Are you not like to go out because of the sunshine and heatwave during the summertime? There are some recommendable scenic spots in Suzhou where you can escape the heat and leave hot days behind.
Suzhou Classical Garden
The Lingering Garden
Coolness Rating: ★★★★
Ticket Price: RMB55 yuan
Stroll around the Lingering Garden on a summer day when there is a kind of coolness different from other gardens.
The Couple’s Garden
Coolness Rating: ★★★
Ticket Price: RMB25 yuan
The Couple’s Garden is hemmed in on three sides by rivers and hidden in the lanes of Cang Street, and with a small port next to the entrance.
The Canglang Pavilion
Coolness Rating: ★★★★
Ticket Price: RMB20 yuan
Inside of Canglang Pavilion, plants are growing among numerous rockeries; the river is flowing beneath stone bridges; ancient trees are towering to the skies; pavilions and windows are studying their own reflections in the clear water. All of these have made the place quiet and secluded.
The Master-of-Nets Garden
Coolness Rating: ★★★
Ticket Price: RMB40 yuan
The night at the Master-of-Nets Garden is too remediable to miss. It is sheer delight to appreciate the scenery and lights in the cool summer breeze.
Mountain and Hill
Tiger Hill
Coolness Rating: ★★★★
Ticket Price: RMB70 yuan
The bamboos in Tiger Hill form a pleasant shade is making the area perfect for beating the heat.
Shangfangshan
National Forest Park
Coolness Rating: ★★★★
Ticket Price: RMB40 yuan
With a forest coverage of over 95 percent, Shangfang Mountain is acclaimed as “a heaven in Wu area” and “a natural oxygen bar”.
