Lion Grove Garden
狮子林 · Shīzi Lín
A Yuan-dynasty garden built around a maze of contorted limestone rocks you can climb through.
Booking requiredBring your passport1 hour
Tip
Kids love the rock maze. It is a 5-minute walk from the Humble Administrator’s Garden, so do both in one morning.
- Opening hours
- Mar–Oct 07:30–17:30 (last entry 17:00); Nov–Feb 07:30–17:00 (last entry 16:30).
- Price
- ¥40 (Apr, May, Jul–Oct), ¥30 (Jan–Mar, Jun, Nov–Dec)
- How to book
- Real-name, timed tickets; no walk-up sales. Book with your passport on Trip.com or the 苏州园林 mini-program. To be confirmed Could not get tickets? Tell us what you need
- Getting there
- Beisita (Line 4), then 10 min walk
- Address in Chinese
- 江苏省苏州市姑苏区园林路23号
Photo: King of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0
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