Suzhou Pingjiang Historic District Travel Guide

Travel Notes of Travellers:

• Travel Guide: Suzhou Free Travel Four-Day Travel Guide 2017

travelling guideline:

1. To appreciate the charm of Pingjiang Road, you need to walk slowly, and it is best to walk into the small shops on the roadside to appreciate them.

2. Visitors can find a teahouse with carved windows, drink tea and enjoy lazy time; they can also go to some stages or shops to listen to Pingtan or Kunqu opera and feel the charm of traditional folk art.

3. If you don’t find food that suits your taste on Pingjiang Road, you can go to Guanqian Street nearby, which is usually a 10-minute walk away. After tasting the special food, you can also buy some Suzhou specialties.

Tour route:

Pingjiang Road connects to the Humble Administrator's Garden in the north and overlooks the Twin Pagodas in the south. Visitors can plan one or two days to visit the ancient streets and historical sites.

Best time to visit:

April → October

Shopping recommendations:

(Recommended snacks) Dumb Fried Dumplings, Braised Trotters and Fried Fish Noodles, Duck Blood Vermicelli Soup, Crispy Third Sister Crispy Fish, Guanqian Street Snacks, Squirrel Mandarin Fish.

(Local specialties) Suzhou embroidery, silk, Taohuawu woodblock New Year pictures, Taihu whitebait, Taihu anchovy, Taihu white shrimp, Song brocade, Caizhizhai candy, and Suzhou-style cakes.

(Specialty shops) In addition to famous restaurants, there are also some small shops selling accessories where you can get some nice things.

Pinfang: Bubble wontons, sesame pan-fried dumplings, plain tofu pudding, hand-peeled shrimp butterfly dumplings, crab meat dumplings, glutinous rice balls with green garlic, pork intestines and duck blood, and green tea Buddha cakes.

Mingtang: bitter coffee.

Shanghe: Blue Mountain flavored coffee.

Fish and rice: Suzhou cuisine.

Cat's Castle in the Sky: Silk Stocking Milk Tea, Tiramisu, and Chocolate Mousse.

Taoyepu: Double skin milk, banana milk pancake, salt-baked chicken feet.

One square meter of coastline: one square meter of pudding, potted milk tea, coconut milk coffee, bottled milk tea, potted coffee, mint ice cream pot.

Fox House: Handmade yogurt.

Chicken feet: chicken feet.

Top and bottom: Caesar salad, cheese and bacon sandwich, curry chicken pasta, mushroom and cheese baked rice.

Sufei: Sufei cheese, double skin milk, mango pudding, mango pancake, durian pancake, dragon fruit pancake.

Crazy pie flavor: Hand-held pizza.

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