Day 1
Pick you up from your hotel or the railway station.
09:00am - 09:40am
boat tour on West Lake,and It is lying on the west edge of Hangzhou city, and it is the symbol of Hangzhou as well as one of the most beautiful sights in China.
10:00am - 11:40am
vist Viewing Fish at Flower Harbor; This spot is located at the southern end of the Su Causeway. A clean stream leads from Huajia Hill to the West Lake through here, so it named as Flower Harbor. Viewing Fish at Flower Harbor, now has been made into a 22 hectares park with many varieties of trees and flowers, featuring a peony garden which blooms in April and a goldfish pond which is the famous site for viewing fish.
A Boat on the Lake
Six Harmonies Pagoda
01:00pm - 02:40pm
visit the Six Harmonies Pagoda which is highly erected by the Qiantang River and to the south of the West Lake, it is a perfect symbol of brick-and-wood structure built in the ancient China. It was first built in 970 AD in the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). The name "six harmonies" comes from the six Buddhist ordinances, meaning "harmonies of the heaven, earth, east, west, south and north".
03:00pm - 04:40pm
visit the Tiger Spring; Tiger Spring: It is ranked the third in China according to scientific research on the quality of the water of the spring. The pleasures to be gained from Tiger Spring are listening to the spring, viewing the spring, tasting the spring, feeling the spring, even dreaming that the spring enables every thought about the spring to come to mind.
Day 2
08:30am - 09:30am
visit The Tomb of General Yue Fei: Situated in the southwest area of the ancestral temple, the well-known Tomb of General Yue Fei, a national hero in the war against Jin invaders during the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), is formed into a group of ancient-styled buildings which covers 23 feet in diameter and 9 feet in height.
09:50am - 11:30am
visit West Lake Museum and Orioles Singing in the Willows. West Lake Museum displays West Lake's history and culture, and about 200 pieces of rare cultural relics and more than 2,000 documents concerning the lake have been collected by the museum.
Cuiguang Pavilion in the Park Orioles Singing in the Willows
Lingyan Buddist Temple
01:20pm - 3:00pm
visit the Lingyin Temple&Feilai Peak, and Lingyin means Soul's Retreat; It is one of the main attractions of Hangzhou city. The Temple contains a collection of Buddhist literature together with many other treasures. The palaces, pavilions and halls together with their many figures of Buddhist deities represent in total a splendid and unique collection of architectural and artistic cultural relics.
Feilai Peak is With 209 meters (about 700 feet) tall, it is a pure limestone mountain that is very distinctive from the sandstone mountains around it. Large stones scattered along the peak are said to resemble animals like a flying dragon, a running elephant, a crouching tiger, and a fleeing monkey.
03:40pm - 05:00pm
visit the Meijia Tea Plantation. Then drive you to your hotel or to the railway station.
Recommanded Restaurant for lunch : "Green Tea"
Meijia Tea Plantation
Jixian Pavilion
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Hangzhou | Holiday Inn Express Hangzhou Gongshu | Zhongwei Sunny Hotel | Sofitel Hangzhou Westlake |
Single Supplement for 1 night | CNY250 | CNY350 | CNY550 |
I had already been on the one-day tour to Suzhou and Zhouzheung which was great. We had the same tour guide for the 2 days in Hanzhou. He was very nice and accommodating and flexible. The tour of West Lake was grand. I would recommend less than an hour at the West Lake museum, because there is a lot of re more..
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!] by Anne Li,09/30/2012