Pingjiang Lodgeis a unique Culture Hotel that has character and soul. Located in the Suzhou Pingjiang District, the Lodge is transformed from Suzhou ancient complex of houses that contains different compounds of courtyards and rooms. The main hall of the Lodge was once the residence of the Fang Family in the Ming Dynasty, while the restaurant/MICE complex "Manor by the Bridge" (Shanfang) was once the residence of the Dong Family.
Cusi: Sacred Fox
Constructed in the old Suzhou style in the middle era of the Ming Dynasty, the Main Hall of Pingjiang Lodge has a history of more than 450 years and it is the oldest part of the complex. It has been inherited for 7 generations and has preserved relics dating back to the Ming, Qing, Republic of China and the Cultural Revolution periods. A wall near the main lobby with some red-painted words “Quotations from Chairman Mao” was painted by the Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution. The Lodge preserves “fine, detail, delicacy and beauty” in Chinese architectural style. Here, you can experience yourself up close to the “Xiao Qiao, Liu Shui, Ren Jia” (literally means “small bridges, flowing waters, residences”), a typical description of the landscape and classical aura of Suzhou.
Getting into the Pingjiang Lodge is just like traveling back in time. When you stroll down, you will find pieces of relics dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644), Qing Dynasty (1644 – 1911), and also the Cultural Revolution (1966 – 1976). The traditional ambience also allows you to experience the Chinese culture to its fullest. Take your time to play the stone piano (Qin), Chinese Chess and Checker (Qi), as well as Chinese Brushes and Black Ink Bar for calligraphy (Shu) and painting (Hua) at the lobby lounge where local tea is served.
The décor of the guest rooms preserves the indigenousness of the building and captivates the cultural aura of Suzhou. There are 52 rooms altogether and they are arrayed within 11 yards, such as Tao Yuan ("Peach Blossom Yard") and Zhu Yuan ("Bamboo Yard"). They are designed to blend with local traditions that include cloistered gardens, wooden pillars and tiled roofs, providing a cozy and tranquil environment for guests to experience the lifestyle of the ancient Suzhou.
When you stay at Pingjiang Lodge, feel free to bring home the hotel booklet which is placed on the desk of the guestroom. It introduces the historical background and architectural features of Pingjiang Lodge, a traditional complex that blends in gardens and waters, offering you a cozy environment to experience the rich cultural ambience of the garden city of Suzhou. Please click here to preview.
There are 51 guest rooms at the Pingjiang Lodge. They are arrayed within 11 yards that are named according to different Chinese landscape gardening, such as Bamboo Yard, Apricot Yard and Pine Yard. The classical architectural design and décor of the rooms integrate harmoniously creating great beauty and peace. Each of the rooms is named to depict the Chinese philosophy, cultural norms, or the theme of the yard in which it is located.
Standard Room
The rooms Ren (literally means "mercy"), Yi ("justice"), Yong ("bravery") and Zhu ("bamboo"), etc. are uniquely decorated to offer you a pleasant and comfortable stay.
Air-conditioning with individual temperature control
Well-appointed bathroom
IDD telephone
Tea-making facilities
Mini-bar
Colour TV with remote control
Satellite TV program
Hairdryer
Safe
Free Broadband Internet Service
Room size between 24 m² and 32 m²
Superior Rooms
Each room has a romantic name such as Wan Xia ("afterglow"), Qing Feng ("breeze"), and Bao Yue ("embracing the moon"), etc. The unique design offers you a rich cultural ambience.
Air-conditioning with individual temperature control
Well-appointed bathroom
IDD telephone
Tea-making facilities
Mini-bar
Colour TV with remote control
Satellite TV program
Hairdryer
Safe
Free Broadband Internet Service
Room size between 33 m² and 40 m²
Deluxe Rooms
The rooms Wu Wei ("stillness") and Wu Yu ("in-appetence"), etc., allow you to unwind both mentally and physically after a bustle day of travel.
