Last weekend, the privately customized 48-hour trip to Suzhou by the "Uncle Ya Tour Group" came here.

This time, we purchased an entire decentralized boutique hotel near Pingjiang Road in the ancient city. With this as the starting point, we started a journey to explore the secrets of the ancient city under the taste of "Uncle Ya". So, what unknown destinations did these friends check in? Come and walk with Uncle Gusu for 48 hours ~

DAY

01

12:00

Stay in Donghuali, Gusu Courtyard

Gusu Courtyard is the first decentralized boutique hotel brand in the country. It has renovated many old houses in the old city. Since the houses are scattered in different places in the old city, each courtyard appears in a different form in front of everyone. Some have been restored to the garden style of a single courtyard, and some have been repainted into white literary and artistic style. This time Uncle Ya's tour group has covered this white and artistic "Donghuali".

This single-family courtyard has three floors. The first floor is the front desk and living room with a courtyard feel, and the second and third floors are the guest room areas. There is a huge plantain in the central area of the room, giving the entire accommodation area a more elegant atmosphere.

There are viewing platforms on the second and third floors. Standing here, you can overlook the streetscape of Pingjiang Road, the landmark building of the park, Suzhou Center, and the laminated gray tile roofs of surrounding residential buildings.

When you come here, you will soon enter a vacation state. The visual intersection of the old and the present makes people more willing to spend more time immersed in this courtyard and enjoy a comfortable vacation.

Of course, there is another good way to experience the beautiful scenery here, which is to buy a cup of coffee in Jiuqiu as soon as you enter the door, and then go to the second floor to drink while enjoying the beautiful scenery.

Jiuqiu Coffee is now a popular check-in spot for Internet celebrities in the city. Every day, many coffee lovers come here to have a cup and a snack to release their mood. As the landlady said, the name of the coffee shop comes from the fact that seeing each other every day is like three autumns, and not drinking the coffee here for a day is like nine autumns.

15:00

Exploring the secrets of Laocheng District

The fun of the old city of Suzhou lies in walking around the streets, and many interesting small shops are hidden among them.

It was purely a coincidence that I discovered that this store had returned to nature. One afternoon, I happened to have two hours of leisure time. I searched the nearby teahouses on the public, and the name of this store accidentally appeared in front of me.

The name of the store comes from a line in Tao Yuanming's poem "Returning to the Garden and Farmland". I guess the owner wants to make this place feel like it is hidden in the city.

You can call this a coffee shop, but it only sells tea. I don't know much about the quality of tea, but the desserts here are trustworthy. I love the "bupear" that is limited by autumn days. It really looks like a pear, and it tastes full of the sweetness of a pear. For someone like me who doesn't like mousse, I actually ate it all in one go.

Because it was so delicious, the friends in Uncle Ya's tour group actually checked in every dessert here. It seems that everyone really loves it.

18:30

Taste the best private cuisine in the region

There are many private restaurants in the Laocheng District of Suzhou that have been open for many years. Banyuan Private Kitchen is one of them. When I decided to host the welcome dinner of Uncle Ya's tour group friends here, the local little brother who accompanied me said that this was the restaurant where he and his girlfriend had their first date.

The restaurant is in a small lane next to Pingjiang Road. When you walk into the courtyard of a Chinese garden, you walk into the courtyard. After communicating with the enthusiastic landlady, you realize that there is no need to order when you eat in Banyuan. After determining the number of people and price, the kitchen will help you match the current seasonal food.

The main food here is Su Bang cuisine, from cold dishes to hot dishes, and you are guaranteed to eat solidly after a dinner party.

21:00

A tavern hidden deep in the alley

The night in the alleys of Suzhou is quiet, but the taverns hidden deep in the alleys are restless.

I met the half-awake bistro on the way to drink coffee. In fact, it is a comfortable art space that sells coffee, bread, and ice cream. Many people come here during the day to check in. They take photos and drink a cup of coffee to see where they are placed. Artist works in different corners.

After night, Youjian Suyi belongs to the half-awake tavern. Fashionable little brothers and sisters come in droves to order a glass of wine and sit or stand indoors and outdoors. In short, they can come as comfortable as they are. Of course, the two bartenders here are also quite unique and have online looks. I guess many young ladies come for them.

DAY

02

09:00

Have a fireworks breakfast

What should the future vegetable market look like? I think this is the Twin Towers Market.

