Suzhou Family Trip: 2-Day Itinerary for Hiking and Flower Viewing by Taihu Lake in Spring
Suzhou is truly a treasure city worth visiting again and again 🌿 It's just a 2-hour drive from Shanghai 🚗
This time, avoid the crowds in the city center and unlock new ways to play in Taihu Lake 🗺️
Stay in a mermaid-themed family hotel 🧜, see giant pandas 🐼, hike 🌸, enjoy flowers ❤, children's play area, and farm-style cuisine 🥢
Spend a relaxing and happy family weekend with your kids ☀
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➰Itinerary:
Day 1: Taihu National Wetland Park (giant pandas, boat ride, children's play area) ➡ Check in to the hotel (biking, family activities…)
Day 2: Shushan Scenic Area (hiking, flower viewing, tea picking) ➡ Gejiawu Farmhouse ➡ Return trip
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📌Suzhou Taihu National Wetland Park
Meet the national treasure, giant pandas, by Taihu Lake 🐼. The sika deer in Deer Island Manor are super cute 🦌
Take a boat ride through the water wetland forest. In spring, flowering crabapples and cherry blossoms create a pink ocean. Every photo you take is a blockbuster movie scene~
There is also a children's play area with slides, sand pits, and climbing frames, where you can let your kids have fun for half a day ✔
👉Tour route: Enter from the North Gate - Spring Limited Flower Sea - Giant Panda Science Museum - Wetland Science Museum - Deer Island Manor - Children's Play Area
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📌Shushan Scenic Area
A treasure spot for hiking with kids, with wooden boardwalks and no steps throughout the entire journey 🌸
Sea of pear flowers in March and April, tea picking season 📸 Along the way, there are ancient temples, bamboo forests, and delicious farm-style cuisine 😋
We just happened to catch the Shushan Pear Flower Festival. The Xile Road Market is very lively, and there are also live bands performing ❗
👉Tour route: Parking at Xiangu Tea House - Yunquan Temple Viewing Platform - Dashi Mountain - Bamboo Sea - Gejiawu Farmhouse - Pear Garden Flower Market
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🙋Accommodation|Element Suzhou Science and Technology Town Hotel
🔸A super cool new hotel under Marriott! The theme is "greenery + futuristic feel" 💚 Convenient transportation, close to the attractions we visited this time 🚗
🔸We stayed in the Mermaid Family Room, which has a full set of family facilities ✅ There is a small tent, rocking horse, and building block table. Yunyun played so much that she didn't want to leave~
🔸Free bicycle rental is provided 🚲 New energy vehicle friendly~ The hotel has a battery swap station ⚡
🔸Breakfast includes freshly made Suzhou-style soup noodles 🍜 We had a Western-style dinner at Yuan Shan Restaurant, which was healthy and delicious 🍔