Living room
Air-conditioning with individual temperature control
Well-appointed bathroom
IDD telephone
Tea-making facilities
Mini-bar
Colour TV with remote control
Satellite TV program
Hairdryer
Safe
Free Broadband Internet Service
Room size between 41 m² and 43 m²
Superior Suites Chen Xi" ("dawn") and "Xiang Yun" ("peaceful cloud") are two of the Superior Suites that offer city views and they are elegantly equipped with modern room facilities.
Living room
Air-conditioning with individual temperature control
Well-appointed bathroom
IDD telephone
Tea-making facilities
Mini-bar
Colour TV with remote control
Satellite TV program
Hairdryer
Safe
Free Broadband Internet Service
Room size between 34 m² and 39 m²
Deluxe Suites Tian Di ("sky and earth") and Da Zhi (wisdom) are two typical Deluxe Suites. They offer you a relaxing and cozy environment to experience the authentic culture of Suzhou.
Living room
Air-conditioning with individual temperature control
Well-appointed bathroom
IDD telephone
Tea-making facilities
Mini-bar
Colour TV with remote control
Satellite TV program
Hairdryer
Safe
Free Broadband Internet Service
Room size between 42 m²and 44 m²
Executive Suites
There are three Executive Suites, namely Shang Yi Ting (literally means "admiring justice"), Shang Shan Ting ("admiring kindness") and Xing Fu. The traditional Chinese style bedding and furniture lead you back to the bygone era of the Ming Dynasty.
Living room
Air-conditioning with individual temperature control
Well-appointed bathroom
Dining room (can cater up to 10 people)
IDD telephone
Tea-making facilities
Colour TV with remote control
Satellite TV program
Hairdryer
Safe
Free Broadband Internet Service
Room size between 50 m² and 77 m²
The Suzhou Pingjiang Lodge provides a wide variety of hotel facilities to cater your different needs and enjoyment. There are Cafe Bar, Fusion Restaurant,Meeting and Conference Rooms, Business Centre.
Dining
Cafe & Bar Located on the ground floor of the Manor by the Bridge complex, the Café & Bar offers chinese/western breakfast and delicate local treats and drinks throughout the day.
Fusion Restaurant Located on the first floor of the Manor by the Bridge complex in a relaxing and comfortable setting, it offers a menu of entice Suzhou local and Chinese specialties.
Business hour: 7:30am~9:30pm
Business Centre Conveniently located on the ground floor of the hotel, the Business Centre provides basic business support for yourleisurely needs.
- Free E-mail and the Internet Broadband access
- Free incoming fax service
- Color scanning and printing
- Document typing and transcription
- Secretarial services
- Photocopying service
- Wrapping and packing service for parcels and documents
- Flight confirmation and other airline information
- Travel & Tour arrangement
Study Room Decorated with traditional Chinese furniture, the Study Room offers a series of carefully selected history books, Chinese classic arts like famous poems, painting, and crafting for you to get an insight into the Chinese culture. It is a tranquil place for you to experience various Chinese culture and arts. Here, you can also use our Internet service to share your fantastic experience with your family and friends.
Tea Room
Adjacent to the Study Room, the Tea Room provides a cozy place for Chinese tea tasting, which is another traditional Chinese living art. It is an ideal venue for reading, gathering and rest.
Meeting & Events
Suzhou, whose beauty chanted and celebrated by many great poets throughout the history of China, is emerging into an international city with well-developed economy, easy communications and great investment opportunities. Tremendous efforts have been made over the past years to attract international meetings, conferences and exhibitions and the city is now host to many large-scale meetings and conferences.
Pingjiang Lodge, a Culture Hotel in the heart of the vibrant Suzhou, can accommodate from 30 to 100 conference delegates. Its convenient location and rich cultural ambience make it an ideal choice for your meeting venue. We take a unique approach to organizing your meetings, conventions and social functions. A range of standard and tailor-made meeting packages is available to meet your needs. We offer complete flexibility on venue and menu selection for lunch and dinner. Standard meeting amenities and equipment such as wireless Internet connection, LCD projector and wireless microphone etc., are also available. Meeting-cum-tour packages can be specially designed to suit the interests of conference delegates and/or their accompanying family members.
