Suzhou
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About 40mins on the express (D trains) train from Shanghai, this city has been called the "Venice of the East". Hardly, but it is a nice place, with some wonderful gardens and makes a good day-trip from Shanghai.
Gardens
We visited the following gardens and would recommend them all:
- Garden of Master of the Nets
- Much smaller than Humble Administrator's Garden, but perhaps more charming.
- Humble Administrator's Garden
- Massive and lovely. To be honest, I probably enjoyed the nearby streets as much as the garden itself, even if the touts were vexing.
- Panmen Gate and Ruiguang Pagoda
- Gorgeous garden and nice little pagoda.
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