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Four Seasons Hotel Suzhou
Suzhou, Jiangsu, China · Four Seasons · Grand Luxury
Four Seasons Hotel Suzhou opened on 12 December 2023 on a private nine-hectare island in the middle of Jinji Lake, Suzhou, designed by Singapore-based Avalon Collective and AB Concept with interiors that translate the craftsmanship of the classical Suzhou garden into a contemporary 266-room hotel set less than two kilometres from the city centre. The island gives every room water views from inside the urban core, and the design borrows the latticework screens, whitewashed courtyard walls and water pavilions of Suzhou's UNESCO-listed classical gardens.
- 266 rooms
- Opened 2023
- Neighborhood: Jinji Lake
- Rooms from 592 sq ft (55 m²)
- Architect: Urbanus
- Interiors: Hirsch Bedner Associates
About Four Seasons Hotel Suzhou
- The hotel occupies an entire private island on Jinji Lake — a rare inner-city resort footprint that gives every room unobstructed water views without leaving the urban core.
- Interior design studio Avalon Collective drew directly on Suzhou's UNESCO-listed classical garden tradition, rendering latticework screens, whitewashed courtyard walls, and water pavilion proportions in contemporary materials throughout the building.
- Suzhou's classical gardens — protected as a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1997 — established a design language for private scholar retreats that influenced garden design across East Asia for over a millennium, and the hotel sits within that same city.
- Entry-level rooms start at 592 sq ft (55 m²).
History
Four Seasons Hotel Suzhou opened in December 2023 on a private nine-hectare island in Jinji Lake — a resort-style Four Seasons arrival in Suzhou's lakefront core, distinct from the earlier mis-attributed Shenzhen record data.
The setting
Sharing the address of 138 Fuhua Third Road in Futian's Central Business District, this Four Seasons property sits directly opposite the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center — the city's premier trade venue and largest single building, opened 2004 — five minutes on foot. The 599-metre Ping'an International Financial Centre, the world's fifth-tallest skyscraper, is an equal five-minute walk and anchors a district that hosts nearly 60 percent of Shenzhen's financial institutions. COCO Park shopping, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, and direct metro access to the Futian high-speed rail station for a 14-minute express to Hong Kong complete a location tailored for luxury commerce.
Restaurants and bars
- Zhuo Yue Xuan — Restaurant · Cantonese
- FOO — Restaurant
- Matsuyi — Restaurant · Japanese
- Yi Lounge — Café
Amenities
- indoor pool
- outdoor pool
- spa
- fitness center
- Club Lounge
- yoga studio
- kids amenities
- multi-level terraces
- Hot tub
Awards
- Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best (2025)
- Forbes Travel Guide verified luxury
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