• Beisita - You’ll walk through lush gardens and 800-year old monasteries while stopping to enjoy Suzhou’s incredibly rich food and culture, in true Suzhou fashion. We include 2 cultural stops, 4 sit-down, safe-to-eat restaurants, plus a trendy dessert shop. On this tour, you will:

• Eat seasonal Suzhou noodles with over 500 toppings and discover why locals enjoy this dish with opera.

• Enjoy homemade silken tofu. For over 50 years, a family has served fresh tofu from their home, hidden in a narrow alley—a labor of love starting at 5am.

• Visit Suzhou’s only Buddhist nunnery and a hidden Ming-dynasty garden with Taihu Lake stones.

• Try neighborhood favorites like savory soy milk, Suzhou-style spring rolls and donuts, and Tang-dynasty fried sesame balls.

• Tour some of Suzhou’s best sights, including 800-year-old pagodas and secret Ming-dynasty gardens.

• Eat at a famous bubble wonton joint, loved by celebrities and neighbors. Enjoy tiny bubble-like wontons in rich broth—you’ve never had anything like it!

• End the tour at a dessert shop popular with today’s crowd. Try subtly sweet soup with slow-cooked red beans topped with chewy rice balls.

• Local English-speaking guide
• Multiple cultural stops along the way
• Tea and coffee
• Far more than a meal’s worth of food and drinks at 5 sit-down restaurants

• Gratuities

• Authentic Morning Noodles - This decades-old noodle joint is known for having the best broth in town, along with a huge selection of seasonal condiments served on small plates.
• Suzhou’s Ancient Gardens & Temples - We’ll visit Suzhou’s only Buddhist nunnery and explore a secret Ming-dynasty garden and ornamental stones from nearby Taihu Lake.
• Traditional Old-Suzhou Snacks - We’ll try some neighborhood snacks like fresh soy milk, local spring rolls, Chinese donuts, and pancake-wrapped dough sticks.
• Floating Wontons - Try delicately wrapped wontons that are magically filled with air and float atop a bowl of rich broth. You’ve never had anything like it!
• Suzhou-style sweet congee - End the tour at a dessert shop popular with today’s younger crowd. Try a sweet soup made with slow-cooked red beans and chewy glutinous rice balls.

Known as the “Venice of the East,” Suzhou has over 35km of navigable canals and 60 of China’s most well-preserved gardens. On this walking tour, you’ll walk back in time while exploring Suzhou’s residential old-town, explore its lush gardens and monasteries, and discover what locals eat in the city that’s been the center of wealth and culture for 1,000s of years.

You will try far more than a meal’s worth of food and drinks at 5 sit-down restaurants, plus multiple cultural stops along the way.

• Signup and advance payment are required

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.