Grand Metropark Hotel Suzhou

1.Guanqian Street 2.Shiquan Street 3.Shi Road
All of the above are shopping and entertainment center of Suzhou.
- The Humble Administrator’s Garden(10 kilometres)
On Dongbei Street. It was built by Wang xianchen, an imperial censor of the Ming Dynasty. The garden derlved its name from the idea of “the politics of a humble administrator” in the essay. “On Life of Leisure”, by Pan Yue of the Jin Dynasty. It is divided into the eastern, central, and western sections with spacious pounds in a style of openness, Landscaping techniques of contrast and borrowed views are used to provide varied prospects in the garden, which is a typical example of the classical gardens in the southern Yangtze Delta.
- The Tiger Hill(20 kilometres)
Located outside Changmen Gate and also known as Haiyong Hill, it was named the Tiger Hill from the legend that a white tiger appeared crouching on the hill three days after the burial of the King He lu of Wu state in the Spring and Autumn Period. Buildings and the pagoda are scattered along the natural slope of the hill amidst luxuriant verdure and sheer cliffs and grotesque rocks, and the place is reputed as the No.1 sight in the Wu Region. The poet Su Dongpo once remarked, “It is a loss to visit Suzhou without seeing the Tiger Hill.”
- The Lingering Garden (15 kilometres)
Located outside Changmen Gate, it was created in Wanli Reign of the Ming with most attractive architectural forms and elaborates furninshings. The Cloud-crowned Peak in the garden, which wai left from the famous imperial tribute “Huashigang”, is the largest single piece of Tai Lake rock in the area south of the Yangtze.

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