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Suzhou Travel Guide
Suzhou, famous for its silks since the Sung dynasty, Suzhou is famous for its beauty, with many canals crossed by arched bridges and lovely gardens.
Suzhou is a city on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and on the shores of Lake Taihu in the province of Jiangsu, China. It is renowned for its beautiful stone bridges, pagodas, and meticulously designed gardens, which has become a great tourist attraction. At present more than 60 gardens are kept intact in Suzhou, and a series of them have been listed in the World Heritage List, including the Humble Administrator's Garden, the Lingering Garden, the Garden of Master of Nets and the Mountain Villa with Embracing Beauty.
Besides, Suzhou is still a silk center; it also has cotton and embroidery manufactures and food-processing, pharmaceutical, and computer and electronics industries.
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By air
Despite being an important tourist destination, Suzhou does not have its own international airport at present. It is best to use the airports of nearby Shanghai. Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) and Pudong International Airport (PVG) are used frequently by domestic and international visitors.
By train
Almost all the trains running on the Hu-Ning (Shanghai-Nanjing) Railway stop at the Suzhou Railway Station. Suzhou is the terminus and starting station for five trains to and from Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing and Ganzhou (Jiangxi Province) everyday. The rest of the trains are bound for Shanghai from Beijing, Chengdu, Xian, Qingdao, Xining and Nanjing, etc., but stop in Suzhou. Usually, at least two trains to Shanghai stop in Suzhou each hour. The trains which go direct to Suzhou from Shanghai depart Shanghai at 6:30 and 16:41 everyday. The return trains depart at 7:13 and 17:09.
Harry's Bar
After more than 2 years, Harry's Bar is still the top night spot in Suzhou, especially after the new renovations with a larger bar and wide bi-folding doors out to a new terrace; a welcome expansion of space for the larger weekend crowds. With live music 7 nights a week, the great band Too Match pull in the larger Thursday to Saturday crowd of local professionals and expats who have made Harry's their second home! The English speaking staff are tops in service and the prices at Harry's are lower than most other bars in town... but the great friendly crowd make Harry's the best bar in Suzhou.
Type: Live Music
Address: City center on the South end of Lin Dun Road
He Teahouse
Unconventional decoration, with the ancient furniture, old embroidery pieces, silver ornaments succeeding in giving full expression of the tea culture in south of the Yangtze River.
Type: teahouse
Address: 66, Daoqian Street
UBC Coffee
In UBC Coffee, an international chain of coffee shops, you can enjoy nutritional, tasty and first-class set meals of French, Italian, Russian and Taiwan styles as well as coffee made of ground fresh beans adopting advanced baking technology. Besides this there are healthy drinks, including fresh fruit tea, home-made red wine and fresh juice, and various dried fruit and snacks.
Type: cafe
Address: NO.8 ZhongXin Steet SIP, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Ya Shenxian
April 14th in the Chinese lunar calendar is said to be the birthday of Lv Dongbin, one of the Eight Immortals in Chinese Taoist mythology. On that day, he came to Suzhou disguised as a human to spread happiness and prosperity. To receive more luck from the immortals, people from all over Suzhou crowd the streets in celebration. Today, this activity has turned into a bustling temple fair with various displays including handicrafts, plants, animals, and local snacks.
