I visited Luzhi Town as a short expedition during my day trip from Shanghai to Suzhou.

This town as well has everything the reviews of the other towns described. There are beautiful canals bordered by traditional houses, nice little bridges and a Chinese garden in the center of the old town. There are several restaurants, shops and of course places that rent out traditional costumes. I visited the Wansheng Rice Shop, some kind of agricultural museum. There is also a boat tour starting right next to the museum, but my otherwise so reliable Alipay app did not work to book that one. All in all the town is very photogenic and very pleasant to visit.

Luzhi is only a 40mins DiDi drive from Suzhou and one way cost me only about 10 USD. If you want to make it complicated and less time efficient, you can also take a bus from Suzhou main station. I had no problem at all to find a driver to bring me there and another one to take me back and drop me off in front of the Humble Administrator’s Garden.