Must-see hotels in Suzhou

  • Blue Gate Youth Hostel

    Suzhou

    The teensy common area has reasonably priced beer (from ¥10) and an easy atmosphere for getting to know your fellow travellers. Rooms are basic and dorm…

  • Little Days Folk House

    Suzhou

    The most peaceful way to experience Pingjiang Lu: Little Days is a delightful family-run boutique hotel and cafe right on the canal. The five rooms are…

  • Sūzhōu Watertown Youth Hostel

    Suzhou

    Tucked away down Dashitou Xiang (Big Stone Alley), a lane off Renmin Lu, this 200-year-old courtyard complex houses an OK hostel. Rooms on the 2nd floor…

  • Pan Pacific Sūzhōu

    Suzhou

    There’s a kitschy feel to the exterior of this former Sheraton Hotel, which looks like a faux Forbidden City. But once you step into the lobby, you’ll…

  • Píngjiāng Lodge

    Suzhou

    Capturing the canalside Sūzhōu aesthetic, this 17th-century traditional courtyard building has well-kept gardens and 51 rooms bedecked in traditional…

  • Pace

    Suzhou

    Pace isn't fancy but it does have clean, bright rooms with private bathrooms and large comfortable beds. Genuinely helpful staff, a decent buffet…

  • Suzhou Mingtown Youth Hostel

    Suzhou

    This well-run youth hostel has a fantastic location on Pingjiang Lu and charming rooms and dorms decorated with dark wooden ‘antique’ furniture. Rooms are…

  • Garden Hotel

    Suzhou

    Within huge, green grounds, the very popular five-star Garden Hotel has elegant, spacious and attractively decorated rooms. Washed over with mandolin…

  • Hotel Soul

    Suzhou

    This 200-room, five-level Philippe Starck–wannabe is close to Guanquan Jie. It has a zappy foyer, sharp angles and an elevator that's kitted out like a…

  • Pod

    Suzhou

    Simple, clean and snappy, this place has vibrantly styled stack 'em high and rent 'em fast rooms with window and shower (but not much else) at the heart…

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