¢ÙPick up at your hotel between 7:20am and 8:30am, and then driving to Suzhou. ¡°Up in the heaven is the paradise and down on the earth is Suzhou and Hangzhou¡± has been a popular saying since ancient time. Suzhou was once visited by Marco Polo who compared it to Venice of Italy.

¢ÚUpon arrival in Suzhou, the first stop is Net Master Garden, the best and most celebrated as a model Ming Dynasty Garden in all of Suzhou. Then it¡¯s on to view the Ancient City Gate and Grand Canal and a tour of a silk spinning factory to see how Chinese silk has been produced since the 14the century.

¢ÛAfter lunch visit Hanshan Temple the best known bell described in Zhangji¡¯s poem disappeared a long time ago. The bell in the tower now, was modeled on the previous one in 1904. Every year on New Year¡¯s Eva in China¡¯s lunar calendar, the bell is tolled to pray for the happiness and safety of the coming New Year.

¢ÜThen visit the Tiger Hill, known also as Surging Sea Hill, is a large hillock covering some 14100 square meters and is 36 meters in height. Climbing the hill you will find a number of historical sites some of which can be traced back over 2500 years to the founding of Suzhou: Tiger Hill Pagoda, Sword Testing Stone, Sword Pool, Luyu Well and Wanjing Villa. Transferred back to your hotels.