Guyi Garden

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This garden was surprisingly huge. I enjoyed being able to get soup dumplings right next door. It was pretty and well kept, fairly busy.

The GuYi garden is an excellent place to visit and experience the beauty and style of the Classical Chinese gardens. There are several of those in Shanghai and Suzhou, but the benefit of GuYi is that it is off the beaten track and a lot more peaceful - thus more enjoyable

Unbelievably beautiful garden with amazing buildings. I spent one whole day in this garden and I can say it was not even enough to see the whole area completely. The first thing I recommend is to carry enough food and water with you because you will spend a whole day and you have to walk for hours. so you will need to refill your energy. I hardly can describe its beauty and the peace you feel there. I took hundreds of pictures. And I saw young girls with traditional costumes taking pictures there. Trees flower buildings the sound of the wind birds bridges river everything was just wow. I really say it was a true heaven on the earth! If one day I go to Shanghai again for 100% I will visit this garden again. The interesting thing is that I accidentally found this place. You do not need to buy a ticket in advance and you do not need to wait to enter the garden. Just go and enjoy this heavenly place!

One of my favourite gardens of Shanghai. It's a little bit further from the city centre, but it's definitely worth a visit. Line 11 will take you towards Nanxiang Station, from there it's a 15 minute walk to the entrance. Admission ticket is CNY 12. Guyi Garden is very big, there's no dedicated path as far as I'm aware. But all the sections are numbered, so if you follow these numbers in order I guess there's some kind of path. You can easily spend around two hours here, there's a nice variety of buildings, pagodas, ponds, trees and bamboo, and some cats wandering around.

Very underrated. Much bigger and nicer than Yuyuan Garden. Lovely design, gorgeous Sakura trees and charming bonsais. Though a tourist destination, it’s not nearly as crowded as other gardens and you can see locals playing music and games. The temple and reconstructed ancient town streets right next to it are worth a visit too.