Hangzhou Private Day Tour: Highlights of the City

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.