Eudora Station Bar

Offline map Google map (Yìduōruìzhàn; 101-107 Nanshan Lu; 101-107 9am-2am) A fab location by West Lake, roof terrace aloft, strong menu and a sure-fire atmosphere conspire to make this welcoming watering hole a great choice. There’s sports TV, live music, a ground-floor terrace, a good range of beers, and barbecues fire up on the roof terrace in the warmer months. It’s right by the Mingtown Youth Hostel.

JZ Club Club

Offline map Google map (Huáng Lóu; 8702 8298; 6 Liuying Lu, by 266 Nanshan Lu; 6.30pm-2.30am) The folk that brought you JZ Club in Shànghai have the live jazz scene sewn up in Hángzhōu with this neat and cultured three-floor venue near West Lake. There’s live jazz nightly with international names on the billing.

Sūzhōu

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Famed for its gardens, canals and silk production, Sūzhōu is a pleasant, if way overhyped, Jiāngsū canal town. If you don’t go expecting an impeccable portrait of traditional China but a melange of modern town planning embedded with picturesque chunks of history, Sūzhōu is a rewarding diversion from Shànghai, especially for its traditional walled gardens, excellent museums, riveting temples and charming canal-side streets.

The Best…

» Sight Sūzhōu Museum (Click here)

» Place to Eat Zhūhóngxìng (Click here)

» Place to Drink Bookworm (Click here)

Top Tip

For tips on visiting Sūzhōu, visit www.livingsu.com, www.moresuzhou.com, www.classicsuzhou.com or www.visitsz.com.

Getting There & Away

Bicycle You can rent bikes at hostels or down the alley beside 2061 Renmin Lu (per day ¥20, deposit ¥200; 6.30am-7pm).

Bus Regular buses (¥38, 90 minutes, 6.27am to 7.30pm) to Sūzhōu’s south and north long-distance bus stations run from the Shànghai south bus station. Regular services (¥38, 7am to 7.40pm) also run to Sūzhōu from the Shànghai long-distance bus station north of Shànghai Railway Station, Shànghai Hóngqiáo Airport long-distance bus station (¥53, 10am to 9pm) and Pudōng International Airport (¥84, three hours). Most buses arrive and depart from Sūzhōu’s hectic north long-distance bus station, east of the train station, although the south bus station is far better organised and easier to use.

Buses (¥75) also travel from Hángzhōu’s north bus station to Sūzhōu’s north long-distance bus station, and regular bus services run from Sūzhōu to Tóngli (¥9, 50 minutes, every 30 minutes) from both the south and north long-distance bus stations. Take a bus (¥31) from Sūzhōu’s north long-distance bus station to Qīngpu and change for a bus to Zhūjiājiao.

Metro Sūzhōu’s spiffing new metro line 1 (tickets ¥2 to ¥4, first/last train 6.45am/10.30pm) runs east–west along Ganjiang Lu. Three more lines are under construction.

Train The best way to reach town, high-speed G-class trains (2nd/1st class ¥40/60, 30 minutes, frequent services) run to Sūzhōu from Shànghai Railway Station. G-class trains (2nd/1st class ¥40/60, 30 minutes, frequent) also run to Sūzhōu from Shànghai Hóngqiáo Railway Station. The last G-class train back to Shànghai is at 10.21pm.

Regular high-speed D-class trains (2nd/1st class ¥26/31, 34 minutes, 6.33am to 8.09pm) run to Sūzhōu from Shànghai Hóngqiáo Railway Station; the last D-class train back to Shànghai leaves at 10.31pm.

Need to Know

» Area Code 0512

» Location 85km from Shànghai

» Tourist Office Sūzhōu Tourism Information Centre (Sūzhōu Lǚyóu Zīxún Zhōngxīn; 6530 5887; 345 Shiquan Jie) Several branches in town including the bus stations.

Sūzhōu

Top Sights

Humble Administrator's GardenC2 Píngjiāng Lù D4 Sūzhōu MuseumC2 Sights

1 Blue Wave Pavilion C6 2 Confucius TempleB6 3 Couple's Garden D3 4 Garden of Harmony B4 5 Garden of the Master of the NetsC6 6 Kūnqu Opera MuseumD3 7 Lion's GroveC2 8 North Temple Pagoda B2 9 Pán Gate A7 10 Píngtán Museum D3 11 Ruìguāng Pagoda B7 12 Sūzhōu Silk Museum B2 13 Temple of Mystery C3 Eating

14 Déyuèlóu C4 15 Xīshèngyuán C5 16 Yàkèxī C5 17 Zhūhóngxìng C4 Drinking

18 Bi'àn C4 19 Bookworm C5 20 Jane's Pub Bar C5 Entertainment

Garden of the Master of the Nets(see 5) Kūnqu Opera Museum(see 6) Píingtán Museum(see 10) Sleeping

21 Marco Polo Sūzhōu C4 22 Píngjiāng Lodge C4 23 Sūzhōu Mingtown Youth Hostel D4 Transport

24Grand Canal Boat Ticket OfficeC7 25Local BusesA1 26North Long-Distance Bus StationB1 27Train Ticket Office (Guanqian Jie)C4 Sights

The delightful gardens (yuánlín) of Sūzhōu were generally small, private compounds attached to family residences and, in principle at least, they were designed to help achieve the intellectual ideal of balancing Confucian social duties (in the city) with Taoism’s worldly retreat (in nature).

Unless stated otherwise, the gardens listed here are open from 7.30am to 5.30pm during high season (March to mid-November) but close at 5pm in winter. Peak prices are from mid-April to October.

Sūzhōu Museum Museum

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