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Summary of Exciting Day Trips from Shanghai Visit Suzhou’s Ancient Gardens Enjoy Hangzhou’s West Lake Take in a Yangtze River Water Town Relax at the Sheshan Sculpture Park Discover Yixing and the Art of Clay Teapots Kunshan Fairmont at Yangcheng Lake The Bamboo Forests of Moganshan While Shanghai offers a lot in the way of…
As well as being known as the ‘Venice of the East’, thanks to its network of picturesque canals, the elegant city of Suzhou on China’s eastern seaboard is also famed for its classical gardens. There are currently 69 gardens preserved in Suzhou, with nine designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. But what makes Suzhou’s…
‘Venice of the North’, ‘Venice of the East’, ‘The American Venice’. The magnificent Italian city draws constant comparisons worldwide, from Alesund in Norway to Melaka in Malaysia. However, if anywhere truly holds a candle to Venice, it may well be Suzhou in China. This ancient water town, west of Shanghai, features arch bridges and wooden…