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Suzhou Travel Guide
City Overview1
Travel Guide & FAQ3
What are the must-eat foods in Suzhou?
Suzhou cuisine: savory and sweet, refined and particular. Must-eat: Squirrel Mandarin Fish (Songhe Lou), sizzling eel paste, stir-fried shrimp, crab roe tofu (autumn limited), Suzhou-style soup noodles (Tongdexing/Zhuhongxing), pan-fried buns (Yaba Shengjian), osmanthus sugar lotus root. Desserts: Suzhou-style mooncakes (fresh meat filling!), Haitang cake, Meihua cake. Spice level: not spicy at all! The flavor leans sweet, northerners may not be used to it.
How should I plan a 2-3 day trip to Suzhou?
2 days: D1 Humble Administrator's Garden (the first of China's four great gardens) + Suzhou Museum (I.M. Pei's final masterpiece, free but requires reservation) + Pingjiang Road (ancient streets and waterways) + Guanqian Street; D2 Tiger Hill + Lingering Garden + Shantang Street night tour (the reflection of red lanterns is stunningly beautiful). 3 days: add a 1-day tour of Zhouzhuang/Tongli water towns. Budget: budget type 800-1500 yuan / comfort type 2000-3500 yuan.