The Suzhou homestay everyone’s been raving about! Open the window and you’re right on Pingjiang Road, living the Jiangnan dream
by Benjamin40 Simmons~
Oct 8, 2025
In April, push open the door of the Moxy Hotel, Suzhou Gusu in the soft language of Wu, as if falling into a Suzhou-style aesthetic mystery box——
In the lobby, Tang Bohu's Q version of the smiling face mural winks at you, and the front desk hangs an art installation made from phoenix coronets and robes, and the door hides the projection of Kunqu Opera. The most amazing thing is the "Drunken Beauty" cocktail set at the bar. When you are tipsy, watch the sunset dye the ancient city red, and travel through ancient and modern times in a second!
🏨 Immersive Suzhou Aesthetic Space:
• Play various game consoles at the lobby check-in first
• The room is transformed into a mini museum, with a cross-border display of American industrial style × Suzhou traditional elements
• There is a retro-style ☎️ hidden on the bedside of the guest room, and the bathroom supplies are also the Nivea series, which is unambiguous.
🚶 Cross through history in 5 minutes on foot:
👉 Former Residence of Zhang Taiyan (Republic of China Love Story Theater)
In the Western-style building with green brick arches, you can touch the ink fragrance of the ancient bookstore on the left hand, and the avant-garde installation of the modern art exhibition on the right hand. Sitting by the window on the second floor and reading Tang Guoli's letter to Zhang Taiyan, the coffee cup reflects the lingering light and shadow of talented men and beautiful women a hundred years ago.
👉 Stadium Road Citywalk (Song Rhyme Enchantment)
Follow the inscriptions on the "Pingjiang Map" on the floor tiles, the old-fashioned barber shop and the independent buyer's shop face each other across the street, buy a jasmine ice cream next to the "Song Yamen Lane Site" stone tablet, and you may encounter a tofu flower peddler shaking a bell at the corner.
🌙 Night Tour Easter Egg: Jincheng New Village
Take an 8-minute bike ride from the hotel to Suzhou's version of "Wukang Road", where jellyfish lights swim among the plane tree leaves to form a galaxy. Rush into the "Shangxiaji" grocery store to find silk coasters + alien potted plants. The non-heritage inheritor is sitting in the handmade night school teaching young people how to make Begonia flower tassels.
Of course, there are also beautiful Suzhou gardens. I recommend you to go to the Lion Grove Garden. Under the wisteria flower sea, have a purple dream~
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