Where did Suzhou go in four days?

On a hot day, it's thirty or forty degrees.

Suzhou self-help four-day tour

Although the real beauty of Suzhou will not be seen until March and April, I can't help myself in the workplace. I can only take advantage of the annual leave at the end of the year to go to Jiangnan to enjoy the breath of early winter.

Compared with the dry and cold in the north, Suzhou is wet, warm and rainy in winter, and it rains for four days and two days. The bamboo and lush trees on the roadside in the rain and fog made my eyes shine.

Let's cut short the gossip and sum up the experience of self-help tour in Suzhou:

1. Clothing: Suzhou is wet and rainy in winter. If it's not windy, it's still warmer than the north. The temperature is between 4 and 12 degrees. It is enough to wear a thin sweater inside and a half-length down jacket outside. You can't wear too little because you have to take a cruise at night. Besides, taking an umbrella sometimes rains in Mao Mao, and the road is not easy. It's best to wear waterproof sneakers, unlike my feet that are wet when I go back almost every day.

2, food: Suzhou food is too sweet, or too salty, my husband and I went to the restaurant twice and then changed to KFC. But the taste is different, which is not bad for MM who loves sweets. Chaos steamed buns are salty and sweet, the meat in dried noodles is sweet, the fish is sweet and sour, and of course there is no sugar. I only ate a piece of fried stinky tofu in the restaurant and decided to take it home as pickles. The boss also asked me why I didn't eat. I said it was too salty, and he looked at me in surprise and said it was still salty.

3. Accommodation: We stayed at the Jinqiao Holiday Hotel on Jingde Road, with a good location, only one stop from Guanqian Street Pedestrian Street, but it was not very noisy and the traffic was convenient. You can take the 1 road to Liuyuan and Tiger Hill. The service attitude is average, the room is slightly wet, the sound insulation is poor, and there are hot and cold water. This is a three-star hotel. At first, the asking price was 288 a day, then it was reduced to 228, and the double breakfast was 205. He said it was the predetermined price, but he refused to give it. In fact, there is also a scholarly family hotel chain on Jingdezhen Road, which looks a little better than Jinqiao, but the difference is only 20 steps. I suggest you go there.

4. Good: Suzhou is a small city. Take a taxi from our residence to the scenic spot, and generally stop at 1 1 yuan. The driver will not recommend you any hotel attractions, but the rickshaw at the entrance of the scenic spot. If you don't sit down after asking the price, you will definitely be scolded, but my husband said, "Let him scold, I don't understand anyway." In addition, Suzhou people travel by electric bicycles, which are very fast, so the streets are very chaotic and there are basically no crosswalks. You must be careful when crossing the road.

Usage: Things in Suzhou are very expensive. It is said that the housing prices in the new area are all in the range of 10000 to 2 1000 square meters, and there are no big supermarkets. "Available" is a small supermarket that can be seen everywhere. Listening to beer costs more than three yuan, as well as warm afternoon tea and so on. MM, who likes eating like me, had better buy some snacks when shopping in the commercial street.

6. Play: Movies are very cheap. Just released "Assembly" is only in 30 yuan, and other small movies 15~20 yuan. There are two cinemas in Guanqian Street, which look good. It's okay. You can go and sit down. There were so many people in the mall that we caught up with Christmas. The shopping center is crowded with people who buy one hundred and get one hundred free. I am naturally afraid of many people, and the clothes in Suzhou are not very nice, a little rustic, and there are hundreds of thousands after the discount. There are only a dozen cosmetics brands, so I have no choice, so I just took a look and left.

7. Others: Every dollar in Suzhou is a coin, so you'd better bring a coin purse. The street is very clean, no one throws cigarette butts or anything, and the urban area is also a small bridge with flowing water, which is not interesting. The air is good, the business is developed, there are small shops on both sides of the road, but there is nothing to buy. Suzhou dialect is difficult to understand. When I was eating noodles, my boss asked me in Mandarin if I wanted coriander, but I didn't understand. He asked me again, but I still didn't understand. Finally, he just said the word "coriander" loudly, so I asked him "what", poor boss! My husband laughed for a long time.

Ok, let's introduce the route of the four-day tour.

There are more than 100 gardens in Suzhou, nine of which are listed as world cultural heritage. They are Canglang Pavilion (Song Dynasty), Lion Forest (Yuan Dynasty), Humble Administrator's Garden (Ming Dynasty), Lingering Garden (Qing Dynasty), Netlion Garden, Lotus Garden, Yiyuan Garden and Huanxiu Villa. Because of time, we only went to the top six. Some netizens say that Suzhou gardens are very small and can be visited in one day. It depends on how you visit them. If you visit them by yourself, it will be really quick and the scenery will be similar. After a turn or two, you'll feel almost there. But I suggest you follow the guide. Almost every park has a ten-minute free tour guide. He will tell you about the historical origins of various gardens, special scenic spots and excellent places to take pictures. This is still very interesting. After all, besides sightseeing, we should learn about the local history and customs, so that we can go to glad you came.

