[2025 Nanjing ] Travel Guide for Suyun Thirteen Gardens (Updated Apr)

#discoverchina Every time I visit Nanjing, it’s packed with people. If you want to avoid the crowds on Wutong Avenue or the Qinhuai River, I’ve found a hidden gem for you 🤫✨ This spot has lush gardens, wide-open lawns, and super aesthetic buildings — perfect for snapping those Insta-worthy shots 📷💕 📍Location: Jiangsu Garden Expo Park (江苏园博园) By Car: Navigate to Gate 1 or Gate 2 (for fireworks, head to Gate 3) By Subway: Line 4 to Mengbei Station → shuttle bus to Gate 1 Line S6 to Dongjiao Town Station → shuttle bus to Gate 2 🗺️ Suggested 1-Day Itinerary: Xianfeng Bookstore Suyun Thirteen Gardens (苏韵十三园) Fushi Underground Palace Underwater Botanical Garden Mythical Creatures Interactive Zone Evening Fireworks Show 🎆 💎 Must-Visit Spots: ◎ Suyun Thirteen Gardens #thingstodo #travel

Thirteen gardens, thirteen styles of Jiangnan, transformed into a poetic landscape, with pavilions and towers hidden among the flowers. There are also intangible cultural heritage handcraft experiences, thirteen flower deities to check in with, and spring-themed Chinese performances. It's a great place to enjoy the flowers in spring. 📍Location: Jiangsu Garden Expo Park - Suyun Thirteen Gardens 🚗Transportation: If you drive, it's a 30-minute drive from the city center. You can park in the parking lot at Gate 1 (Xiping Gate) or Gate 2 (Beian Gate). 🚇Subway: Exit 2 of Mengbei Station on Line 4 Opening hours: 9:00-18:00 🌸Suyun Thirteen Gardens: Nanjing Garden, Wuxi Garden, Suzhou Garden, Changzhou Garden, Yangzhou Garden, Taizhou Garden, Xuzhou Garden, Nantong Garden, Lianyungang Garden, Yancheng Garden, Zhenjiang Garden, Suqian Garden, Huaian Garden. 🌟Suyun Thirteen Gardens adheres to the design concept of "innovating with the old to reproduce the best Jiangsu gardens," authentically recreating the classic ancient garden architecture of the thirteen prefecture-level cities in Jiangsu. The crabapple flowers in Suzhou Garden seem to awaken the entire garden overnight. The cherry blossom avenue outside Nanjing Garden is even more intoxicating. This visual impact can only be felt when you are there. Crabapple blossoms in Suzhou Garden, cherry blossoms in Nanjing Garden, thirteen gardens with thirteen colors and thirteen flower deities, every step is a poetic scene. Wear Hanfu and take all kinds of photos. Here, the garden is full of fragrant flowers, cherry blossoms, crabapples, Chinese peonies, peonies, and other flowers competing for spring.🌸 🌟Recommended photo spots ✨Suzhou Garden: The corridor with crabapple blossoms is a great place to take pictures. ✨Nanjing Garden: Cherry Blossom Avenue, every shot is a blockbuster. ✨Fangzong Courtyard: The flower waterfall cascades down from a high place, which is extremely romantic. In addition to the beautiful scenery, there are also many intangible cultural heritage handicrafts such as rubbings, hairpins, and mother-of-pearl brooches to experience. The framed scenery of the garden is the most advanced Chinese aesthetic. Each garden hides the story of the seasonal flower deity🌸, which is worth exploring~

The Baobao Amusement Park in Jiangsu Garden Expo Park is so much fun! It's located on a cliffside in the park, with lots of ups and downs. There are many attractions inside Baobao Amusement Park, and every child has a blast. Parents can relax! 🎪 Must-try attractions 1⃣ Cloud Slide Nanjing's super long slide! Kids have a blast whooshing down from the top of the mountain. 2⃣ Water Treehouse Adventure A giant wooden castle + a circular water slide, offering a one-stop experience of climbing, jumping, and playing in the water. Kids' bravery levels are maxed out! 3⃣ Watermelon Trampoline A super large trampoline area. This is my child's favorite. Kids love bouncing around here. 4⃣ Dream Forest Climbing Net & Starry Twin Towers A super energy-consuming climbing maze + net bridge challenge. A great way for kids to burn off some energy. 5⃣ Lawn Zipline The low-altitude zipline is super exciting! Suitable for parent-child interaction, even adults can't stop playing. 🚗 Transportation Guide 📍 Self-driving Navigation: ▫ If you're only visiting Baobao Amusement Park → choose "Jinxiu Gate Parking Lot," it's a 5-minute walk. ▫ If you're visiting the whole park → choose "Xiping Gate P1A Parking Lot," it's a 15-minute walk or take the shuttle bus. 🅿 Parking Fee: CNY 8/time. On weekends, it's recommended to arrive before 10:00 am. 🚇 Public Transportation: Take Metro Line 4 to Mengbei Station → take a 10-minute taxi to the park (approx. CNY 12) or walk 2 km. 🌿 Hidden Gems Nearby 🔹 Time Art Valley Industrial Style Photos Librairie Avant-Garde cement silos, Dark Horse Comics Museum, industrial ruins + art collision. 🔹 Cliffside Flower Valley Picnic A super healing flower-filled hillside next to the amusement park. Bring your own picnic mat and snacks, and relax while watching the kids play. 🔹 Retro Small Train Tour Starting from Time Art Valley, the train travels through 13 garden landscapes, instantly transporting you to a Republican-era movie set. 💡 Tips ✔ There's a sandpit, remember to bring sand toys. Bring sun hats for outdoor play. ✔ Dining Recommendations: Baobao Restaurant offers simple meals, and you can continue playing after eating. ❌ Prohibited Items: Scooters and tents need to be checked in.

