The ultimate maple viewing spots

🍁 Suzhou Maple Viewing Guide! Stunning golden autumn hidden in the gardens!

1️⃣ Humble Administrator's Garden ➡️ Lingering Garden
Humble Administrator's Garden: The top Suzhou garden! Red maples + pavilions and towers, every shot is a masterpiece📸
📸Tips: Enter before 8 AM to avoid crowds and capture empty scenes
Lingering Garden: Small and exquisite! Maple leaves and rockeries create a charming scene, the small pavilion in the back garden is a hidden photo spot

2️⃣ Tiger Hill ➡️ Tianping Mountain
Tiger Hill: Thousand-year-old leaning pagoda with countless maple views! Climb Yunyan Temple for a panoramic view
Tianping Mountain: Suzhou’s most beautiful red leaves! The hills are ablaze like fiery clouds, best visited on weekdays

📍Transportation Tips:
- Humble Administrator's Garden: No. 178 Dongbeijie, Gusu District, Suzhou 🚇 Metro Line 4, Beisitai Station
- Tianping Mountain: Mudu Town, Wuzhong District, Suzhou 🎫 30 RMB/person (November maple season)

🍜 Food Recommendations:
- Su-style noodle soup: Tongdexing’s Fengzhen braised pork noodles, seasonal special!
- Osmanthus sugar taro: Perfect for autumn breeze
- Yangcheng Lake hairy crab: A must-eat in autumn (remember to distinguish real from fake)

📸 Stunning photo spots:
1. The maple tree by the waterside near Jianshan Tower in Humble Administrator's Garden
2. The reflection in the release pond at Tianping Mountain

⚠️ Avoid pitfalls:
- Reflectors and tripods are prohibited inside the gardens
- Tianping Mountain is crowded on weekends; it’s best to enter before 8 AM or after 3 PM
- Late October to mid-November is the best viewing period