Suzhou-Wuzhen-Hangzhou | 3-Day Tour of Jiangnan Water Towns
Suzhou-Wuzhen-Hangzhou, a 3-day tour guide is here! Experience the charm of Jiangnan water towns and the fusion of classical and modern styles. You can't miss this route!
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🎉Tour Route:
Day 1: Humble Administrator's Garden—Shantang Street—Wuzhen West Scenic Zone
Visit the classical garden Humble Administrator's Garden and feel the beauty of classical architecture. Stroll along Shantang Street and experience the charm of the old streets of Suzhou. Then head to Wuzhen, take a night tour of the West Scenic Zone, and enjoy the charm of the ancient town at night.
Day 2: Wuzhen East Scenic Zone—Xitang Ancient Town—Mist and Rain Corridor—Hangzhou Songcheng Park
Visit Wuzhen East Scenic Zone during the day and experience the ancient architecture and culture. Then head to Xitang Ancient Town, stroll along the Mist and Rain Corridor, and enjoy the unique charm of Jiangnan water towns. In the evening, head to Hangzhou Songcheng Park and experience the charm of the Song Dynasty.
Day 3: West Lake Scenic Area—Leifeng Pagoda—Qinghefang Street
Visit the West Lake Scenic Area and enjoy the beautiful scenery. Visit Leifeng Pagoda and listen to the ancient legends. Finally, stroll along Qinghefang Street, savor the charm of old Hangzhou, and end your pleasant trip to Jiangnan.🎉
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Must-visit Attractions:
🌟 West Lake Scenic Area 🌟🌟
📍Address: No. 1 Longjing Road, Xihu District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province
⏰Opening Hours: All day
🕒Duration: 1 day
Stroll around the lake and enjoy the perfect blend of nature and culture.
🌟 Humble Administrator's Garden 🌟🌟
📍Address: No. 178 Dongbei Street, Gusu District, Suzhou
⏰Opening Hours: November 1, 2024–February 28, 2025, 07:30–17:00
🕒Duration: 2–3 hours
The water and mountain scenery in the garden complement each other, and every step is like walking in a beautiful painting.
🌟 Wuzhen 🌟🌟
📍Address: No. 18 Shifo South Road, Tongxiang City, Jiaxing
⏰Opening Hours: 09:00–22:00
🕒Duration: 1 day
Stroll through the ancient Jiangnan water town and feel the tranquility and beauty of the TV series "Time Passes Like Water".
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Travel Tips:
- Photo Spots📸: Suzhou Humble Administrator's Garden, Wuzhen West Scenic Zone, Hangzhou West Lake, don't miss the beautiful scenery!
- January Weather🌦️: It's winter, so remember to wear more clothes and bring rain gear to cope with the possible cold and rainy weather.
- Local Customs🎉: Experience the local culture, respect traditional customs, experience the water town life in Wuzhen, and taste Longjing tea in Hangzhou.
- Local Cuisine🍜: Taste Suzhou Squirrel Fish, Wuzhen White Water Fish, and Hangzhou West Lake Vinegar Fish, and let your taste buds dance!
- Travel Preparation🎒: Wear comfortable shoes, bring sunscreen, and prepare common medicines for a relaxing trip to Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Wuzhen.
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I hope this guide will help you leave good memories on your trip to Suzhou, Wuzhen, and Hangzhou!🎉
Caishen Bay Scenic Spot in Wuzhen's East Gate. Caishen Bay Scenic Spot in Wuzhen's East Gate is the first comprehensive attraction upon entering the Wuzhen Scenic Area. Visitors often focus on the bamboo pole dance performances, neglecting to appreciate the scenic beauty of the East Market River, the surrounding waterfront houses, and the shoreline streets and alleys.
Dongzha is nice. Although it is not as developed as Xizha, it is less crowded and comfortable. We took a boat in Dongzha. There were too many people in Xizha, so we didn't go to experience the boat tour in Xizha.
There are various museums inside, but some of them aren't local artifacts. The bamboo pole and fist boat performance was fantastic, thumbs up 👍👍👍. Many shops were closed, so I mainly visited the museums. Overall, the scenery wasn't as good as Xizha.
