[2025 Suzhou Attraction] Travel Guide for Manshan Island (Updated Jun)

【Opening】: The secluded island near Guangfu, Suzhou~Manshan Island 🕘【Opening Hours】: Ferry schedule 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM 💴【Ticket Price】: Round trip ¥59/person, combo tickets with coffee or ice cream available ⛺【Activities】: Mini lighthouse, Manshan Primary School, Bird Library, Manshan Lounge, East Village, West Village, Sunset Dock; A very small island mainly for enjoying natural scenery and healing the mind & body. 2-3 hours is enough for the whole visit, with excellent air quality - you could also quietly spend an entire day here. 🚌【Transport Guide】: Drive to Manshan Ferry Terminal (parking available), or park near residential areas/roadsides. On the island, you can walk or rent electric bikes/cycles. 👉【Itinerary】: Can stay overnight on the island or at nearby homestays by the dock; Island has cafes and Chinese restaurants - no need to bring food 🧡【Preparation】: Sun protection recommended; windy on the boat - better to bring a hat or scarf

Discover a place where you don't need to rush! Chase tangerine sunsets on a bike ride 🚴♀️, hop into a kayak and brush past lotus flowers 🛶 (while snapping atmospheric photos), even the breeze carries the fresh scent of lotus leaves~ Must-try: "Taihu's Three Whites" 🐟! The freshwater delicacies are so tender they'll make you devour three bowls of rice 🍚 Pro tip for your social media: "Gentle ripples look naturally filtered – no need to travel far for beauty" 🏡 Stay at a lakeside healing resort Naked Retreats Taihu absolutely understands relaxation! 🛶 Free kayaking + lakeside cycling (lotus-picking gear included), family activities like making Suzhou embroidery wind chimes and feeding adorable bunnies 🐰, open-air heated pools facing the lake are pure bliss ♨️ Watch sunrise from your room's balcony 🌅, and be enchanted by freshly made scallion oil noodles at breakfast~ Special shoutout to villa amenities: 🌿 Private garden with lawn | 🍢 Outdoor BBQ area 🌊 Waterslide & heated pool | 🎤 KTV + game consoles Just 40 minutes from downtown Suzhou – perfect for "killing multiple birds with one stone"! Kayak by day, enjoy Pingjiang Road's pingtan performances at dusk, return to your private hot spring villa at night. How often do you visit Suzhou? Missing Taihu means missing the essence where city meets nature. Click below 🌿 Local-approved Taihu experiences 【Lazy-friendly options】 ✅ 20-minute hike up Yuyang Mountain (epic lake views from the summit) ✅ Chase orange soda sunsets on Manshan Island (population: dozens) ✅ Bamboo rafting through wetland park's water forests 【Foodie code】 🍵 Sip Biluochun tea with crabapple cakes in Dongcun Ancient Village 🍲 Feast on freshly caught river delicacies at Mingyue Bay farmhouses 【Weekend bonus】 Weekly Saturday kite competitions 🪁 (losers buy mint mung bean soup) Just 2 hours from Shanghai/Suzhou – worth visiting twice yearly! Pick loquats in spring, admire autumn moons, kayak in summer, and soak in hot springs during winter~ 🚗 Pack your bags now! May brings lotus-scented air to Taihu~ Perfect weekend itinerary: lakeside cycling, private hot springs, and fresh lake cuisine Launch your 48-hour city escape! 💨

An incomplete review of several internet-famous coffee shops in Suzhou that are famous for their lake views: In general, the environment wins the day. The prices are relatively high, drinks 💰30-50, desserts 💰40-60, fries 💰 around 50, the environment is more important than the taste. 📍Jinxi Sunset Lake View Special Cafe: Rich in landscape, many indoor window seats, and you can see the sunset outdoors🌇. 📍Qingshan·Dai Creative Restaurant: It is more than 100 meters away from the one above. The indoor and outdoor spaces are smaller, and it has better privacy if there are not many people. 📍Mu Ke Bookstore·Full Lake View Cloud Cafe Restaurant: This is a popular restaurant this year. The decoration style inside is a bit wasteland style. The pier has been repaired, and there are more camera positions upstairs and outside. Picture 6 was taken outside with a mobile phone, it was not difficult. There is a long table, suitable for family gatherings. The bigger problem is that there is only one window view of the fire, which is difficult to obtain. It is very close to the Manshandu Pier, so you can take a look while waiting for the boat. 📍There are cats in the morning and evening: On Manshan Island, there is only coffee, not many choices, and not much space. The biggest selling point is the cats, but it seems that there are not many cats now. The only interesting thing is the cat climbing frame converted from the stove.

