is especially impressive. Remember to book your tickets well in advance. RMB70 with special prices tickets for elderly and half price for off peak seasons.

The Humble Administrator's Garden (拙政園) is the largest, finest and most beautiful garden in south China. This famous garden was built in Suzhou (蘇州) in Ming Dynasty (明朝). The designer use spaces planning and incorporated both natural and man-made materials to present various but elegant views that visitor need to discover with mind. I strong recommend to hire a tour guide to lead you into this beautiful world and explain those astonish designs. It is better to put 3-4 hours in the itinerary to enjoy the garden. An important thing need to be mentioned: There are lots of cheaters selling the fake ticket in very cheap price. Don't be fraud. The true ticket is sold only in the official entrance.

Amazing garden, can walk there for hours, inspiration at every corner. Find more IG @galina.in.hongkong

Big garden with ample space to give you some tranquility. Entrance fee is discounted 50% for Snr Citizens & student. We were too early to enjoy the full bloom cherry blossoms.

Amazingly beautiful garden 💚 The view is so stunning. Wish I could stay longer to enjoy the view. However, the walking path is quite rough for elderly and wheelchair. Hope they provide more convenient pathway for people with wheelchair.

Nice traditional Chinese gardens to walk around. We spent an 1 hour+ here. Kids enjoyed the different paths to walk around.

Most charming. Definitely use the audio guide. Every frame is picture perfect. Get the stamp book too. I bought 4!

This Garden from Suzhou is one of the 4 most representatives and famous landscape heritage spots from all China. It was created here a small piece of heaven on the earth. The water, the green and all the artefacts in this perimeter are genuinely disposed in an authentic compound. A huge effort to create a masterpiece. Highly recommended for tourists, wherever are they coming from!

Awesome garden! I heard it was the one I would need to go to if I could only choose one and I did not regret it. The crowds couldn't be helped considering it's China and it's a UNESCO heritage site. Definitely go on a weekend. The museum and Pingjiang road are all pretty close by and there are some eats available too.

I love this solemn place and thinking about the centry of beginning of the tower

It’s a nice garden, you can tell they take care of it. The monument is much smaller than I expected but still worth to visit. I was there on November and the place was almost empty which made it easy to enjoy

Very nice attraction, so much to see and do. Just be prepared to spend the whole day there!

Leaning Tower of China is located in Suzhou.

Comfortable place. Had the pleasure to listen an excellent English speaking Tour guide and visit a beautiful tea house.

Such a nice heritage site in Suzhou, plenty of historical monuments and buildings we can see in here. Highly recommend to visit.

The gardens are much more enjoyable than the Pagoda and you should take the time to see the exquisite penzai, which are Chinese versions of bonsai and rock gardens combined. The Pagoda was rebuilt after being destroyed and none of the original detail remains.

Highly recommend, a must see. But too many people.

One of the best place to visit if you are in Suzhou. I think morning hours are the best time to visit this place.

Becareful of those illegal seller at the entrance ticket. They will probably tell u she can offer u RMB50 per hidden entry.. instead of the actual ticket cost u China Yuan RMB100. Great destination to visit. Dont risk urself for buying illegal ticket as security and police is there to guard

(Translated by Google) Very nice but unfortunately also many tourists. (Original) Sehr schön nur leider auch viele Touristen.

Must place to visit in Suzhou. A unique experience to dress up in ancient Chinese clothing and dine/drink beside the river. Don’t rush to choose an eating place. More choices inside. Place also has a few smaller museums, very unique Chinese history.

(Translated by Google) antique Millennium ancient town (Original) 古色古香 千年古鎮

(Translated by Google) Very beautiful (Original) สวยดีครับ คนน้อย เก็บค่าเข้านะครับประมาน500บาท

A very nice small water town. One of the must see tourist attractions when you are in Suzhou or Shanghai.

Great place to visit.plenty of scenic and beautiful views,you must definitely visit when in the area.

Very scenic area here. Do get a tour guide to show you around as there is quite a lot of history abound.

Absolutely breathtaking, you feel like travelling back in time. Must visit in Suzhou! Find more IG @galina.in.hongkong

I really enjoyed it and one phrase i will always carry with me "Forever young, forever us"

Overrated, given the hype and steep entrance fees (RMB 100 for adults). Sleepy looking with the same stores and selling the same wares.

