The Garden Hotel (Yuan Wai Lou) was founded in 1988 with a building area of 18,000 square meters. It is located at the western scenic spot of Suzhou, neighboring with the Lingering Garden, Han Shan Temple, etc. and standing far apart facing each other with seven-li Shantang Street, with rippling water shimmering and pleasant beauty.The Garden Hotel draws water by its status, rocks lying by the lake, rockeries piling up one higher than another, green bamboos and a hundred-year cherry blossom setting each other off, floweriness interspersing such quietness and beauty. Being built along the river and constructed close to the gardens, the hotel also takes advantage of such geographical superiority to built a tourism boat wharf along the river in south of hotel, which leads the guests to sample well-know dishes in hotel after traveling around the ancient canal and then take a visit in gardens. It is the one and only among the hotels in Suzhou urban district.