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Shaxi Ancient Town 沙溪古镇Shāxī Gǔzhèn
4A scenic area · Suzhou, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Suzhou
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Shaxi Ancient Town
An old market town on the Qipu River in the middle of Taicang, named a national historic and cultural town of China in 2005. Its long old street runs beside the river, lined with Qing-era houses with carved doors and windows and stone steps down to the water, and old stone arch bridges of the Ming and Qing cross the river.
How to get to Shaxi Ancient Town
In Shaxi town in central Taicang, about 13 km north of Taicang's city centre and about 50 km from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport by road.
Nearby
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 苏州园林 50 km
Whole landscapes of rock, water and pavilion folded into a city block - Former French Concession 原法租界 50 km
Plane-tree streets, garden villas and shikumen lanes for Shanghai's best city walk - Shanghai Museum 上海博物馆 50 km
Ancient Chinese bronzes, ceramics, painting and jade, now shown at Shanghai Museum East - Zhouzhuang 周庄古镇 50 km
Jiangnan's most famous water town, famed for its Twin Bridges and merchant halls - Lujiazui 陆家嘴 50 km
Shanghai's skyline in a loop of river: spheres, a twisting tower and the Bund opposite
Also within 20 km: Taicang Modern Agricultural Park (Rose Manor) 太仓现代农业园 (10 km), Zhang Pu Residence 张溥宅第 (10 km), Yuan-Dynasty Stone Arch Bridges of Taicang 太仓石拱桥 (10 km).
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