A romantic and healing niche island in Taihu Lake. In the past, the days became slower, cars, horses, and mail were slower, and there was only enough time to love one person in a lifetime. Today, Manshan Island feels the slow day. Manshan Island is located in Guangfu Town, Wuzhong District. It is a beautiful and primitive ecological island. The only way to get to the island is by ferry. It is said that Mantuo Villa, the home of Wang Yuyan in Mr. Jin Yong's "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", was based on this villa. Manshan Island is the third largest island in Taihu Lake. There are only three natural villages on the island, with a permanent population of less than 100 people. There is no traffic here, and it still retains the traditional lifestyle and typical Jiangnan water village characteristics relatively intact. Manshan Island is not big. You can walk slowly and take your time to explore. Half a day is enough. I highly recommend staying on the island for a day to experience the sunrise and sunset and island life. Walking on the island, it is comfortable and relaxing, with the breeze blowing, and time can really slow down. There are many characteristic homestays on the island, including the Wu Lei theme library, the Manshan living room, the cafe "Cats in the Morning and Evening", the plant space "Flower Time", the Su-style noodle house "Meeting", the fishing-style "Yao Ji Restaurant", etc. Check-in at Manshan Island today [One] Red mini lighthouse at the east pier of the island [Two] Manshan Primary School & Bird Library [Three] Sunset Pier [Four] "Meet" Noodle House Walk from east to west, from south to north, stroll through the mountains and countryside Transportation: Drive and navigate to "Taihu No. 3 Bridge Pier", you can choose speedboat or ferry to Manshan Island, which takes about 15-20 minutes; Ferry ticket: 30 yuan/one way, 60 yuan/round trip;

Suzhou is adjacent to Shanghai, and to get a taste of the sticky rice, I often find myself heading to Suzhou for no particular reason. Having visited all the major and minor attractions, I finally discovered this lesser-known island~ 📍 Manshan Island, Wuzhong District, Suzhou City 【Recommended Reasons】 1. Very few tourists Not many people know about this place; I went there specifically to photograph the lighthouse and was the only one there! 2. Not commercialized This small island still retains its original ecology, and if you venture deeper into the island, you can see the vegetable fields of the local residents. The downside is that there are not many good restaurants and entertainment facilities. 3. Suitable for family trips There is a bird library on Manshan Island, which was transformed from the 'Wuxian Taihu Manshan Primary School.' It is said that over 120 species of birds have been discovered on the island, hence the establishment of this library. There are many bird picture books and specimens inside, which can be interesting for children to see~ 4. Natural and primitive scenery The home of Wang Yuyan in Jin Yong's novels, 'Manduo Manor,' was modeled after Manshan Island, and the undeveloped scenery of Manshan Island has also earned it the nickname 'Paradise in Taihu Lake.' There is a sunset pier on the island, and I highly recommend coming here to watch the sunset~ 📷 Must-Visit Spots ✔️ The super mini lighthouse at Manshan Pier ✔️ Bird Library ✔️ Cat Cafe in the morning and evening 🚗 Transportation Drive to 'Manshan Ferry Pier,' where there is a parking lot. Purchase a round-trip boat ticket for 60 yuan per person to get to the island. 🍽️ Food ✔️ Jianmian Noodle House: There are not many restaurants on the island, but this one is quite cost-effective 🏠 Accommodation There are homestays on the island, but the island is truly small, and half a day is enough to wander and take photos, so I suggest staying back in the urban area of Suzhou.

Walk the quite path enjoy the flowers and the ferry ride across the lake . The village is charming and people warm a nice way too spend a few hours .

Suzhou Fisherman's Village Mianshan Island Day Tour Citywalk 🚉Transportation Strategy: Navigate to Taihu Noodle House Eighteen Pour to reach Fisherman's Village Wuxi self-driving about 1h You can see the rice fields, lakeside mountains along the way, plus good weather! The wind is blowing and the mood is very good 🗓Itinerary: The distance between Fisherman's Village and Mianshan Island is very close, about 5 kilometers, and half a day's play time is no problem P workday parking is very good, convenient and free of charge Arrived at Fisherman's Village at noon and went to Taihu Noodle House Eighteen Pour to slurp noodles. This noodle food lover and friends unanimously felt that it was not as good as a random bowl of noodles in Wuxi... About ordering, queue up to ask how many people start to make noodles, when it's your turn, the noodles are ready to choose all kinds of toppings, carry it yourself, when eating, the noodles are soaked a bit, anyway, we feel it's not good, just deal with it casually, it's better to go to the nearby farmhouse to eat some preserved fruit and small seafood on the roadside in the village~ After eating, just walk around the lake and blow the wind, it's too comfortable!!! The lake is sparkling, there are coffee dining cars for tea and fried skewers Ice cream and many fishing boats, there is a stone wall Yonghui Zen Temple on the hillside, the lighthouse in the middle of the lake is called "Taihu Lonely Lighthouse", it is a place where you can sit for an afternoon~ I also saw a net red, the dog with eyebrows sleeping soundly Mianshan Island, a small island~ I randomly searched it, and was attracted by the lakeside coffee of Qingshan Dai. I love this kind of isolated tune too much! Immediately drove to it, in a village, hidden in the city Mianshan Island