Shanghai & Suzhou City Break (Superior) - 4 Days

After breakfast, your guide leads a full-day Shanghai highlights tour. Visit Yu Garden and the adjacent City God Temple Bazaar to see this Ming Dynasty private garden and the old-town shopping lanes. Continue to Jade Buddha Temple, founded in 1882, known for its Burmese jade Buddha statues. Lunch is served at a local restaurant. After lunch, visit a silk factory to learn about silk-making from cocoon to cloth. In the late afternoon, walk Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street and the Bund Promenade for views of historic waterfront buildings opposite the Lujiazui skyline across the Huangpu River. Return to your hotel in the evening.

Included: Yu Garden; City God Temple Bazaar; Jade Buddha Temple; Silk factory visit; Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street; The Bund

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch · Stay: Shanghai Central Hotel or similar hotel

After breakfast, drive to Suzhou (about 1.5–2 hours). Visit Humble Administrator’s Garden, a major Ming Dynasty classical garden, and Lingering Garden, a Qing Dynasty garden, both known for traditional Chinese private-garden design. Lunch is at a local Suzhou restaurant. Continue to Panmen Gate, a surviving city gate with both land and water entrances. Finish with a 45-minute cruise on the Suzhou section of the Grand Canal, passing traditional houses and old bridges from the water. Return to Shanghai in the evening.

Included: Humble Administrator’s Garden; Lingering Garden; Panmen Gate; Grand Canal cruise

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch · Stay: Shanghai Central Hotel or similar hotel