I. Accommodation When visiting Xitang, you must stay one night. The night view of Xitang is very beautiful, especially on the boat night cruise Xitang beautiful scenery. I try not to mention the name of the inn in the guide. So that you do not think that I am a trust. But here a little can explain to you, Xitang inn or hotel prices are generally not expensive, I have a rough price here. In non-statutory festivals, including double holidays, when the residential inn is not near the water, then almost 80-120 yuan. The price for a waterfront inn is about 150-250 RMB. The price for a regular guesthouse is about 120-180 RMB. The exact price depends on the size of the room and the equipment. However, on weekends and holidays, especially during the May Day and November vacation, the price will double. So if you are traveling to Xitang on weekends and holidays, you should pay attention to it.
II. By car Shanghai South Railway Station (Liuzhou Road) or Shanghai Bus Terminal (No. 1666 Zhongxing Road) by coach directly to Xitang is most convenient, down to the. It is not recommended to do the train, train, or down to change the car. South Station or Terminal to Xitang one-way ticket are 32 yuan, 114 kilometers, the trip 1 ? to 2 hours. Attention to the following issues: ① to Xitang road scenery is good, but after all, go to the town, it is recommended to bring good sunglasses, sun hats, and mosquito repellent water, Xitang is a water town, mosquitoes are more. ② bus station down, walk 10 minutes to the, do not call a tricycle, if you are really tired, you can call, but do not believe the tricycle or passers-by said that so and so hostel is not good, expensive and so on. He can take you to a cheap inn, etc., to know that there is no free lunch, no one will be full of help you lead the way, you listen to his words, 20% of your accommodation fees will fall into their pockets! Remember! The local dialect is quite heavy, asked a few people at the time do not understand a reason. You don't understand what he says to you, and he doesn't understand what you say to him! However, you can find some younger people, or in the Xitang station station inside to ask. ④ pay attention to the first and last bus time, be sure to leave early, although the scenic area is not very large, but we arrived at almost 11:00 in the morning, stroll around the attractions to eat, drink tea, to 6:00 pm more than a few attractions have not been strolling to.
Three. I've always been a "tireless" eater. In addition to the Shanghai neighborhood towns have gravy, wine wine round son, there is wine wine cake, Min cake, the scholar's hooves and other snacks. Restaurants and snacks near the Smoke and Rain Promenade Anxiu Bridge this end there is a snack plaza like a place, where the famous Lu's wontons and Qian's tofu flower sold. But I think it is very general, not much to eat. But a friend from Xiamen, they have never eaten salty tofu flower (that is, put shrimp and seaweed, Shanghai also put the doughnut, squash), only eaten the sweet. Well, China is really big. So since we came to Xitang to eat it. I like Xitang's siu mai because it's quite unique and different from Shanghai's. It's filled with meat instead of glutinous rice. If you haven't eaten this type of shumai friends can try it. There is also a snack bar in front of the ticket gate on Tangdong Street that sells something like fresh meat mooncakes at around 14:00 every afternoon. Business is very good, locals buy a lot. If you can find this shop, you can also buy and try. When you go to the Smoke and Rain Promenade, you will see the stinky tofu of Mrs. Guan. Buy a few pieces. Xitang's tofu is very tender and has a strong bean flavor. I super like to eat Xitang's tofu, of course, real or fake tube old lady more, randomly find a, proved to be similar. And Xitang's steamed meat, I do not know whether to count snacks. In fact, it is the lotus leaf bread millet and meat, I am not too fond of eating. Some people think it's not bad. Xitang gravy cake everywhere to eat. Forest's stalls are lined up everywhere. So I just bought some at the stall next to their house, what Cao Ji. Later mixed well acquainted, learned from the locals, a good gravy cake taste is not very sweet, which means that the gravy is more, glutinous rice mixed with less. I myself prefer to eat walnut gravy cake, very fragrant. However, it doesn't last long, so you have to buy it according to your needs. I personally recommend that you buy a package of gravy (must be new), home cooking porridge to drink. It's very glutinous, just like sago. Super delicious ~~~~ remember to cut the price oh, 20 yuan to buy a packet is almost. Shanghai supermarkets sell about 28 yuan / catty. Xitang everywhere is the world's first noodles. In fact, they are the end of the stream. Slightly better noodles are outside the old town. A certain Suzhou mutton noodles are not bad. However, the noodle is Xitang specialties? I don't think so. A person can not think of what to eat when you can go to eat a bowl of random to pass the time. Other snacks, I think and Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai area is similar, so there is nothing to recommend. In addition to snacks, Xitang has a few particularly good restaurants, if any of my friends and I also happen to have eaten in these restaurants, it is also fate, as for the name of the following will be mentioned. Here I'll talk about a few of the restaurants I've eaten at that are still open.
