Gardens

Discover the best gardens experiences across China.

Yu Garden

Shanghai

A classical Ming-dynasty garden hidden behind ornate walls in the old city.

Summer Palace

Beijing

A vast imperial garden of lakes, pavilions, and covered walkways northwest of Beijing.

Garden of Cultivation

Suzhou

A small, little-restored 16th-century scholar's garden — pond, plum trees and a quiet you won't find at the headline gardens. One of the nine UNESCO Classical Gardens of Suzhou.

Mountain Villa with Embracing Beauty

Suzhou

Tiny, but its Ge Yuliang rockery is considered the masterpiece of the craft — a whole landscape of ravines and peaks in one courtyard. One of the nine UNESCO Classical Gardens of Suzhou.

Couple's Retreat Garden

Suzhou

An intimate garden of two halves — east and west — ringed by water and reached by lane or boat, named for the scholar and wife who retired here. One of the nine UNESCO Classical Gardens of Suzhou.

Retreat & Reflection Garden

Suzhou

Built flush to the water so its halls appear to float, this is the finest garden in the canal town of Tongli — and one of the nine UNESCO Classical Gardens of Suzhou.