One day in Suzhou, China

A day through Suzhou’s best-known sights that lie close together: Mountain Villa with Embracing Beauty, Xuanmiao Temple, Couple's Retreat Garden, Classical Gardens of Suzhou, Suzhou Museum and Suzhou Silk Museum. 6 stops, about 4.9 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. Mountain Villa with Embracing BeautyGarden · On the map
  2. Xuanmiao TempleTemple or shrine · 1.2 km on from Mountain Villa with Embracing Beauty · On the map
  3. Couple's Retreat GardenGarden · 1.3 km on from Xuanmiao Temple · On the map
  4. Classical Gardens of SuzhouGarden · 1.3 km on from Couple's Retreat Garden · On the map
  5. Suzhou MuseumMuseum · 0.3 km on from Classical Gardens of Suzhou · On the map
  6. Suzhou Silk MuseumMuseum · 0.9 km on from Suzhou Museum · On the map

6 stops, 6.3 km on foot along the streets: about 1 h 20 min of walking.

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Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.

Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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