Suzhou has four ancient water towns: Zhouzhuang, Tongli, Jiaotoe and Mudu. I heard that Zhouzhuang has a heavy business atmosphere, so I chose a day to go to Tongli.

Day 1: Arrive in Suzhou at 7: 00 in the morning, go straight ahead for 20 steps after leaving the small railway station, which is the taxi stand with green railings, and wait in line. Take a taxi to Golden Bridge Holiday Hotel, Jingde Road. 12 yuan. Check in and leave at 9: 00.

1. Take a taxi to Netlion Park 1 1 yuan. 20 yuan (off-season, the same below, the general price increase in peak season is about 10 yuan), which is a medium-sized garden, small and exquisite, with diverse vegetation, full of bamboos and green trees, a trickle, and the yellow fragrance of wintersweet. It can be described as a scene, and photos can be taken everywhere. I think this is one of the best gardens that embody the characteristics of Suzhou gardens. We must take a good walk.

2. Take a taxi to Canglang Pavilion 10 yuan after coming out of Netlion Park. Tickets for Canglang Pavilion 15 yuan. The courtyard is mainly a hill. The pavilion is located at the top of the mountain, surrounded by running water. It is not as exquisite as the last garden, but it is simple and vicissitudes, with many wild interests.

3. Walk 200 meters west from Canglang Pavilion, which is Renmin Road. Take the No.2 bus to the east of Guanqian Street, and go to the eunuch behind the street for dinner. Xinjufeng is a Su restaurant recommended by netizens. It ordered two specialty dishes, fried shrimp and crispy fish. Many people get on the train quickly, but as I said before, it's better to die sweet and salty than to starve to death. The price of 1 10 yuan is very enjoyable.

4. From Guanqian Street to Tokyo Daru Lane and then to Pingjiang Historic District, this is the best preserved street in the ancient city water lane. It is very long, with running water on one side, boats coming and going, and people on the other. They are all old-fashioned houses and shops, which are very distinctive.

It takes about 2 or 30 minutes to walk to the lotus garden according to the map. The garden is very small. Tickets 15 yuan.

6. At night 18: 00, walk back from Pingjiang Street to Guanqian Street to see the night view of Gu Xiang, which is also beautiful. Because I was depressed at lunch, I went directly to KFC and walked back to the hotel after eating.

The next day:

1. Take a bus from the hotel to Humble Administrator's Garden. Tickets to 50 yuan. Humble Administrator's Garden is very big. We spent the whole morning integrating the characteristics of the Nets Lion Garden and Canglang Pavilion, that is, through deliberate carving by people, while retaining the original natural scenery.

It only takes ten minutes to walk from Humble Administrator's Garden to Lion Forest. 20 yuan, a ticket to Lion Forest, features a rockery made of Taihu Stone. Those rockeries are layered on top of each other. It's like entering a maze and then flying over the lake. It's fun.

3. At noon, I ate duck blood vermicelli soup and Yangzhou fried rice in a street shop. 19 yuan, recommended. Suitable for northerners. Especially duck blood soup, thick chicken soup contains duck blood tofu, duck liver, duck intestines and coriander, which is delicious, but it costs 5 yuan. This is one of the two best meals I have ever had in Suzhou.

In the afternoon, I went to Lingering Garden by bus. By the way, there are many buses in Suzhou. As long as you find the scenic spots in the city, there are usually direct buses. Admission to the Park, 30 yuan. The garden is not big, a bit like the style of Humble Administrator's Garden.

5. Take a taxi from Liuyuan to Wan Ren Wharf to prepare for a night tour of the ancient canal. The ship sails at 18: 30 until 18: 00, so we thought we wouldn't sail today. Later, I bought a ticket for 30 yuan. Although it is off-season, there are many people traveling at night. The half-hour boat was almost full, and it was a little cold after the boat left, but everyone still ran to the deck to take pictures. Passing through Xumen, Panmen and other scenic spots is only a section of the moat in the west of the city. It takes 40 minutes to go back and forth, and the lanterns on both sides of the strait are also very beautiful.

6. Take a taxi back to the hotel 10 yuan.

Day 3: I will arrange a day to go to Tongli Ancient Town today.