Only Nanjing can collect all the thirteen gardens of Jiangsu here Since Nanjing's traffic has exploded, it has become a popular tourist city During holidays, Nanjing people can hardly go out. Whether it is Qinhuai River or Wutong Avenue, they are crowded with people. Even climbing Zijin Mountain requires queuing As a local native, I recommend a scenic spot where you can visit all the thirteen representative gardens of Jiangsu in one day. The key point is that there are few people here! It's niche! Here you can find the small bridges and flowing water in southern Jiangsu, the magnificent buildings in Nanjing, and the majestic atmosphere in northern Jiangsu Only the provincial capital Nanjing can collect all the thirteen gardens of Jiangsu It is the Suyun Thirteen Garden in the Garden Expo Park 📍Location: Suyun Thirteen Garden Ticket🎫: 35 yuan ⏰Time: 9:00-18:00 How to get there: Take Metro Line 4 to Mengbei Station, and take a taxi for five minutes ‼ ️Tips: 1⃣️Nanjing Garden and Zhenjiang Garden are very suitable for taking photos and checking in. The tall Zidong Pavilion in Nanjing Garden can be said to be the landmark building of the entire Garden Expo Park 2⃣️The current Suyun Thirteen Gardens also have a New Year's market and blessing interactions. Various blessing-collecting activities are hidden in the thirteen gardens, and there is also a stamp collecting experience 3⃣️Now each garden will have performances, such as the Suzhou Garden's Garden Search for Dreams, the Nanjing Garden's Hualin Search for Fragrance, the Wuxi Garden's Jichang Poetry and Painting, and the Xuzhou Garden's Chufeng Hanyun, each of which is very beautiful 4⃣️During the Chinese New Year, the Thirteen Gardens have dragon and lion dances, and various New Year interactions. Bring your children here to enjoy it 5⃣️There are also many New Year-related check-in devices and interactive games in the park. If you participate in the interactive games, you will get small gifts if you win

On the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival, make an appointment with your girlfriends to visit the Thirteen Gardens of Suzhou at the Jiangsu Garden Expo Park. Here, you can experience the characteristics of each city of the Thirteen Taibao of Jiangsu, and see the classic garden scenery of the thirteen cities. This Mid-Autumn Festival, come here to visit the gardens, enjoy the scenery, and watch the performances. ⭐️About the tour 🚶🚶Tour route Huai'an Garden➡️Suzhou Garden➡️Wuxi Garden➡️Changzhou Garden➡️Zhenjiang Garden➡️Nanjing Garden➡️Xuzhou Garden➡️Suqian Garden➡️Taizhou Garden➡️Yangzhou Garden➡️Yancheng Garden➡️Lianyungang Garden➡️Nantong Garden I have also compiled several places for taking photos with your girlfriends📷 ✔️Huai'an Garden - Beautiful photos with seasonal flowers After getting your hair and makeup done at Huai'an Garden, you can enjoy the scenery along the way. ✔️Suzhou Garden - Drip glue into amber The two of you can work together to make drip glue, which is quite interesting. ✔️Wuxi Garden - Throwing a pot and painting a fan Savor the colors of Oriental aesthetics and experience the ancient throwing fun. ✔️Changzhou Garden - Copy poetry experience Follow the master to copy poetry and experience ancient rhyme culture. ✔️Nanjing Garden - Song Dynasty tea ceremony Enjoy an exquisite tea ceremony performance, learn and participate in the "five steps and seven soup method" of tea ceremony, and immerse yourself in the elegant charm of intangible cultural heritage. ✔️Zhenjiang Garden - Gold and stone rubbing A piece of rice paper, a rubbing bag, plus tools such as wooden hammers and mane brushes, the rice paper seems to be "magically" revealed, and the ancient carvings "travel" to the paper. ✔️Taizhou Garden - Enjoy the 400-year-old osmanthus tree Sit under the osmanthus tree and chat with your girlfriends. The annual flower viewing time in October is so exciting. 🔹About transportation 🚗 Self-driving navigation to Gate 1 (Xiping Gate) parking lot🅿️ (free parking) 🎫 Tickets: Adults💰70r 🈺 Opening hours: Monday to Sunday 9:00-18:00