A Day in Tongli, Suzhou

We took a trip just outside of Suzhou today, to Tongli, a small water town in Wujiang county, just outside of Suzhou. Like Zhouzhuang, Tongli consists of a network of canals interweaving an ancient town and it’s by any stretch of the imagination, much the Suzhou that Marco Polo must have experienced over 500 years ago.

Tongli has a number of sites of historical significance that you can gain entry to with your ticket though I’d recommend spending a day or an afternoon kicking around the rustic streets, picking up a few souvineirs (the vendors, I found to be far less pushy than those at Zhouzhuang) eating in one of the many small canal side restaurats serving local fare and downing a few Tongli beers.