Beautiful architecture of the Suzhou Museum building and the garden around it.. You can find gorgeous buildings around here too. Entrance into the museum is free. Inside you can find plenty of ancient items and paintings. Very crowded especially during the weekend.

The customer service very bad manner and not helpful. We are not able to go in as the booking is full. From the website you will need to key in china phone number. The customer service ask to book through WeChat but the availability will be the following week. As if tourist will there so long for the museum’s visit.

Spacious and beautiful exhibition area, just don’t expect to take any nice photos of the space as there’re too many locals taking photos of themselves. Must book a slot ahead or you can’t enter.

+IM Pei design, impressive architecture! Unique design where combine Chinese culture and modern architect. Natural lighting and comfortable design. +good quality products inside the museum +there is a coffee shop inside selling quality coffee -may not have a guide for non Chinese reader, may want to borrow a recorder for introduction -many tourists, I will suggest to go during weekday....

One of I.M.Pei's masterpieces. Every corner I turned delivered an amazing spatial experience. The architect's sensitive response to the vernacular architecture and integration with existing historical buildings makes me a very very happy person. The apertures are also to die for. At the time I went (August 2018) there was a cool contemporary calligraphy exhibition on. The rest of the exhibits are archaeological crafts and artefacts, well curated. One of the better museums I've been to in the area. IMPORTANT NOTE 1***: Make sure you book your ticket online at least 1 week prior!!! The tickets are free, you just need to reserve ahead of time to skip the queue. (I managed to skip the queue because my grandpa pulled the elderly trick and jumped the line entirely, bringing me with him). Don't fall for tour guides trying to sell you tickets to the museum. Even if you waited during weekday it'd only be 30mins max wait. It's free!!! IMPORTANT NOTE 2***: I went through the museum "backwards". Start by going in and turning left towards the stairs and waterfall.

Best museum in Suzhou, beautiful architecture and great collection. The New Suzhou museum was designed by I. M. Pei, a famous architect who designed the glass pyramid for the Louvre. With a perfect combination in art culture and design in modern architecture form, this museum is very popular in tourists. The exhibition objects flourished in history & culture of Suzhou city from prehistoric time to the modern day.

Very nice museum and unique architecture. A good place to visit to learn about Suzhou heritage history.

Very impressive architecture , it’s very modern and still maintains the traditional Suzhou style garden atmosphere .

Only had very limited time to visit here. Mainly came here to look at the architectural design of the museum. It was elegant and tranquil!

Gorgeous Chinese garden. Monks that visited long ago said that the numerous unique rock sculptures and formations appeared as though there were lions prowling through the garden forest - hence the name. Truly beautiful.

It is a creative architecture from the 14th century. Then some emperors ordered to replicated its style into their royal garden in Beijing. Very interesting but be carefully exploring. I would spend 30 minutes here.

lion grove garden is another type of old garden. there are really many people. but you can see variety type of stone. and you can lose your way in here. its like a stone maze.

It's a lovely place to visit. A classic Suzhou garden and the housing that are attached to it. Well described historical markers and delightful examples of bonzai trees everywhere. Gorgeous stained glass windows. The rock garden was exquisite. As always, visiting during a national holiday is not recommended as it's insanely crowded.

A small garden with interesting formations of rocks. It's an easy walk around the garden, but I wish I would have read about the history of the place so I can relate to it more.

This is a great place! Very unique and beautiful place!!

A nice garden, but for me, it is not the most beautiful in Suzhou. At least not as overcrowded as Humble Administrator Garden is.

(Translated by Google) I have beautiful memories of this trip, it is a world heritage site, and I thought I was going to see a beautiful flower garden, but we found ourselves with a great snowfall, it never snows here, so the landscape was even more spectacular. (Original) Tengo bonitos recuerdos dee ste viaje, es patimonio de la humandad, y pensaba que iva a ver un jardin hermoso de flores, pero nos encontramos con una gran nevada, aqui nunca nieva, asi que el paisaje fue aun más espectacular.

It’s the first time to visit these classical gardens, I was amazed by the wisdom and art spirit of our ancestors! Everything in the garden was designed and carried out carefully with wisdom, patience and architectural art! They matched with each other, looking very harmonious with local environment! ✌️

(Translated by Google) World Heritage. (Original) Patrimonio de la humanidad.