Venue Dimensions & Seating Capacity
Function Room
Dimensions
Seating Capacity
Dim. (L x W) (m)
Area (m²)
Theatre-style
Classroom
Buffet
Banquet
Cocktail Reception
Jinshi Room
11.6 x 8
92.8
100
70
80
80
90
Wotu Room
15.44 x 5.6
86.46
80
50
60
60
70
Dadi Room
10.07 x 5.5
55.38
50
30
40
40
50
Lingshan Room
13 x 5.66
73.58
70
50
60
60
70
Xiushui Room
13 x 5.55
72.15
70
50
60
60
70
Meeting Venue Floor Plan
Room Rates
The rates given below are valid from 01 Jan 2013 until further notice.
Room Category
Rack Rate
Internet Rate
RMB
RMB
Standard Room
Superior Room
Deluxe Room
Superior Suite
Deluxe Suite
Executive Suite
Extra Bed
(not applicable for Standard Room)
988
1,288
1,588
2,288
2,888
3,388
150
508
688
858
1,268
1,488
1,788
150
* Above rates are inclusive of 1 or 2 western breakfasts * Extra bed rate exclude breakfast
* Additional charge for breakfast: (RMB 48/person/day ; RMB 24/child (3-12 years old)/day)
All rates are in Chinese Yuan (CNY) (also known as Renminbi, RMB).
The above rates are not applicable for the weeks of Lunar New Year Holiday, Labour's Holiday in May and the National Holiday in October in China respectively.
The above rates are inclusive of one or two breakfasts, service charge & tax.
Rates apply on a per room basis - single or double occupancy.
Extra bed is not applicable for Standard Room. Extra bed rate does not include western breakfast.
Children under 12 are accommodated free of charge when sharing parents' room. (maximum one child without extra bed)
Check-in time is 2:00 p.m. Check-out time is 12:00 noon.
For late check-out till 6 p.m., 50% of the room rate will be charged. After 6 pm, full day room rate will apply.
For cancellation received 72 hours prior to arrival or no-show, one room night rate for every room booked will be charged.
Rates are subject to change without prior notice.
The hotel accepts major credit cards including Visa and Master.
We regret personal cheques are not accepted.
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Pingjiang Lodge, Suzhou
Address
33 Niu Jia Xiang, Pingjiang Qu, Suzhou 215005, China
Tel
(86 512) 6523 3888
Fax
(86 512) 8523 3868
E-mail
webmaster@the-silk-road.com
Promotional Package: Book now to enjoy up to 10% off. The rates given below are valid from 01 Jan 2013 until further notice.
Hot deal code: HT-SPH01
2-Day-1-Night Accommodation + Western Breakfast + Arrival Transfer
Experience yourself up close to the "Xiao Qiao, Liu Shui, Ren Jia" (literally means "small bridges, flowing waters, residences"), a typical description of the landscape and classical aura of Suzhou.
Package Includes:
One night accommodation in Superior Room (twin-sharing)
Western breakfast for 2 persons
Airport pick up service from Wuxi / Shanghai Pudong / Hongqiao or pick up from train station (Suzhou / Suzhou North)
Arrival Transfer from
Discounted Price (for two persons) (RMB)
Wuxi Airport
1,025
Shanghai Pudong Airport
1,160
Shanghai Hongqiao Airport
1,070
Train Station (Suzhou)
690
Train Station (Suzhou North)
755
Remarks:
Prices are quoted in Chinese Yuan (CNY), also known as Renminbi (RMB). Prices are subject to change without prior notice.
Bookings are subject to availability.
Prepayment is required for purchase of hot deal package.
In each reservation, only one hot deal package can be booked.
One night standard rate for every room booked will be charged for cancellation. No refund will be made for any cancellations received 72 hours prior to arrival or no show.
