Yuanhuayuan Villa
National grade: AAAA
The Yuanhuayuan Villa is reputed to be the best garden in the southern region of the Yangtze River, which is home to 400 varieties of peonies with over 40,000 flowers in full bloom.
Each spring, the villa sponsors a peony cultural festival. It furnishes recreational activities in the vanilla garden, root carving gallery, and Dai ethnic group folk customs villa.
The villa completed its renovations just before the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, which features one center, one quarter and seven zones to highlight the Forest Hot Springs resort and Riverside Landscape avenue.
To date, it greets guests with garden-based scenery characterized with peonies, an eco-friendly atmosphere and a riverside area.
Address: Taoyuan village, Liuhe town, Taicang city, Jiangsu province, China
Tel: 0512-53637896
Opening hours: 8:00——17:00
Entrance tickets: 60 yuan/person during the Peony Festival and 30 yuan/person on all other days
Public transport routes: Take Bus No. 201 and 301
Vehicle traffic routes: Drive along the Shanghai-Taicang road —— Liuhe turntable junction——go east to Zhenghe street —— go 1.5km north to Liufu road —— go 2km to arrive at the destination.
Take the Suzhou-Kunshan-Taicang Expressway —— turn off the Shuangfeng exit to Taicang — No.204 national highway ——Zhenghe road —— turns into Liufu Road —— go 2km to arrive at the destination.