If you want to find a place with the most festive atmosphere in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, it must be Wuzhen, Zhejiang! Today, the festive atmosphere is getting weaker and weaker, but the water festival here is more lively than when I was a child! The intangible cultural heritage customs combined with the trendy sense of technology have added a lot of fun to the traditional Jiangnan water town. The Lantern Festival is coming soon, bring your family to Wuzhen to spend a different intangible cultural heritage year! 🌟Recommended attractions Dongzha Scenic Area Morning: It is recommended to visit Dongzha first, where a large number of Ming and Qing Dynasty buildings and traditional water town styles are preserved. It is recommended to start from Caishen Bay and visit Xiangshan Hall, Blue Printed Cloth Workshop, Wuqing Water Dragon Club, Jiangnan Woodcarving Museum, Hanlin House (where you can watch shadow puppetry), Huiyuan Pawnshop and other attractions along the way. Xizha Scenic Area Afternoon to evening: Take the free shuttle bus to Xizha, which is the commercial center of Wuzhen, and the night view is particularly charming. Recommended places to visit include Wuzhen Grand Theater (exterior view), Muxin Art Museum (visit if you have enough time), Caomu Bense Dyeing Workshop, Tianxia No. 1 Pot, Water Market, Old Post Office, Mao Dun Memorial Hall, Xiqing Hall, Zhaoming Academy, Lantern Shop, White Lotus Tower, etc. Sit on a black-sailed boat and rock in the Jiangnan water town; Slowly enjoy the fireworks of the world and watch the small bridges and flowing water. “When I think of Jiangnan, I miss Wuzhen the most”
A thousand-year-old ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River, simple and peaceful like the years of water 👉 Attractions: Wuzhen Dongzha Scenic Area Address: No. 18, Ziye Road, Wuzhen, Tongxiang City 💰 Tickets: 190 yuan for the East and West Zha combined ticket, 110 yuan for the East Zha alone. Children and students are half price 55 yuan, and seniors over 60 years old are 80 yuan. 🕐 Opening hours: 7:00-18:00, stop entering at 18:00. 🏠 Tour guide: Compared with the West Zha, the East Zha is more peaceful and simple. If you buy a combined ticket, it is recommended to visit the East Zha early in the morning. There are many beautiful photos of people with small bridges and flowing water. There are boxing boats (fixed time performances), Jiangnan Hundred Beds Museum, Jiangnan Folk Customs Museum, Mao Dun's Former Residence, etc. It seems that there are many sights, but in fact, the East Zha is much smaller than the West Zha, and you can finish it in three hours if you play carefully. There are snacks and restaurants inside when you are hungry. The price is slightly more expensive than outside, but it is acceptable. You can eat at noon and go to Xizha in the afternoon. 🌈Try to take good photos when the weather is good.
Wuzhen Dongzha is a scenic spot located in Tongxiang City, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province. The best time to visit Wuzhen Dongzha is in spring and autumn. Famous attractions include Mao Dun's former residence and Mu Xin's former residence. The most beautiful time of the day is early morning and evening. In the early morning, a thin mist will spread over the river, as if in a dream. In the evening, the setting sun shines in the west, the tourists disperse, and a living Wuzhen appears in front of you. Please avoid visiting Wuzhen at noon in summer. The bright sunlight shines directly down, and there is no shed to block it, which makes people feel very bad. The ticket for Dongzha Scenic Area is a one-ticket system, with a ticket price of 110 yuan/person. The Dongzha window joint ticket is sold from 7:00 to 16:00, the East and West joint ticket is 190 yuan/person, and the full-time student ticket is 135 yuan/person The Dongzha tour guide service is 120 yuan/time. Dongzha cruise price: 30 yuan/person (about 15-20 minutes), each boat is limited to 8 people (including children and infants). If you have enough time, you still have to take a boat tour of Wuzhen, because there are too many people on the shore.
Dongzha is an ancient street built along the Dongshi River, with the same small bridges and flowing water, and the same bluestone streets and alleys. It doesn't seem to be very noisy here, and commercialization is not very serious. For tourism, some traditional skills and projects are still preserved here: the mellow Sanbai wine shop, the elegant and simple dyeing house, as well as the fist boat, the high pole boat, the shadow play, etc. These fragments full of a sense of time travel show and interpret the style of the ancient town's history. And the literary giant Mao Dun has added a heavy cultural heritage to this place. This is a typical water town in the south of the Yangtze River. I think that the people who live here will have a water-like years more or less. If there were no many tourists, the lives of the original residents here might be more leisurely, pleasant and comfortable.
We live in the Qinglu near Wuzhen Donggai, from Tongxiang Railway Station to Wuzhen Bus Station by K282 bus. The journey is about 50 minutes. One person is 5 yuan, and the shift is about 20 minutes and one shift. It's very convenient! After arriving at Wuzhen Bus Station, we can transfer to Dongzhai scenic spot by K350 bus. We got off at Wuzhendi Tax Station. It's very close to Dongzhai scenic spot. It's less than five minutes'drive. The ticket is 2 yuan. There will be many taxis soliciting at Wuzhen Bus Station. One person is 20 yuan, which I don't think is necessary. We bought a connecting ticket for the East-West Gate, 150 yuan per ticket, no discount for students. I think it is more economical to buy the connecting ticket. Even the night view of the West Gate can be seen. It is suggested that we come to the East Gate during the day and take a free connecting bus to the West Gate in the afternoon. We can also see the beautiful night view. The free connecting bus only arrives at 5:30 p.m., and the K350 night bus will be taken after 5:30 p.m. The fare is as follows: 2 yuan, compared with Xigai, Donggai has less commercial atmosphere, more original style and strong humanistic atmosphere. There are also many stories of Mao Dun, a great literary hero, in which many of his deeds are recorded in detail. As for the liberal arts students like me, it is very worthwhile to see Mao Dun. In addition, there are wood carving museums and so on. Because of the tight time, we have not entered one by one. De Donggai is suitable for coming early, and it will be quiet after a morning's stroll. The scenery of Donggai during the day is very charming. It can be a postcard scene to take a random picture with a mobile phone. Once it arrives, it is really reluctant to leave. It would be better if there were fewer tourists. The most distinctive feature of Donggai is the blue print cloth. There are all kinds of blue print cloth products everywhere. But the price of things in the scenic spot is not flattering. I just want to have a look. I did not choose to eat lunch in Dongzhai, in fact, I do not think there are many choices, most of them are snacks, compared with Xizhai, which is simpler, Wuzhen is famous for mutton, if you really want to eat, I would recommend mutton noodles, through the roadside looking at a pot of red-roasted mutton outside the shop, it looks really delicious!!! Dongzhai is still worth going to, you can experience the comparison. Simple feelings of Jiangnan Water Township, there are still more things left here! ____________