In early August, in Zhongfutian, I drove 150 kilometers from Hangzhou to Tongli Society B & B in Suzhou for one night. This Tonglishe B & B is a free experience activity organized by Hangzhou No. 32 Outdoor Organization. Maybe we are loyal hikers of Muye Outdoor Organization (the predecessor of Hangzhou No. 32), so we are lucky.

On a hot day, when the epidemic became normal, I thought of taking my children to stay for the night and taking a dip in the swimming pool as a graduation trip. After leaving, I saw that this B & B was right between the two ancient towns of Zhouzhuang and Tongli, so I went to visit both.

The transportation of Tongli Society in Suzhou is still very convenient. Starting from Hangzhou in the morning, Chinese food is used in the service area. After going down from Zhouzhuang and Tongli highways, you will reach the end of a village road for more than ten kilometers. The whole journey takes 3 hours.

Several major feelings of B & B: First, the hall is tall and the guest room is spacious. Coming out of the parking lot, you can see several well-arranged, tasteful and sloping roofed overwater houses. Walking into the lobby of the B & B, it is cool and bright. When checking in, you drank iced dark plum tea and looked around the lobby., hollow and well-lit, the venue is spacious and suitable for leisure and gathering activities. Entering the room, there is a bit of a LOFT layout, with an attic, separated from dry and wet, and there is a large bathtub next to the window, and the children cheered.

afternoon tea

attic

The second is the housekeeper service, which is very considerate. One day before departure, a housekeeper came to confirm the check-in situation and waited in the lobby for check-in when arriving. During the B & B hours, considerate services are provided at any time. A basket of fruits and drinks is provided in the check-in room, cold drinks are provided in the evening, afternoon tea is provided in the afternoon, and you will be reminded to order food before meal time, etc.

Third, the internal facilities are diverse and fun. The corridor is a public leisure place, with table tennis tables, billiards tables, children's basketball rings, game consoles, etc. There are endless swimming pools, water pedals, etc. outdoors; the attic of each accommodation building has an activity place with themed content, which is suitable for the whole. It is suitable to be still and moving, or you can lie directly on the corpse.

There are four buildings in the B & B, three of which are accommodation buildings. On the corridors are leisure areas of different styles. One building is a multi-functional area such as lobby, restaurant, tea bar and party activity area. The entire two-day and one-night accommodation and physical examination should be said to be very enjoyable. The room has a large three-dimensional space and thoughtful butler service, which transcends the experience of a five-star hotel. The overall space of the B & B is not large, and the internal activity venues are very convenient. It is also convenient to play. Soak in the swimming pool and ride on a pedaling boat; the entire B & B is at the end of the road, very quiet, and a house is built on a pond, so it is a real place to live under the water.

window

Take a pedaling boat around

morning view

Playing in the water is the most exciting thing

Real view of the infinity pool

Of course, after all, a B & B with only more than 20 rooms may not be as diverse as a star-rated hotel in terms of food preparation. In addition, according to local people, these buildings were originally built in the village on a pond, but were later rented by the Shu family and transformed into B & Bs. The overall renovation has the characteristics and flavor of the water town, but the sound insulation effect of the rooms is not very good, and the sound of activities on the corridors is obvious. Because there are regulations on the opening hours of the event, it basically does not affect the sleep time; Perhaps the accommodation price is also high. Moreover, with the transformation of the original "Eighteen Zao of Jiang's Family" diagonally opposite the B & B into a high-end club (opening on August 16), a resort will be built on the adjacent Chenghu Lake, which may have a scale effect and more diverse options.

The renovated high-end club where the original "Jiang Family Eighteen Stoves" was located

50 meters away from the B & B is an entrance to Tongli Wetland Park. In fact, it is Xiaodian Lake Forest Park where educated youth used to go to the countryside. There are big trees in the sky, flocks of egrets, and there should be many other birds. We went on a hot afternoon, and the birds are also resting, surrounded by the wetland river. Outside the wetland park are reed swamps, and inside the park are towering and straight fir trees. The trees are not too big, but they are all tens of meters high. With a gust of wind, the top branches and leaves of these trees have swayed to an exaggerated extent. At the same time, these trees are also Birds habitat, bird nests and bird droppings can be seen everywhere. If you go for a walk in the morning, you should also be able to experience a "sky shit road".

Educated Youth Art Commune picked up a small sparrow, fed it with water and released it

Bird watching pavilion

Because this trip is mainly to experience B & Bs, the weather is hot and the entrance to the ancient town is expensive, so we all have a quick stroll around the Wetland Park, Zhouzhuang, and Tongli Ancient Town. The general itinerary is to soak in the swimming pool after staying in the B & B, and raft a boat on the pond in the evening to watch the panoramic view of the B & B under the sunset. In the evening, we will go to the "Jiang Family's Eighteen Zao" to eat farmhouse food, then go to Zhouzhuang to enjoy the evening scenery (free entry at 8:30), continue to soak in the swimming pool the next day and eat Shu Family's specialties. In the afternoon, we will visit the Wetland Park, and go to Tongli Ancient Town for dinner on the way back. Visit the ancient town (free entry after 5 o'clock). Zhouzhuang is known as China's No. 1 water town. When I was studying, I remembered a picture of Shuangqiao by Chen Yifei, a famous painter living in the United States. At around eight o'clock in the evening, the entrance of the scenic area was crowded. When the time came, they flocked in for 100 yuan/person. I told the children that the scenic area had lost at least hundreds of thousands of ticket revenue. The buildings were protected very native, the commercial atmosphere was too strong, and the rowing boat business was booming. The whole night venue was also very lively. After a tour, I visited Shuangqiao and went back to the B & B to drink iced desserts.

Although Tongli Ancient Town is both a 5A-level attraction, its popularity is several orders of magnitude apart, because it entered early, which is no different from the entrance experience of 100 yuan/person during the day. However, several major cultural attractions have been closed. Among them, Tuisi Garden is actually a World Cultural Heritage Site. There are not many people, the river is clear, the buildings have the mark of modern repair and renovation, and the rowing boat is closed at night. In fact, it is quite good to stroll around. Zhouzhuang has double bridges and Tongli has three bridges.

Tailai Bridge at the entrance of Zhongchuan Bridge in Tongli

Returning home in 2 hours is also a journey experience in the post-epidemic period.