The best route for a one-day trip to Jinji Lake in Suzhou How to arrange a route for a one-day trip to Jinji Lake in Suzhou

The best route for a one-day trip to Jinji Lake in Suzhou

Jinji Lake Scenic Area, an open national 5A-level tourist attraction, is the centralized display and core area of ??the country's only "National Business Tourism Demonstration Zone" , Jinji Lake and the ancient garden city complement each other, which is the most fashionable and energetic side of Suzhou's ancient and modern "double-sided embroidery". Jinji Lake at night holds up the bright color of "8:30 in Suzhou".

Picture source: Jinji Lake official Weibo

Route arrangement:

You can check in during the day:

1. Camphor Garden

The Xiangzhang Garden on the west bank of Jinji Lake is a forest hidden in a prosperous neighborhood of the city. The evergreen camphor trees here create an "urban forest" landscape. Walking off the Suzhou Center Overpass, you can go directly to the Camphor Garden. This graceful journey realizes the transformation of the scene from the city to the countryside. Occasionally, there are old people babbling and singing opera, adding to the classical rhythm. Pavilions, stone paths, sun-blocking trees, and short shrubs. In the summer of the camphor garden, the midsummer heat is no longer unbearable.

2. Appreciate lotus on Jinji Lake Trail

“The wind blows the green compass of lotus leaves, and the lotus sways like drunken joy.” The fragrance of lotus fields, listening to the lotus in the wind, a touch of fresh green enriches the shore Lake walking experience. The lotus flowers are still waiting for time to awaken, and the huge green lotus leaves are already in dense clumps. When the wind blows, large silver water droplets dance wildly, showing the vitality of summer. The lotus leaves are either curled or relaxed, the lotus leaves are open or soft, the lake is on one side, and the scenery on the other side is rich and charming.

3. Jinji Lake Scenic Area South Visitor Center

Although you don’t need to buy tickets for Jinji Lake Scenic Area, you must visit the visitor center. The beautiful customer service MM here will explain the whole scenic spot to you for free. If you haven’t made a guide before, you can also consult the customer service. The customer service will always have some interesting recommendations. In addition, the visitor center also provides many convenient services such as free rest areas, free bicycles, and postal services. Save you a lot of trouble.

4. Cultural museums

The cultural museums in the third and fourth phases of Li Gongdi can be said to be from ancient times to the present, from the West to the East, from punk to literature and art, there is always something that is your cup of tea. .

5. Ligongdi Phase 1/Ligongdi Pier

Take a small train from Ligongdi Phase 3 or 4 to reach Phase 1. Mr. Jinji Lake is no exaggeration when he says that countless people who experience it for the first time always repeat the same sentence: You have traveled through time! Yes, you are suddenly transported from the European style to a traditional water town.

6. Moonlight Pier/Jinji Lake Cruise

Boarding the Jinji Lake Cruise at Ligongdi Pier is a very heroic event.

Have a panoramic view of the eight major landscapes and the big long johns. Whichever one you like, wait until the boat approaches and take a photo at the bow.

7. Suzhou Culture and Art Center

Suzhou Art Center is one of the iconic cultural highlands in Suzhou. The building is the work of French design master Paul Andre. No wonder it looks beautiful on the outside. Wow!

Everywhere you go in is exquisite. If you have enough time, it would be great to watch a play in the Grand Theater.

8. Spring arrives at the Lakeside Square

After the arts and culture, let’s take a walk along the Moonlight Pier, where you can find exotic restaurants, leisure clubs, boutique hotels, bars, quiet bars, and coffee bars. It is one of the top ten most beautiful night sceneries in Suzhou. When the lights are on, listening to the singers singing jazz by the lake is intoxicating even without a glass of cocktail.

Not far away, it’s spring at Lakeside Square. Speaking of spring coming to the lakeside, this is a grand annual festival in Jinji Lake. Every year during Valentine's Day, Spring Festival, and Lantern Festival, citizens and tourists get high at the lakeside.

9. Yuanrong Canopy

Leave Lakeside Plaza and head east, past the crescent-shaped InterContinental Hotel, and you will come to Yuanrong with the "world's first canopy" Times Square. This is the most prosperous commercial center in Suzhou and a shining pearl in Hudong.

