Couple's Retreat Garden

UNESCO-listed Suzhou garden organised symmetrically around a central residence. Less crowded than the four most-visited gardens.

The Couple's Retreat Garden (Ou Yuan) is one of the nine UNESCO-listed Classical Gardens of Suzhou. Built in the early Qing and renovated in 1874 by an official and his wife, the garden is unusual in being arranged with symmetrical eastern and western sections flanking the central residence — reflecting the husband-and-wife theme. Quieter than Humble Administrator's, Master of Nets or Lion Grove.