The above Hot Deal is not available during the public holidays in China, including but now limited to Labour Day, National Day, Mid-Autumn Festival, etc.
Pingjiang Lodge is conveniently located in the city centre of Suzhou, a famous water town in southeastern part of China. It takes about 40 minutes' drive to the Wuxi airport, 1.5 hours' drive to Shanghai Hongqiao airport, 2 hours' drive to Shanghai Pudong airport, 3 hours to Hangzhou and Nanjing respectively. Here, you can experience yourself up close to the "Xiao Qiao, LiuShui, Ren Jia" (literally means little bridges, flowing streams, residences"), a typical description of the landscape and classical aura of Suzhou.
Pingjiang Lodge allows easy access to different sightseeing spots such as classical gardens and former residences of ancient celebrities. To the east are the old houses of Suzhou residents; to the south is one of the UNESCO Heritage Sites Master-of-Nets Garden; to the west is the famous Guan Qian Street; and to the North is another UNESCO Heritage Site the Humble Administrator's Garden. It takes only a few minutes' walk from the Lodge to the Kunqu Museum and Pingtan Museum respectively.
Address
No. 33 Liu Jia Xiang, Pingjiang Qu, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215005, China
Tel
(86 512) 6523 3888
Fax
(86 512) 6523 3868
E-mail
webmaster@the-silk-road.com
Nearby Attractions
Suzhou is a historical city in China. Some people call it the "Venice in the Orient" because of the canals, stone bridges and the environment in which the local people live. Suzhou gardens are the symbol of the buildings in Jiangnan. They are famous for their lakes and hills which are skillfully organized to form beautiful gardens. The traditional specialties in Suzhou are jasmine tea, Su-taste cakes, sandal fans, Song brocade, lacquer ware, silk embroidery and drawn work.
The Humble Administrator's Garden
The Humble Administrator's Garden, located at the northeast street of Suzhou City, is the biggest garden of Suzhou City, which has won the fame of "Reputed Garden in the South of China" and "Cream Among the Gardens". It takes 10mins drive from the Lodge.
The Lion Grove Garden
The Lion Grove Garden lies along the Suzhou Garden Boulevard. It takes 10 minutes drive from our Lodge. There are strange stones resembling lions in the garden, hence the Lion Grove Garden, famous for its artificial hills accumulated by the exquisite and skillfully shaped stones from the Tai Lake.
Surging Waves Pavilion
This classical garden was built in the Five Dynasties (907-960), purchased and named by a poet Su Shunqin in 1044 during the Song Dynasty.
Lingering Garden
Lingering Garden covers an area of 23,310 square meters, is the best garden in Suzhou as well as being one of the four most famous gardens in China. It is renowned for the artistic way in which the spaces between various kinds of architectural forms are dealt with.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you again for being so welcoming to us, Jen Yeh and Susan Fillin-Yeh, when we stayed at the Pingjiang Lodge, 8-18 December, 2012. Our room was in the building across the street from the main hotel entrance. May we tell you again how much we enjoyed the traditional architecture and furnishings, and the view from our window onto the beautiful Pingjiang Canal. Your hotel is very special.
The hotel staff was very congenial; They even searched online for information on particular, tasty vegetable which had been unfamiliar to us, called "four winged bean."
We have recommended the Pingjiang Lodge to others.
Thank you so much.
Sincerely,
Jen Yeh and Susan Fillin-Yeh
6 Jan 2013
We enjoyed our stay in Suzhou at Pingjiang Lodge very much. A few comments follow:
Small problems:
The driver who picked us up at Shanghai Pudong airport was waiting for us at the International Arrivals area instead of Domestic, so it took about 45 minutes to find him.
