Travel guide to Qiandao Lake or Suzhou

20 13 Suzhou travel guide, I hope it will help you a little.

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.

suzhou pingtan

When you go to Suzhou, of course, you have to listen to Suzhou Pingtan. Whether you can understand it or not (in fact, even foreigners who have lived in Suzhou for many years can't understand the lyrics of Pingtan), it is very interesting to feel the elegance of Wu Nong's soft language.

Recommended location:

Suzhou Bookstore: Guanqian Street North Bureau 10

Shantang Bookstore: 180 Shantang Street

Suzhou scenery Biluochun tea, Suzhou candy, Suzhou embroidery.

Suzhou gourmet

red cooked beancurd pieces

Dried bean curd with marinated sauce is a famous specialty of Suzhou bean products, which can be tasted not only as preserves, but also as home-cooked dishes or banquets. The sauce is red in color, unique in fragrance, full in marinade, sweet and soft, and has two flavors of marinated vegetables and candied fruit.

Taihu water shield

Water shield is a perennial aquatic plant. Its leaves are oval and dark green, and its back secretes a mucus similar to agar, which is rich in protein, glucose and other ingredients. It can be cooked and fried. It is not only a precious vegetable with unique flavor, but also has the effects of clearing away heat, moistening lung, diuresis, detumescence, detoxicating, invigorating stomach and stopping diarrhea.

Sweet and sour mandarin fish

This fish is red in color and sauce, crisp outside and tender inside, sweet and sour, and it is greatly appreciated after drying. The squirrel fish is famous far and wide. Now squirrel fish all use mandarin fish as raw material. Mandarin fish has tender meat and thin bones. After being cut and fried, its head is wide open, its tail is tilted, and it looks like a squirrel inside. When it is watered with shrimp, dried bamboo shoots and tomato sauce, it will make a sneer like a squirrel.

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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.

Almost all the trains on the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway 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

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 rooms? 50 yuan/bed; Standard room 160 yuan/day

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.