The Yuanrong Canopy you are paying attention to is also one of the eight major landscapes in Jinji Lake Scenic Area. It is 500 meters long, 32 meters wide and 21 meters high. The total area is more than 16,000 square meters, which is equivalent to nearly 30 basketball courts. size. It has surpassed the Las Vegas Marquee in the United States and the World Trade Center Sky Marquee in Beijing, becoming the world's No. 1 marquee. It’s amazing!

Night check-in:

Photo source: Jinji Lake official Weibo

1. The most beautiful night view in Suzhou

11.5 square kilometers Among the total area, the water area reaches 7.4 square kilometers, complementing the garden water town and blending seamlessly with the city of innovation. Jinji Lake Scenic Area is the most fashionable and energetic side of the "double-sided embroidery" of Suzhou's ancient and modern tourism.

The beautiful appearance and the blessing of technology make Jinji Lake Scenic Area the most shining pearl in Suzhou at night. In 2017, Jinji Lake Scenic Area ranked first in the selection of "Suzhou's Most Beautiful Night Scenic Spots" and was selected as one of Suzhou's "Top Ten Nighttime Cultural Tourism Consumption Clusters". One of the landmarks of the night.

2. Night-time cultural tourism consumption

With 26 large-scale cultural tourism business carriers and more than 1,700 tourism-related merchants, the Jinji Lake Scenic Area is highly concentrated with multiple business formats and sufficient factors. Integration creates the most international, fashionable and modern nighttime cultural tourism consumption destination in Sioux City.

The "Suzhou Little Bird's Nest" Cultural and Art Center is the permanent evaluation base for the China Film Golden Rooster Award. It is also the gathering place for the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra, Suzhou Ballet, Jinji Lake Art Museum and other well-known cultural business cards of the city. The century-old Ligong Embankment with white walls and black tiles is full of color at night, and more than 10 exhibition halls including Yao Jianping Embroidery Hall, Cai Yundi Three Sculpture Art Museum, and Ming Art Museum realize the collision of traditional and modern art. Under the lights, the European-style Moonlight Pier is gorgeous and blurry, guarding the only Eslite bookstore in mainland China that is a holy place for domestic literary and artistic youth.

With Jinji Lake as the center, there are commercial complexes such as Suzhou Center, Times Square, Jiuguang, and Shin Kong Place, as well as commercial complexes such as Zhongyin Crown, Intercontinental, Shangri-La, Park Hyatt, and W Hotel. In 2021, with international first-tier hotels such as Capella and Ritz-Carlton signing contracts and settling in, a high-end hotel cluster around the lake will gradually form on the shores of Jinji Lake, comparable to Shanghai's Lujiazui.

Create a nighttime consumption highland

The night at Jinji Lake changes with the changes in reading methods. The constant recreation of cultural and tourism scenes has ignited the enthusiasm of citizens and tourists for nighttime consumption. In the past year, 13 fashion consumer brand events at or above the district level, including the Double 12 Shopping Festival, YE in the Extraordinary Park, and the May 5th Shopping Festival, have taken turns to appear. Under the waves of "fashion shock waves", Jinji Lake Scenic Area continues to launch 26 brands including "Moonlight in the City", "Didiao de Yaji", "YE Lane", "Jinji Lake Art Festival" and "Jinji Lake Peach Blossom Festival"** * A total of 293 activities are held to create a trendy market spanning four seasons.

Review of past activities:

UAV light and shadow show, "Encounter YOUNG Suzhou" night art flash mob, and sailing boat night sailing. Rich consumer scenes have extended the "business hours" of Jinji Lake ": Most art museums in scenic spots have extended their opening hours to 22:00 at the latest. Eslite Bookstore Night Reading and Suzhou Center have launched "36-hour non-closing" activities during the New Year's Eve.

The most beautiful city living room - transportation

When where to go and how to play are no longer problems, Jinji Lake Scenic Area has unlocked the "obstacles" for enjoying the scenic spot one by one. In terms of public transportation, in addition to rail lines 1, 3, and 5, more than 30 buses, and rail lines 6 and 8 under construction will directly connect to the scenic spot in the future, with 46 parking lots and 39 A-class tourist attractions. Toilets and 211 seats enjoy open toilets to meet the needs of tourists.

There are 4 first-level tourist centers and 4 second-level tourist centers in Jinji Lake Scenic Area, providing comprehensive tourism services for tourists. The "Huiyou Park" platform launched in May this year can lock scenic spot information, activity information and reservations at "fingertips"; Baidu Map's "Jinji Lake One-click Smart Tour" can also realize one-click smart sightseeing spot information, navigation and information push.