Five-day tour of Shanghai, Hangzhou and Suzhou on May 1st.

Suzhou, called Wu in ancient times, is now called Su for short. There are many ancient names and nicknames such as Gusu, Wudu, Wuzhong, Soochow, Wumen and Heping River. Suzhou has a history of more than 4,000 years since its own written records, and it is one of the first 24 historical and cultural cities in China. During the Spring and Autumn Period, it was the capital of the State of Wu, and there are still many historical sites about history and Wu Zixu. In the ninth year of Emperor Wendi (AD 589), it was named Suzhou, which was named after Gusu Mountain in the southwest of the city. Suzhou was built earlier, with large scale, parallel land and water, and adjacent rivers and streets. The ancient city is still located on the original site, which is rare at home and abroad.

Recommended scenic spots

Humble Administrator's Garden

A most distinctive garden in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River is a perfect model of garden art. The layout of Humble Administrator's Garden is centered on the pond in the garden, surrounded by pavilions, flowers and trees, and water corridors.

Admission: 70 yuan in peak season and 50 yuan in low season.

Opening hours are 7:30- 17:00.

Public transportation: Bus 1, 2, 5, 78, 3 13 can be reached.

Qiao Feng and Hanshan Temple

A night-mooring near maple bridge by Zhang Ji made Qiao Feng and Hanshan Temple famous at home and abroad. Maple Bridge echoes Jiangcun Bridge in front of Hanshan Temple. Every New Year's Eve, many tourists flock to Hanshan Temple to hear the bells.

Tickets: 20 yuan, Hanshan Temple, 25 yuan, Qiao Feng

Opening hours are 7:00- 18:00.

Public transportation: Take Tourist No.3, No.9, 10 and No.45, get off at Qiao Feng Station and walk for 5 minutes.

New Suzhou Museum and Zhongyi Palace

I.m. Pei's mountain closure. Here, you can not only enjoy the works of the masters, but also visit the Zhongxiao Palace in Li Xiucheng of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. More importantly, you can learn about the 4,000-year-old Suzhou culture through the window of the museum.

Admission: free.

Opening hours are 9:00- 17:00.

Public transportation: Take bus 1, 2, 5, 78, 3 13 and get off at Humble Administrator's Garden Station.

Panmen

Panmen, located in the southwest of Suzhou, is the only existing land and water gate in China, which is located on the bank of the ancient canal.

Tickets: North Gate 20 yuan, Joint Ticket 38 yuan (Middle Gate, South Gate)

Public transportation: Tour 2, Tour 5, Bus 7 and Bus 39 can all be reached.

Xiangxuehai

Deng Xuehai is located in Dengwei Mountain in Guangfu Ancient Town, which has been a beautiful place in the south of the Yangtze River since ancient times. This is the best season to enjoy plum blossoms. Lu Guimeng in the Tang Dynasty and Fan Chengda in the Song Dynasty once wandered in the beautiful sea of mountains and rivers.

Tickets: 20 yuan; The tour guide explains 20 yuan/time.

Business hours are 8: 00- 16: 30.

Public transportation: Take bus No.43, 63, 64 and 65 to Guangfu, and then take a few minutes to get there.

Passenger transportation: You can take the bus directly to Guangfu at Suzhou South Bus Station, and the fare is 6 yuan, which takes 40 minutes by car. ..

traffic

aviation

Suzhou has no civil aviation airport and can only fly via Shanghai Hongqiao Airport or Pudong Airport.

There is a direct bus from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport to Suzhou. The fare is 50 yuan, the whole journey 1 hour for 40 minutes.

From Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Suzhou, the fare is 80 yuan, and it takes more than 2 hours by car. You can also take Shanghai Airport Line 5 from Pudong Airport to Shanghai New Passenger Station (fare 18 yuan), and then transfer to Suzhou by train.

railway

Almost all the trains on the Shanghai-Nanjing line stop in Suzhou, and the trains originating from Suzhou are more from other cities to Shanghai via Suzhou.

Live in Suzhou

Suzhou Tang Ming Youth Hostel

Address: No.28 Pingjiang Road, Suzhou

Price: 40-50 for multiple rooms; Standard room 160 yuan/day

Contact information: 05 12-658 16869

Highlight: Tang Ming is located in the oldest and best-preserved Pingjiang historical block in Suzhou. Hostels are all converted from old houses, antique. The hostel is only 300-400 meters away from the most prosperous Guanqian Commercial Street in Suzhou. The surrounding scenic spots are extremely rich: Lotus Garden, Oriental Garden, Twin Towers, Humble Administrator's Garden and Kunqu Opera Museum. ...

Suzhou Minghantang International Youth Hostel

Address: No.61Xiatang, Guangji Road, Suzhou (Shantang Street)

Price: multiple 50 yuan/beds; Standard room 160 yuan/day

Contact information: 05 12-6583333 1

Highlight: Minghantang is located at the corner of Shantang Street, which is a street devoted to retro style in Suzhou in recent years. It's near Shilu business district, near the railway station, about 15 minutes' walk, and about 500 meters to Liuyuan. The surrounding dining and transportation are very convenient, and the bus stop 100 meters away.

Precautions:

1, many people recommend a one-day tour or a hotel at the exit of the railway station or bus station. Never mind, as long as you hesitate, he will haunt you for a long time!

2. All buses in Suzhou can accept Shanghai Transportation Card and Wuxi Taihu Pearl Card, and the fare is 10% off.

There are fake monks in the North Temple Pagoda and some temples in Dongxishan, extorting foreign tourists on the grounds of fortune telling.

Suzhou specialties are basically some silk and Soviet-style sweets and cakes. Silk shops are concentrated in the south of Jiejia Bridge, and there are some before the view. The best sweets and cakes are Caizhizhai, Daoxiang Village and Yeshou River, all in Guanqian Street. Small shops around the garden may be fraudulent, so try not to shop around the garden.