Beautiful, serene, green gardens. A great attraction in Suzhou.

It was so beautiful there Lovely place Must visite

Classical Chinese garden design, which seeks to recreate natural landscapes in miniature, is nowhere better illustrated than in the nine gardens in the historic city of Suzhou. They are generally acknowledged to be masterpieces of the genre. Dating from the 11th-19th century, the gardens reflect the profound metaphysical importance of natural beauty in Chinese culture in their meticulous design.

It is a very busy place, there are many tourists

(Translated by Google) I must say that when you come to Suzhou, you should visit this place once. The garden is beautiful and peaceful and is also a national heritage recognized by UNESCO. Always be ready with your camera in hand. 小小影月 (Original) Phải nói là khi đến Tô Châu bạn nên một lần ghé thăm nơi này. Khu vườn đẹp kiểu bình yên và còn là di sản quốc gia được UNESCO công nhận. Hãy luôn sẵn sàng với chiếc máy ảnh trên tay. 小小影月

(Translated by Google) An extremely beautiful place. It seems like you are inside a fairy tale. I recommend buying beauty products on good and natural channels. (Original) Un Lugar sumamente hermoso. Parece que estás dentro de un cuento de hadas. Les recomiendo comprar productos de belleza en los canales.iy buenos y naturales.

I love Suzhou because the city is beautiful, the city's canals, stone bridges, pagoda and beautiful gardens. Suzhou is like the Venice of China. Take the gondola, sailing through a narrow waterway and passing stone bridges. Walking around the canals also is my favorite thing to do. There are so many lovely and beautiful cafes, bookstores, and souvenir shops. All so artistic and pretty. Feel like step back in time. Suzhou is also one of the top tourist destinations, so it's not easy to take pictures at the certain landmark and popular sites due to overcrowded. The Classical Garden of Suzhou were added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1997. How to get here :I took the high-speed train from Hangqiao Railway station in Shangai, which only took around 30 minutes to reach Suzhou. Alternatively take a coach from West Bus Station, will takes nearly 2 hours.

Nice place, as beautiful as in the old Chinese movie :))

Lovely place at night. Lots of various foods and gifts. Not sure if this is an original setting or a recreation.

It is called Venice of the East. Boat ride cruising on the grand canal, passing by Chinese architectures. Where the boat ride ends, there is shopping street selling souvenir. Popular tourist attraction spot. It is a fun activity, boat ride about 25 minutes.

In this part are the ten principal markets, though besides these there are a vast number of others in the different parts of the town. The former are all squares of half a mile to the side, and along their front passes the main street, which is 40 paces in width, and runs straight from end to end of the city, crossing many bridges of easy and commodious approach. At every four miles of its length comes one of those great squares of 2 miles (as we have mentioned) in compass. So also parallel to this great street, but at the back of the market places, there runs a very large canal, on the bank of which towards the squares are built great houses of stone, in which the merchants from India and other foreign parts store their wares, to be handy for the markets.

I have never been here and don’t remember leaving a review either. Guess I was hacked two years ago.

It chang the rotation motion of earth 0.5 and break some rules of physics.

There are some small alleys along the side that arent always noticable. With unique sales spots and great people!

Just one word to completely describe the lake: Breathtaking! The lake is Huge! And it is very easily reachable by the subway. The stop for the lake is Dongfangzhimen (exit no 4). This is on line 1. On the station, you can see the sign (english text also available!) Lake is just outside the exit of the station. Coming back to lake, it is really huge. It occupies about 7 sq km (info from wiki). The view is amazing. You can just sit along the shore and keep looking at the beauty of the lake for hours! Though there are many things to do along the shore as well. There are couple of islands in this lake, which are reachable by ferry. Then there is theme park. There is small water sports area, children play area, walking track, cycling track. This is place, where you can go solo, go as couple, go with family or even go with friends.. Kind of a perfect getaway for every occasion.

Beautiful place to take a walk 💕

Nice, romantic place

I feel very lucky living near by the lake. It's nice to grab a beer chatting with friends by the lake at night. The lights at weekends r fabulous. And no fence easy to jump into;)

Cool place to see the sunset!