Lao Pinfang Lao Pinfang almost go to Xitang people know. Walk from Tangdong Street and cross the Anxiu Bridge on the right. In fact, the environment there is really bad, the place is so small, and the weekend actually wait for a seat, at least 30 minutes, mainly because of the owner's attitude is relatively poor, may be thought too busy to put. But its advantages are obvious. The price is cheap ----- people can also go to the restaurant when there are fewer people; the flavor is authentic ----- all the local people supply the dishes and meat, and they are all burned by the locals themselves, representing the local home cooking characteristics. So it's really worth a visit to Lao Pinfang if you have less than 4 people. It's only 20-30 dollars per person on average. You can spend less money and eat all the specialties of Xitang. If there are too many people, I advise you not to go. If you go, you can simply pack the place.
Send a son to the moon floor, location in the pond on the East Street, that is, tourists talk about a bar street, down the Anjing Bridge directly east of the 2nd floor of a restaurant, after all, there is no store so not very good to look for, this store in other areas of the popularity of tourists I'm not sure, but it is in the Shanghai tourists in the word of mouth is very good, I was listening to the unit's colleagues to say before I went to the. There is no storefront, but it is very neat and tidy, and the hygiene work is done very well. Price I compared, slightly more expensive than the old room, cheaper than other restaurants, but it is not a little more than the amount of old room. Quite enthusiastic and quickly greeted me to sit down and order food, the old woman is very enthusiastic to give me a hot tea. Let's talk about the dishes, I ordered a few recommended by the store. Sauce burst screws, 5 dollars, this should be the most delicious screws I have eaten in Xitang. Steamed whitewater fish, 28 dollars a, this in Xitang every restaurant, but I have to say, this small store of whitewater fish is really very tender, very fresh, delicious. Sending the son of the dragon hoof counts his family's most delicious, fragrant to, is to go oil hoof, generally less people can point half, this boss thought very thoughtful oh. Half is cut into slices, fat but not greasy, not at all oil, very rice, I like. Other dishes, I have not eaten, I hope to go to eat friends can share, see what else is good. In short, it is a very recommended to go to the old town restaurant.
Qiantang people, Qiantang people have two. The one near the beginning of the Smoke and Rain Promenade is relatively small, especially many people. Close to the Anxiu Bridge that, slightly larger so a little bit, relatively few people. In Xitang is the environment can be (relatively speaking), the price of it in Xitang is also considered to be on the high side. Have eaten in their home twice. Once is the table food, 300 yuan, food on the super fast, the plate at once stacked two layers, the feeling is already done, so there is no thought of eating. The second time was a la carte. Because of the late time to go, already almost 7 pm, so the waiter has been on the side of the urge to order, said that after 7 pm will not accept orders, feel super bad, so just randomly ordered some dishes. The more popular ones were the chicken/wonton/steamed egg with fish and not much else. So, if there are fewer people, this restaurant is just a little bit of environment, randomly order a few dishes on the second floor seats facing the river and look at the river view for dinner. Suitable for those who feel that the dish is not the key, the price is not the key friends.