Zhouzhuang, the dream of Jiangnan water town

Zhouzhuang is located in the dense water network between Suzhou and Shanghai, like a lotus leaf, surrounded by Dianshan Lake. Zhouzhuang, with its beautiful water color, 900-year human history, quaint architectural pattern and simple folk customs, is the best in the south of the Yangtze River, and is praised by Wu Guanzhong as "the beauty of China water town".

Zhouzhuang is too famous. Bypassing her, it seems that Jiangnan's travel itinerary is not so complete. Unfortunately, most tourists who have been to Zhouzhuang in recent years will feel: "There are too many tourists in Zhouzhuang, the business atmosphere is too strong, the lights are too bright at night, and the tickets are too expensive ..."

Where is the first dream water town in Jiangnan, quiet and gentle? When tourists from all over the world left Zhouzhuang after the New Year, I went to Zhouzhuang alone to find my dream. ...

Ten Views of the West Lake

Su Causeway Xiao Chun, Quyuan Fenghe, Pinghu Qiuyue, Broken Bridge Canxue, Liulang Wenying, Huagang Fish Watching, Leifeng Sunset, Twin Peaks Inserting Clouds, Nanping Late Bell, Santan Yinyue.

New Ten Scenes of West Lake

Yun Qi Zhujing, Manlong Guiyu, Tiger Run Mooncherry, Longjing Tea, Jiuxi Tobacco Tree, Wushan Tianfeng, Ruandun Huanbi, Huanglong Cui Tu, Huangyu Feiyun, and Gems.

Ten Views of the West Lake

Lingyin Zen, Liuhe Tingtao, Qixia of Yue Tomb, Sunny Rain by the Lake, Qiancibiao Middle School, Song Wan Academy, Di Yang Jingxing, Santai Yunshui, Meiwu Chunzao, and North Street.

Recommended scenic spots

three pools mirroring the moon

Also known as "Zhou Xiaoying", it is the one with the largest area, the richest landscape and the highest popularity among the three islands of West Lake. Known as "the first scene of West Lake", it is a masterpiece of courtyard art in Jiangnan water town. "There is an island in the lake, and there is a lake in the island" is the biggest feature here.

Tickets to 45 yuan (including boat tickets)

Opening hours are 7:30- 16:30.

Located in the center of West Lake, you need to take a cruise to get there.

Cruise Terminal: Lakeside, Zhongshan Park, Huagang and Wang Yue Temple.

Su causeway

Su Causeway, commonly known as Su Gongdi, is in the southwest of West Lake, starting from Huagang to watch fish in the south and connecting Qu Yuan and Feng He in the north. It is the first of the "Ten Scenes of West Lake". Although Su Causeway is now paved with asphalt, the scenery in Su Causeway remains the same. You'll know it's not a hollow reputation when you walk around.

Scenic traffic: K4,308,504, 1, 2,3,5 to Su Causeway.

Recommended, if you don't want to walk too tired, you can cycle around Su Causeway.

The oriole in the willow forest

"Drunken willow", "Lion willow" and "Huansha willow" are not groundless in the name of Liuzhou.

Scenic traffic: K4, 12, 30, 308, 504, 1 2, get off at Liuyang Wenying Station on holidays 5 and 7.

Bridge truncation

The bridge between the White Snake and Xu Xian, a beautiful fairy tale, is located at the beginning of Bai Causeway. The name "Broken Bridge" comes from the Tang Dynasty. There are doors and eaves on ancient bridges. When it snows, the snow in the middle is on the eaves at the door. Only the two ends of the bridge have snow. Seen from a distance, this bridge seems to be broken, so it is called "broken bridge".

Yuemiao

Yuehu Lake, located in the northwest corner of West Lake, was built in A.D. 122 1 year to commemorate Yue Fei, a national hero in the Southern Song Dynasty. There are Zhonglie Temple, Zhong Qi Temple and Yuefei Tomb. On the statue of Yue Fei in Zhonglie Temple, there is a huge plaque with the inscription "Give me back my rivers and mountains".

Tickets to 25 yuan

Transportation to scenic spots: 7, 15, 27, 28, sightseeing 1, 2, 3, 4, holidays 1, 4, 6 to Yuemiao.

Residual hill

Located in the northwest corner of the West Lake, surrounded by water, a unique mountain, although not high, is the best place to enjoy the scenery of the West Lake. Gushan Mountain is not only a scenic spot, but also a place where cultural relics gather. There are Wen Lan Pavilion, West Lake World Scenery, Zhejiang Museum and Zhongshan Park in the south. On the top of the mountain, there is Xiling Yinshe in the west, Qiujin Tomb in the west and Crane Pavilion in the northeast. Among them, the pavilion was built to commemorate the hermit poet of the Song Dynasty, and there is a legend of "Mei Wife Crane". Plum blossoms are widely planted outside the pavilion to enjoy the beautiful scenery on the lake.

Scenic area transportation: Take bus 1, bus 2 and bus 3 and get off at Xilingqiao Station.

Tip: The famous restaurant "Louwailou" in Hangzhou is here.

Feilaifeng and Lingyin Temple

Lingyin Temple is one of the top ten famous Zen temples in China, and its profound cultural and religious connotation is unparalleled. When you travel to Hangzhou, you can see the West Lake and Lingyin. Lingyin is located next to Feilai Peak in the west of the West Lake, not far from the West Lake, which is a must.

Admission: Feilaifeng 35 yuan, Lingyin Temple 30 yuan.

Opening hours are 7: 30- 17: 00.

Scenic area transportation: 7,807, take bus 1, 2,4 to Lingyin Station.