Canglang Pavilion Suzhou

Hello,

Last weekend, a couple of friends and I decided that we'd make the best of the weather and our limited time together and take a trip to nearby city Suzhou, which I have no good reason for not having visited earlier. It is very close- only about an hour or less away by high-speed train- and is well-known for its gardens and canals. I …

... walking between this and the last garden, this is one of the four most famous gardens of the city.  Canglang Pavilion is the oldest of the Suzhou gardens that can be traced back to the Northern Song Dynasty (906-1127). During that part of history, ...

... pants are very light weight wool and they kept my legs nice and warm when we visited the Master of the Nets and Canglang Pavilion Gardens today.  These are small gardens, lovely and intimate, without the tourist hoards – there’s no bus ...

... found a taxi back to the city. First stop was the Master-of-Nets Garden (网师园), followed by Canglang Pavilion （沧浪亭). Tickets were RMB$30 and $20, respectively. These gardens were both very beautiful, but ...

... at the canals on Pingjiang Road.  Visiting of two other gardens in Suzhou Last Sunday, we were too late to visit the Canglang Pavilion and its garden. But Sunday, November 11, we were lucky. Early birds and sunshine but cold. Since we were so ...