Tickets If you came by car, go out of the bus station, along Pingchuan Road, and keep walking north, 10 minutes to Tangjialiang. When you enter Tangjialiang, you are already in the Xitang scenic area. Don't ask others where the main gate of Xitang is, you have to buy a ticket to the main gate. The main gate of Xitang is right beside the first parking lot, if you are driving here, or must go through the main gate, then sorry, you have to buy 50-100 RMB tickets. Attention to the following issues: ① If you enter the scenic area every day need to 50 yuan ticket, attractions combined ticket 100 yuan, 17:00 after the ticket (do not spend money to the tricycle or "scalper") ② If you really need to enter the scenic area, but do not want to buy tickets, please get off the bus and look for a local! The "scalper" deal. (Of course, also encourages the purchase of 50 or 100 yuan joint ticket after all to Xitang is not easy to spend money to buy peace of mind, but also to see the famous Jiangnan attractions.)
Scenic Spots Tips As with the World Expo British Pavilion, it is to express the meaning of just walk through the walk through is not going to understand the idea of what it is going to express, when you listen to the tour guide's explanation to know why the British Pavilion is a zero-carbon museum. A lot of humanistic scenic spots without a tour guide to walk through will also see a hilarious.
1 "rubbing group": after buying tickets to go in, you can follow the back of the "tour group", listen to the guide how to speak, more or less understand these static things to show us what the connotation of ~ if you have enough time to rub a few more groups!
②For the more remote landscape should not hold the attitude of neglect, after all, it is not easy to come all the way here! From Tangdong Street straight ahead, after the ticket gate on the right hand side to the sanctuary. Nearby is the Ni Residence. Then past the Ming and Qing Dynasties, on the way you can also see a few specialty bars, all the way to the Lion Bridge. （The Lion's Bridge (where Xiaotang is said to run around), the Lion's Bridge and then the Wolong Bridge, and the Wine Culture Museum and so on. The back door of the distillery is also in that area. Then follow the Beijie Street and then walk to the promenade across the river. Since the arrival of Xitang, the Smoke and Rain Promenade is a must walk. Early in the morning and at night the feeling is different. Walked to the send son to Fengqiao, you can go to the boat. West Street is also in that area. There is also a stone skin alley ah, root carving museum ah, you can take a look. Remember this time to take the ticket with good, never lose. Because sometimes you walk, actually will be from a small alley out of the old town. When you want to walk back, maybe you are unlucky enough to run into a ticket checker, and you can't go back in without a ticket. I've seen this problem many times leading to quarrels between tourists and ticket inspectors.
3 Xitang scenic area is I've been to I think the best of a scenic area, scenic area inside the sale of things, but not like Wuzhen and Zhouzhuang and Nanxun as, simply not a small town but to sell specialty goods stores, one by one! Of course, Xitang scenic area inside did not maintain the original appearance, many places are repaired, obviously newer, but looks more comfortable, very much a Jiangnan town feeling!
Six. Bar Young people, always want to go to a lively place, Xitang bar than Shanghai is still lively, true to its name, especially on weekends. First of all, Xitang bar consumption, bar consumption in Xitang will not be in the scenic area because the price was raised, on the contrary, may be lower than Shanghai, Hangzhou and some, it is therefore Xitang bar for the donkeys loved. Beer 20-30, dried fruit and other small fruit plate 10-20, red wine 200 to vary, foreign wine brand. Xitang bar number is a lot, Tangdong Street on both sides are, almost all full of guests, the name is also very feeling. bar inside and outside are hung with a lot of tourists' messages, colorful sticky notes pasted on the wall, full of, very texture. If you want, of course, you can also bring your lover on Valentine's Day and come here to leave your declaration of love. Xitang bar and other places are not the same thing is that the bar in the big city there are too many hopeless men and women night and night to buy a drunk, secretly sad; and here, there is not a lot of hustle and bustle, do not have to worry about whether the wine will not be added to the ecstasy, do not have to be nervous about whether there are people who do not want to hit you in the idea of, here, more like a group of young friends of the party, drink some beer, sing songs, from the life of a busy and distracted to free themselves. The life of a flurry of disturbances in the release, leaving a relaxed and at ease. Whenever the lights come on, Xitang bar street will be lively. The night is still young, people are slightly drunk, stepping on the thousand years of stone paths, the river lantern reflection, through the long rainy alleys, sinking into the water town dream. The night is still young, people have been drunk, in the ancient town of Xitang.