Shanghai Hangzhou Bus Day Tour ( Temporarily closed )

Pick up from your midtown hotel in Shanghai. Drive 200km south of Shanghai and get to Hangzhou - the capital of Zhejiang province and the most charming city in China. The South Song Dynasty (1127-1279) helped make Hangzhou famous when the imperial family moved there in the 12th century.

First visit Ling Yin Temple - one of the most famous Buddhist Temples in China. It was constructed in 326 at the foot of Lingyin Mountain by an Indian monk named Huili with a history of more than 1,600 years. Proceed to visit Huagang Park - a beautiful Peninsula park extruding from the West Lake.

After lunch, then comes the highlight of Hangzhou tour - boating on the West Lake. It is said that there are totally 36 " West Lakes " in China, the West Lake in Hangzhou is the most beautiful of 36 west lakes of the same name. Then continue to visit the Longjing Tea Village and do free shopping at the tea plantation. Longjing actually means, "Dragon Well", a place suitable for the planting of the famous green tea. Longjing Tea is one of China's best teas and is one reason for Hangzhou's international fame.

End of service, transferred back to your hotel in Shanghai respectively.

Booking Note

1. It's a busy day with much walking. So be sure to wear comfortable shoes and have a good sleep the day before.

2. Normally free hotel Pickup is available if you are staying at a midtown hotel in Shanghai. For home pickup or pickup far from the hotel far from the downtown area, please first contact our trip advisor for more information.

3. The traffic in Shanghai is very bad sometimes. So we would like to have your patience if our driver and tour guide are a little bit later than the pre-arranged pick-up time due to traffic jam.

4. We offer Chinese lunch. Usually the tourist meals have a bad name. But we try our best to improve the quality of the lunch on the tour.

5. We do arrange some shopping on the tour as listed. Chinese tourist shops have a very bad name on the internet. Actually the things are not so bad as it is. The shopping stops are nice places for you to relax and at the same time to make use of the short time to familiarize yourself with the local products as well as help create more jobs for local people. The shopping is not compulsory.

6. If you feel you enjoyed yourself and have had a great time, gratuities are greatly appreciated.