Overview

This full day non-factory shopping private tour will immerse you into Hangzhou's amazing highlights, such as West Lake, Lingyin Temple and Tea Plantation. All entrance tickets, local lunch, private English-speaking guide and 2-way transfers from your hotel or the station are all included in this 8-hour tour.

Highlights

  • Wander along the West Lake - the most renowned feature of Hangzhou, listed as a World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO;

  • Visit Lingyin Temple - it is a famous ancient Buddhist monastery survived for over 1600 years and considered as one of the ten most famous Buddhist temples of China;

  • Enjoy a Tea Ceremony in Tea Museum and learn about tea culture and history;

Itinerary

Day 1West Lake - Tea Museum - Lingyin Temple

Meet your guide in your hotel located in the downtown Hangzhou at 8:30am or Hangzhou train station, you will find your name on a welcome signage so you can easily recognize the guide then start your exciting sightseeing tour from to West Lake - it is the most renowned feature of Hangzhou, noted for the scenic beauty, attracts tourists from all over the world.

Wandering along the lake, enjoy the breathtaking scenery - pavilions, pagodas and embankments, etc and hear a Folk fairy tale - Legend of White Snake from your guide. Then you can choose the west lake cruise or the small boat on the lake, spend your leisure time there.

Afterwards, go to visit the Fish Viewing at the Flower Pond (HuaGang Park), there you can have nice fish viewing. It is one of the ten scenes of West Lake, you can not miss it.

At the lunch time, your tour guide can recommend some authentic Chinese restaurants that cater whatever you are craving for.

Afternoon, go to Tea Museum that is the only one, the tea theme museum in China, learn about the tea culture. You also can have the chance to watch the tea ceremony and drink teas in a quiet and peaceful place.

Please note: it's closed every Monday, if you choose the tour on Monday then you can visit tea plantation instead.

Head to the last destination - Lingyin Temple, which is located in the Feilaifeng scenic spot. Lingyin Temple is one of the top ten most famous ancient Buddhist monasteries in China, also one of the largest and wealthiest Buddhist temples in China, and contains numerous pagodas and Buddhist grottoes. On the way to the temple, there are a large number of grottos and religious rock carvings.

After your classic city tour, your tour guide will send you back to your hotel in Hangzhou or railway station. 

Be attention, if you take the high speed train to and from Hangzhou station, please make sure you have enough time (7-8 hours) to take this tour.

Meals: Lunch

Book Price

Group SizeAdult(Age:8-80) Price/p.pChild(Age:4-7) Price/p.pInfant(Age:0-3) Price/p.p
1 Number $ 400 $ 45 Free
2 Number $ 225 $ 45 Free
3 Number $ 165 $ 45 Free
4 Number $ 138 $ 45 Free
5 Number $ 120 $ 45 Free
6 Number $ 110 $ 45 Free
7 Number $ 105 $ 45 Free
8 Number $ 100 $ 45 Free
9 Number $ 98 $ 45 Free
10 Number $ 95 $ 45 Free

Includes

  • English-speaking tour guide service fee

  • Air-conditioned vehicle with a private driver

  • Gas, toll & parking lot fees

  • All entrance tickets to the sights listed above

Excludes

  • Accommodations

  • Dinner

  • Gratuity to the guide and driver

  • Personal costs

Trip Notes

  • The quoted price is for an 8-hour tour per day. If you use more than 6 hours or less than 8 hours per day it will still be considered a full day.

  • Additional hours are billed at 50CNY to 100CNY for the guide and 50CNY to 100CNY for the driver.

  • Please note that the itinerary is flexible and we can adjust it according to your personal interests, the weather or any unexpected conditions.

  • For the lunch, we will take you to the authentic Chinese local restaurant catering for the locals with great dishes. If you prefer to take a lunch in a fancy restaurant or order dishes more than our budget then you can just cover the cost difference above our budget.

  • We conduct only private tour but not group tour and won't mix you with others.

  • Our tours are complete non-forced shopping tour and we won't take you to any factories without request to waste your valuable time.

$95-$400USD