Many netizens come here just to use it as a check-in place for Internet celebrities, take photos and leave. If you want to truly experience the taste of the Twin Towers Market, you should come here for a cross-border breakfast early in the morning.

What is cross-border breakfast? It is to use big cakes, bean pudding, and pan with coffee!

In addition to selling vegetables and daily necessities in the market, the most tempting thing for diners is the well-known breakfast snacks. Uncle especially recommends the omelet made by the customers. This restaurant is the most popular place in the entire market.

The best drink to go with this omelet is MORIHICO Coffee Something. This coffee brand from Hokkaido was founded by a Japanese architectural designer. It took him three years to open the store in Hokkaido. In addition to paying attention to architectural space, the quality of coffee also makes the Hokkaido store the highest single-seat coffee shop in Japan.

Now this coffee brand has come to the Twin Towers Market. From site selection to coffee bean selection and production, it has been polished by the Japanese team to restore the flavor of coffee in Japanese shops to the greatest extent. Use a cup of coffee to match a large pancake. This should be considered the most fashionable breakfast method nowadays!

Of course, if you have a big appetite, I also suggest you try their ice cream and you will never be disappointed.

10:30

Tang and Song Dynasties ruins visited by few tourists

The discovery of Twin Towers Temple was purely accidental. It was obtained while walking out of the Twin Towers Market after breakfast. It only took three to five minutes to walk.

Dinghui Temple Lane, a thousand-year old street, does not know that there is a relic of the Tang and Song Dynasties hidden here. It is a temple from the Tang Dynasty, a bridge from the Five Dynasties, and a tower from the Northern Song Dynasty. The stone pillars and twin towers on the ruins of Luohan Hall in the park are both thousand-year-old works. Although the exterior of the twin towers has been repaired, the skeleton is still thousand-year-old.

The most conspicuous thing in the temple is the twin towers, one called the stupa and the other called the Merit Pagoda. Because the architectural form is the same, some people also call them the "Brother Pagoda" and the "Sister-in-Law Pagoda".

11:30

Go to the bus for afternoon tea

There are many ways to visit Suzhou, and taking the Suzhou Ningfangwu Food and Sightseeing Line is one of them. So what can I do on this bus that travels through the city? You can have afternoon tea with authentic Sugar-style snacks.

The bus shuttles through the city. An hour or two drive is like experiencing a Tale of Two Cities. All the modern and ancient beauties are captured in the eye.

Buses will occasionally stop at some stations on the way, and famous local traditional snack shops will deliver freshly cooked food. You won't even guess what the next dish will be before the food is served, because afternoon tea snacks will also be adjusted according to the seasons.

I believe this special way of traveling will definitely attract you! Of course, in addition to afternoon tea on the bus, they have recently launched a bus route for Western dinner. Although uncle has never experienced it, it makes me look forward to my next trip.

Tips: Suzhou Ningfangwu Food and Sightseeing Line

Bus location: Xiyou Passenger Center in Jinji Lake Scenic Area

14:30

Return to the hotel for a nap

The best way to vacation is to leave enough time to stay in the hotel. The afternoon is the best time in Donghuali. Everyone was surprised when they returned to the hotel.

SENSUS LAB, a fragrance brand with pioneering environmental protection concepts, prepared mysterious gifts for the friends of Uncle Ya's tour group. This Base brand in Suzhou has an interesting name called Xiangshi (acquaintance). Smell the fragrance to recognize friends and meet friends with the fragrance. A fragrance to know, a memory, which is also very consistent with the theme of our trip.

Each of the members of Uncle Ya's tour group received a travel package candle and plaster hanging incense, which is a scent that you can accompany with you during the journey. When you need to relieve your mood or remove the smell in the guest room, they are all the best items. How popular is it? It is said that since the Xiangshi SENSUS LAB brand entered the Fauvism, it has often been sold out.

White candlesticks and various fragrances are dotted in different corners of the entire villa. The faint fragrance makes the lazy afternoon more pleasant. The beauty of a vacation is really just so much.

17:00

Private customized cruise dinner

The charm of the ancient city is not only in the city, but also in Gusu on the water outside the city.