Great views and nice to walk around

Beautiful

Free. Great if you're into fabric. The live silk worms were a highlight.

It is really heritage of people those who are still protecting their ancient technique of making silk.

Nice design of the building. Small museum, but with very interesting exposition. A lot of old examples are donated by the other museums, but it was still interesting.

One of the stops on our China tour itinerary. First we had 20 minutes presentation about what are the uses and products of silk. Then walked to next building, first floor is a silk museum showing the process of making silk products and display of silk clothing & beddings. 2nd floor is the retail store for selling all kind of silk merchandise. Majority customers are tourists. Price..... a little bit overpriced compared to local shops. 3rd floor, a Chinese restaurant.

Interesting and free! It's not very big and most of the exhibits focus on the type of cloth and patterns popular in each dynasty. I was hoping to see more about the process itself and how it is made, especially in the modern era. But that was just a small portion and nothing showing current methods. Well, there are English subtitles everywhere and it is free, so no complaints.

Interesting if you don't know anything about silk production, but there are limited entries for English language descriptions. Many of the "old" exhibits are reproductions, but there are great examples of silk weaving from the 16th and 17th century.

Very old Silk factory, currently a famous tourism spot. Excellent Display of Silk used by kings used since more than 10 decades.

(Translated by Google) good (Original) 好

I love this solemn place and thinking about the centry of beginning of the tower

It’s a nice garden, you can tell they take care of it. The monument is much smaller than I expected but still worth to visit. I was there on November and the place was almost empty which made it easy to enjoy

Very nice attraction, so much to see and do. Just be prepared to spend the whole day there!

Leaning Tower of China is located in Suzhou.

Comfortable place. Had the pleasure to listen an excellent English speaking Tour guide and visit a beautiful tea house.

Such a nice heritage site in Suzhou, plenty of historical monuments and buildings we can see in here. Highly recommend to visit.

The gardens are much more enjoyable than the Pagoda and you should take the time to see the exquisite penzai, which are Chinese versions of bonsai and rock gardens combined. The Pagoda was rebuilt after being destroyed and none of the original detail remains.

Highly recommend, a must see. But too many people.

One of the best place to visit if you are in Suzhou. I think morning hours are the best time to visit this place.

The most authoritative garden museum all over the world. The buildings are uniquely designed, bringing out the charm of Suzhou gardens.

Just a 25-minute train ride from the bustle of Shanghai, Suzhou’s quaint canals, draping trees and hanging lanterns are a sure city break. Suzhou’s old-fashioned gardens and Pintan opera shows (an opera sung in Suzhou dialect) are well-toured, but, in this waterside hub also merits lazy afternoons, teahouse visits and, of course, a canal boat ride

Beautiful ❤️

Worth the drive, its a beautiful place to walk around in.

(Translated by Google) After visiting the Lion Forest, I passed by the Garden Museum first. Because it is free, I wanted to go in and have a look. Well, I found that I couldn’t understand it (mainly because I need to understand the historical background one by one, but we also have foreground knowledge rrr) (Original) 逛完獅子林後，先路過了園林博物館，因為免費，想說進去看一下，嗯，發現自己看不懂（主要是需要一個個了解歷史背景，但我們也前景知識rrr)

(Translated by Google) It is next to the Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou, and it is free. There is a garden demonstration of the Humble Administrator's Garden, and you can enjoy the panoramic view of the Humble Administrator's Garden without paying 90 yuan. If there is a long queue on Sunday, you can go to the Garden Museum. It contains the essence of Suzhou gardens, including construction methods, stone scenes, panjing, festivals, and characteristics of various schools. (Original) 在蘇州拙政園旁邊，而且是免費的，裡面有拙政園的園景示範，不用付90塊錢便能飽覽拙政園全景。在星期日如果來排長龍，可到園林博物館走一走，內面有蘇州園林的精華，包括建築方法，石景，盤景，節日，各派特色等。

(Translated by Google) Great garden that conveys the lifestyle of ancient and modern Suzhou. Unfortunately the garden is very overcrowded. There are smaller gardens that are no less beautiful but much emptier. (Original) Toller Garten der einem den Lifestyle des antiken und modernen Suzhou vermittelt. Leider ist der Garten stark überfüllt. Es gibt kleinere Gärten die nicht weniger schön aber viel leerer sind.