Take a two-day trip to Suzhou gardens and ancient towns. Looking for tips, accommodation recommendations, and snack recommendations.

One yuan can travel to Suzhou, the paradise on earth, for four days? Not counting food, accommodation and transportation, it’s totally fine. It is recommended to arrange it as follows:

Day 1: Tour the scenery of Suzhou city. In the morning, visit Suzhou Museum and Prince Zhong's Mansion (free). The museum is a masterpiece of the famous American designer Ieoh Ming Pei from Suzhou, and contains authentic works by famous historical figures such as Tang Bohu. Prince Zhong's Mansion is an important site of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. At noon, go to Pingjiang Road to see the juxtaposed scenery of river streets with Jiangnan characteristics. At the same time, find a restaurant on the roadside to eat. In the afternoon, visit the Pingtan Museum and Kunqu Opera Museum (both free) on the side road - Zhongzhangjiaxiang. The Kunqu Opera Museum is The famous Quan Jin Guild Hall is very beautiful. Then go to Baihuazhou Park (free) to see the Ancient Xu Gate, one of the eight remaining city gates in Suzhou, and the statue of Wu Zixu. Wu was the prime minister of the State of Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period. He helped King Wu build Suzhou City and establish hegemony. The reception hall is the wharf used to pick up and drop off officials and imperial envoys in ancient times. In the evening, go to the People's Bridge and enjoy the beautiful scenery along both sides of the moat such as the Covered Bridge, Panlong Bridge, and Panmen City Wall.

The next day: Visit the scenery of Taihu Lake. In the morning, take bus 69 or 58 to Taihu Wetland Park (free). There are large windmills, reed marshes, and long trestles. Taihu Xintiandi (free), there are seven-masted ancient ships, lakeside wooden houses, bamboo forests, etc. At noon, continue taking the bus to Xishan, cross the Xishan Taihu Bridge (the longest Neihu Bridge in China), have lunch at Mingyuewan Farmhouse, and taste the Jiangnan flavor facing the mighty Taihu Lake. In the afternoon, go to Shihu Fishing Village (free of charge) and enjoy the romantic scenery of Shangfang Mountain, Shihu Lake, lake and sky. If you have time, go to the 53-hole Baodai Bridge (free of charge) to view the scenery of the ancient canal.

Day 3: Visit ancient water towns and historical places. In the morning, take Tour 4 to Lingyan Mountain and climb to Lingyan Temple on the top of the mountain (ticket 1 yuan). You can visit the Guanwa Palace where Xishi, the first of the four beauties in ancient times, once lived, including the Moon Pool, Flower Pool, Wuwang Well, etc. , and the majestic Lingyan Tower. At noon, go down the mountain to Mingqing Street in Mudu Ancient Town for lunch. In the afternoon, you can tour along the river and watch the scenery of the ancient water town (free of charge). In the evening, go to Shilu Shantang Street, where you can enjoy Suzhou Pingtan, taste Jiangnan delicacies and go shopping.

Day 4: Visit Suzhou’s new modern look. In the morning, we visited the China-Singapore Industrial Park. We first visited the Hudong Red Maple Forest (free of charge), the Science, Culture and Art Center, the International Expo Center, and the Moonlight Pier, and then went to Yuanrong Times Square to see the longest LCD canopy in China. At noon, go to Huxi Left Bank Commercial Street or Ligongdi International Commercial Street for lunch. In the afternoon, you can see Central Park, visit Lakeside Avenue, Water Lane Neighborhoods, and Cultural Water Corridor (all free of charge). There is another attraction that will also surprise you: Baitang Botanical Ecological Park (free of charge), which has a unique display of plants from the four islands of spring, summer, autumn and winter, as well as the five senses of hearing, smelling, seeing, tasting and touching. If it is a weekend night, you can enjoy the water curtain laser music waterfall fountain show (free of charge) at Lakeside Xintiandi.

In addition, free tickets include: Osmanthus Park (with snake gate, historical sculptures, etc.); Confucian Temple (with three major historical inscriptions on astronomy, geography, and the Pingjiang Map); Yuexi Wangshan Qianjiawu (the most popular one) Beautiful countryside, but some scenic spots such as Kowloon Beach and Pengdao have recently started charging); Shushan (natural scenery), etc.