If you want to understand Suzhou in depth, the starting point should not be the garden, but Changmen. Changmen is located at the intersection of the Gusu Waterways. Due to the gathering of merchants, it has become the starting point of the city. With Changmen, Gusu City has been created. Even "Dream of the Red Chamber" was written from Changmen in Suzhou."At that time, the land fell into the southeast. In this corner of the southeast, there was a place called Gusu and a city called Changmen. It was the most prosperous and romantic place in the world of mortals."

In the evening, from Baijuyi Wharf outside Changmen Gate, take a special cruise line and travel slowly along the moat. After passing through Panmen and arriving at Xiangmen, the scenery of the ancient city on both sides of the Taiwan Strait is vividly remembered.

Not only can you make tea and listen to music on the boat, but you can also have a private dinner party like Uncle Ya's tour group.

19:45

Lu Chengfang Talk Show

After the boat banquet, walk along the city wall of Xiangmen to Pingjiang Road, and end the day's trip by listening to the performance of Su School talk show master Lu Chengfang at the Fuxi Guqin Cultural Center.

In my previous article, I wrote about Lu Chengfang's talk show. This is a show that uses Kunqu Opera, Pingtan, Guqin, Pipa and other performance forms to tell everyone in the most popular way, and discovers the beauty of traditional art in the laughter. I have watched it four times so far. Although the content is similar each time, those knowledge points and jokes still benefit people a lot from entertaining and teaching.

DAY

03

09:00 Private custom breakfast with river view

The most exciting thing about Uncle Ya's tour group was that there were many privately customized projects. On the morning of the third day, we arranged breakfast to a place where we could see the Pingjiang River.

This courtyard named Fusheng was originally a clean bar, but under my uncle's personal customization, he was turned into a place where he could see the scenery and eat Benedict Egg Breakfast. The unique waterscape location here gave the breakfast a more Chinese romance.

Halfway through the meal, the protagonist of Kunqu Opera's "Six Chapters of a Floating Life" slowly arrived by boat and staged a live-action Kunqu opera performance for the members of Uncle Ya's tour group. The sudden surprise made the group extremely excited.

This summer, an immersive Kunqu opera performance was performed in Canglang Pavilion, one of the four major gardens in Suzhou. This is Shen Fu's autobiographical prose "Six Chapters of a Floating Life". The story is filled with the joys of his and his wife Chen Yun's love for each other. As soon as the performance was released, it was a great success, and every Saturday night was full.

However, this winter has arrived, and the immersive live performance of "Six Chapters of a Floating Life" has come to an end. This much-awaited drama will continue to return to the garden in spring next year. Pay attention to my social media account, and uncle will release information in advance for everyone. oh.

10:30

A garden of great importance in the hearts of Suzhou people

When I mentioned Wuyuan to Suzhou people, I felt that it was a very important place in their hearts. This time, Uncle Ya's tour group has always wanted to take everyone to an interesting niche garden. After asking around the locals in Suzhou, they all recommended the garden to me. Even the young lady who was familiar with Uncle Ya said that her wedding photos were still taken here, depicting the story of Tiancheng, a beautiful couple in the garden.

As part of the world's cultural heritage, the garden must be explained and led so that we can truly feel the owner's thoughts when building the garden from his story. This ingenuity greatly reflects the humanistic aspect of Suzhou gardens.

12:30

Finish the trip with a bowl of Su-style noodles

When you arrive in Suzhou, you must eat a bowl of local ground, because the morning of Suzhou people starts with a bowl of hot noodle soup. After eating many noodle shops in Suzhou, Uncle highly recommended this noodle shop, Yu Noodle Hall, which resumed its ancestral business.

At Yu Noodle Hall, you can not only taste the seasonal noodles, three shrimp noodles, bald butter, but also eat innovative golden soup Buddha jumps over the wall, Huajiao chicken soup noodles, etc. However, what the owner of Yu Noodle Hall respects most is a bowl of white soup Fengzhen meat noodles, because in this soup base, you can best taste the authentic taste of Su-style noodle soup, which is strong but not greasy, clear but not weak.

It is worth mentioning that the owner is a young brother born in the 1995 era. In order to resume his ancestral business, he ate noodles from more than 4000 shops in two years, and finally formed a hard-to-find noodle shop.

The good-looking skins are the same, and there is only one interesting Uncle Ya tour group. Don't be sorry to miss Uncle Ya's tour group, because the next trip will come soon. If you want to go on the road with me, pay attention to me privately on social media!