1, 9: 00+0 1 Yuan take a taxi to the railway station. According to the Internet, the long-distance bus station is next to KFC at the railway station. We found it on Pingsi Road, and it crossed the bridge south of the railway station. It is a bungalow ticket office that sells long-distance tickets to the outer suburbs of Suzhou and to Shanghai. In the meantime, many travel agency buses are pulling people and ignoring them. A package ticket to 80 yuan, the frequency is 15 minutes, which is equivalent to the free fare. It takes about an hour to get to Tongli.

I walked around the ancient city according to the scenic spots marked on the tickets. To tell the truth, Tongli gives me the impression that it is not as good as Old Town of Lijiang, but it is a little more commercial. There are many stalls along the street, the scenery is average, and the ten scenic spots are very flat. It is not as beautiful as the gardens in Suzhou, but it is also full of small bridges and flowing water, and cormorant fishing performances are charged. At noon, I ordered Taihu white shrimp at the legendary Lujia Inn.

3. In the afternoon, I went shopping again, and bought Gordon Euryale seed cake, a special snack in Tongli, which is light and sweet, like cloud cake, two boxes of 18 yuan, and a bag of socks-sole crisp, that is, sweet and salty sesame cake sprinkled with sesame seeds, 5 yuan. I went to the station and bought a bus ticket for 8 yuan, and went back to the city by car.

4. In the evening, I went to the eunuch restaurant. Today is Christmas Eve, and I can't eat KFC any more. So I ventured to Pingsi restaurant. The restaurant made by eunuchs is very concentrated. Deyuelou, Xinjufeng and Pingsi are all together, which is easy to find. I ordered 98 yuan, a beggar chicken, and 35 yuan, a shepherd's purse and winter bamboo shoots. I didn't expect them to be delicious The beggar chicken is crispy and delicious, and the winter bamboo shoots are delicious. This is my second time to eat well in Suzhou. Stroll back to the hotel after a big meal.

Day 4: Today is the last day. We went to Tiger Hill.

1, settle accounts with the hotel in the morning, take 1 bus to Tiger Hill, and get tickets to 30 yuan. Remind everyone, because there is still a long way to go after getting off the bus, someone will tell you that Tiger Hill is a temple and there is nothing to see. He will show you around Tiger Hill Garden. Do not believe! Tiger Hill is a mountain, a temple and a tower. This so-called garden was built by a private boss. You want a kickback from 80 yuan for the tour guide alone, you get 45 yuan.

The scenery of Tiger Hill is really good. The mountain is not high, but it is strange and dangerous. There are temples and towers, boulders and mountain streams, especially streams, which are covered with green vegetation. Up and down the road, there are many places to take pictures.

3. In the afternoon 14: 00, take the tour of 1 and return to Guanqian Street. I bought quail and duck feet in Lugongjian (which specializes in cooked food). There were a lot of people waiting in line, thinking it would be delicious. Quails are sweet, duck feet are salty but have no teeth. I went to Huang Tianyuan (the exclusive cake group) to have a look. It's all rice cakes and the like. The shelf life is only a few days. I think it must be sweet. Forget it. But when I come out, I have to bring something fresh to my family and colleagues. Finally, I went to Ye Shouhe (who specializes in specialty food) and bought jujube paste biscuits. I can't taste anything. I gave the dried bean curd away without tasting it. The pine nut candy is exactly the same as the jiaozi candy I ate when I was a child, and it has no taste.

These foods have a short shelf life, so don't give them to friends who meet only once every few months.

Besides, Suzhou's specialties include rose melon seeds, Suzhou embroidery, silk and pearls. But there are no pearls in the shopping mall, just selling some pearl ornaments at the entrance of the scenic spot.

At this time, it was only 15: 30, and a few hours before the train left, I got into Starbucks. Suzhou people are so rich that the shops are full of customers and many people take them out, just like eating KFC McDonald's. It's noisy, talking loudly and answering the phone loudly, which is nothing like us. Finally found a corner to sit down and read two magazines slowly.

6. In the evening 19: 00, my stomach was empty again and I stepped into the "Good Man Restaurant", a fast food in Sichuan. This shop is big, clean and bright. After you finish writing the menu, pay at the front desk and the food will be delivered soon. Rotten meat with bean curd stick, broccoli, chicken feathers, fried rice, a drawer of steamed dumplings, two drinks, 58 yuan, the dishes are all cooked with water and served with small ingredients, which tastes good.

At this time, the trip to Suzhou was over. The overall feeling of Suzhou is not as good as I expected. The business atmosphere is too heavy. Although there are no tall buildings, there are private shops everywhere, and the city traffic is chaotic. The water town atmosphere completely different from the north and the thin white skin of Suzhou girls really make me nostalgic and envious. By the way, most girls in Suzhou are petite and lovely, but they don't whisper, which may be caused by the social environment in which women hold up half the sky today.