Distance: 84 km
Travel Time: 23 min (by high-speed train)

Suzhou, a renowned historical and cultural city in China, is a national key tourist destination and one of the country’s four national key environmental protection cities. It lies on the Shore of Taihu Lake and on the south bank, near the mouth, of the Yangtze River. It is connected by the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway and several expressways. Suzhou boasts a large number of key national heritage sites, including Tiger Hill, Taihu Lake, the Confucian temple, Song dynasty stone inscriptions, Humble Administrator’s Garden, and others.

Distance: 170 km
Travel Time: 52 min (by high-speed train)

A central city in the south of the Yangtze River delta region, Hangzhou is one of the best-known tourist destinations in China. The Expression “Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth” expresses the people’s heartfelt admiration for this beautiful city through the ages. It was praised as the “most beautiful and elegant city in the world” by the great Italian traveler Marco Polo during the Ming dynasty period. With a history reaching back 2,200 years, it is also one of the seven ancient capitals in China. Its famous sights include Xixi National Wetland Park: three causeways, ten scenic spots and Hong Yuan; West Lake: Spring Dawn at Su Causeway, Breeze-ruffled Lotus at Quyuan Garden, Bamboo-lined Path at Yunqi, Sweet Osmanthus Rain at Manjuelong Village, Lingyin Temple and Listening to the Waves on Liuhe Pagoda; Qiandao Lake.