苏州山塘街

苏州一个比较古旧风味的步行街，晚上过来拍照特别有风味。很多游客纪念品售卖，很美很有特色，真的很不错，到苏州应该去看一下。

山塘街是典型的江南水乡风格，小桥流水人家，两岸瓦房林立。景色美极了，绝不输给周庄或乌镇这些古镇。有机会还要再去。

绝对不输于周庄和乌镇的特色小镇，而且还是不需要门票的，不得不对苏州人民点赞一下，河流环绕，黑白建筑，加上地道的苏州人，喝茶谈情听昆曲，人生一大享受。

仿古建筑景点，有小桥流水，大红灯笼，晚上亮起的灯笼倒影的水中，婉约气息很足，无人的深夜走在这条街上，恍然如梦，就是白天的叫卖声和门头的推销声音破坏了晚上的气氛。

白天看也就那样，各种小吃，各种当地或者全国景点都有的特产，夜幕降临，各种霓虹灯都开始亮起来，隐约有昆曲或者评弹的声音断断续续，很有感觉，熙熙攘攘，有种人在画中的感觉～推荐下午开始溜达

麦子在苏州山塘街步行看风景，路过手机店，坐下来休息会。山塘街确实不错，小桥流水人家的感觉还是有的。城市慢生活，在这里才能体会到。过两天再去木渎行不行？@吴中旅游 除了水那里还有山，曾经的乾隆皇帝下江南最喜欢去的地方。 我在这里:SENSO 新苏天地

苏州山塘街有点马六甲鸡场街的意思嘛，就是人多了点。。 我在:北浩弄

苏州山塘街。。。。。。小桥流水人家，我心中的江南。可惜没拍到夜景，当地人说夜静非常的美。。。。。。。 我在:狼垡东路

苏州山塘街，一条有1100多年历史的古街。很幸运走错了路，走到了老街生活区里，去看们的小院，和他们聊天，看他们摘菜做饭，品尝树上酸酸的果实。而不是走到大同小异的旅游小商品一条街。

A commercial street form by bunch of beautiful old buildings, all the buildings built by the river, you may take a boat to cruise along or just relaxing at the coffee house of pub by the river. I heard the night view is superb here, but I was there during day time, not have a chance to see it myself. There are also a lot of restaurant, hostel and shops here. Refer my blog for some photos and other information here: http://lmwhy.blogspot.com/2014/09/suzhou.html

If you'd like to see what Suzhou was like in the past, the old street captures all that old world charm. A lot of the homes have been renovated to look old, but the street and bridges are original. There is some great shopping, but note that this is a tourist trap and many of the prices are much much higher. It's a wonderful place to take a stroll though and people watch. Enjoy some tea overlooking the canal for a lazy afternoon. To get there, take line 1 to Shantangjie and take exit 1, turn right and walk towards the bridge. Remember your camera!

This place should visit when you at Suzhou. Great scenery place with old building and river. Great heritage structures and many choice of shops.

My suggestion is not the brightly litted Shantang Jie that most tourists are familiar with. I would like to add on, for those prefer to be away from the crowd and free and easy travellers; please try to take this walk once you have finished touring Tiger Hill. Walk down to the main road (from South Gate of Tiger HIll), about 500m, you will cross a bridge over Shantang River. Walk down to the right of the bridge, you will walk along the beautiful, tranquil and historical Shantang Jie (along Shantang River) where the local people live but restored well by the local administration. Along the way, you will pass by buildings used to be occupied by the revolutionists, temples, ancestor house (the famed architect I.M. Pei family), historical bridges etc. These buidlings / structures are not spectacular on its own; but in total all make up the mood and atmosphere of the walk.The walk is for about an hour or more depending on your own speed of stroll. My two kids age 9 and 12 could make it. I guess most of the travellers will too. The first part of the walk was tidy and restored path. Almost to the end, you will walk through the normal houses with local community. As discerned traveller, most of us will understand not to create any uneasiness for the local community. Worth noting is the local community are oblivious to the tourists like us walking through their pathway and appear to be friendly and warm. Then came the surprise part came to us. You walk into the local traditional market with stalls selling local vegetables, fishes, poultry, snacks, steamed buns etc. At the end of this traditional market then only came the more commercial Shantang Jie that you will see in the postcard. Which is your choice? Make your pick. You could have both. But if I have only once choice, I will choose this walk again. Bonus point: And you have one newly built clean public toilet along this walk.

We stayed at youth hostel in Shangtang for 3D2N by Sept 2014. This place is quite at day time. Nite we can see lots of tourist and guide tour make this street become busy. The scene is very beautiful at nite. There are many restaurant and bar along the river. The nite scene of this old town is awesome therefore must come stay a nite to experience the life of this historical town.

Located in Suzhou, Jiangsu. This street still has the last century houses and old people live near by. The street is surrounded by a canal and you can buy souvenirs and typical food. Here is the prefect location to make really good pictures. At night the lights give the street a sense of romantic and poetic atmosphere.