Had some problems with English being understood at the hotel front desk
Front desk would not call us a taxi, saying they wouldn't come down the alley
Breakfast was very late on our first morning
(None of these was a big issue and did not detract much from our good overall experience)
Positives:
I called the front desk from Pudong airport and the person there was very helpful in helping us find the driver
Our room was fantastic
Restaurant food was very good
Front desk was helpful in booking us a limo to Suzhou North train station
I really enjoy my stay in Ping Jian Lodge from the first warm welcome at my arrival to the last minute when i left.
Location is perfect, lobby and rooms style and furniture lovely, breakfast food excellent.
I wish also underline the good english and professionalism of the staff, far better than what i found in 5 stars hotel like the Shangri-La for example.
With best regards
Micheline Baussard
31 October - 1 November 2008
Just back home, I want to tell you all went perfectly well. We still don't know which of your two hotels in Beijing and Suzhou we liked most.
Both were perfect and we have been extremely well received and lodged.
Will definitely recommend them to friends planning to travel to China, all the more so that your Suzhou hotel is not yet mentioned in the travel guides, but I will mention it to the Routard and Lonely Planet people so they include it in their next issues.
Thanks also Helen for the train reservation, all went smoothly for us with the Beijing-Shanghai trip.
All in all we loved China and are surely going to return and visit other regions in the coming years.
Will of course be in touch with you when that happens.
Meanwhile, thanks again for all your help, cooperation and friendliness,
Sincerely,
Rudolf and Cecile Hagnauer
11 June 2007
We did appreciate a lot our staying in your hotel in Suzhou. It is a very nice place, and people were very kind there: so thank you very much and I can only congratulate you!
Hope to come back one day, and of course I will recommend to my friends your hotel...
Best regards,
Luc DUPONT
1 June 2007
Weve had a nice trip at Suzhou and the Pingjiang Lodge. Its really impressive to live at an antique courtyard house so well preserved. I would stay at the Lodge again when I go to Suzhou next time.
Im an architect and interested in Chinese architecture. As a support to the good effort of preserving old building, Im writing an article to be posted up at local newspaper. Will let you have a copy then.
One minor point:
We booked a deluxe room with extra bed. I suggest the Lodge may prepare bathroom accessories, tea bags and etc for three guests instead of two.
Regards,
Helen Leung
19 Jan 2007
I could not reply you earlier since we have been travelling in Europe after our China trip! We had a wonderful experience a the Suzhou Pingjiang Lodge, we simply loved the place, your boss has done a very good job to restore the old house to its previous glory, the staff was very attentive, especially the Manager who was in charge of the hotel, I am terribly sorry that I did not get his name, he was extremely helpful, he was the only person in the hotel could answer my question of the brand new IM Pei Museum in Suzhou! There was also a certain Mr. Chin Da Min gave us a lot useful information as well, even we did not have good weather but the atmosphere was warm at your hotel! My husband took a lot of pictures of the hotel, as soon as we sort them out, I shall send you some, because they are very beautiful, and really show the best of your hotel. We have highly told all our friends about your hotel, so I hope you will continue with the same spirit and service of the hotel.
Just a small remark about your breakfast, I think it can be improved.
We should return to China next April for another conference in Beijing and Shanghai, I look forward to trying out the Beijing experience with your hotel.
Regards,
Vanessa
16 December 2006
The Suzhou Pingjiang Lodge was excellent!!! Really a very beautiful place, and also very interesting, in the middle of the old city. A great experience!
Mr. Penas
8 August 2006
We had great fun in Suzhou and liked the hotel. It was a very tranquil and authentic setting and staff were lovely.
We did not really have any criticism just a minor point of a choice of muesli/cereal for breakfast though we appreciated that the restaurant is not yet functioning and staff were doing best they could and otherwise breakfast was fine.
Best regards
Louise
5 June 2006
At Pingjiang Lodge, whether you are a group of two or a corporate group, our professional hotelier and travel staff can help you organize below special activities:
Stroll along the Pingjiang District and visit the former residences of the ancient Zhuangyuan, candidates who got the first place in an imperial examination
Enjoy a Kunqu Opera – designated as Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO
Enjoy a Pingtan performance – a typical singing in Suzhou style
