Take in the highlights of beautiful Hangzhou on a private full-day tour from Shanghai. After hotel pickup and transfer by high-speed train to Hangzhou, your private guide takes you to see some city attractions, such as Faxi temple. Moreover, enjoy a tasty lunch at a local restaurant before heading to Longjing village. There, learn about the process of farming and producing dragonwell tea, the region’s most famous product. Finally, enjoy a scenic boat cruise on UNESCO World Heritage-listed West Lake before returning to Shanghai.

This is a private, full-day trip from Shanghai to Hangzhou. After you are picked up in your hotel lobby in the early morning, you will take a bullet train to Hangzhou. This is the fastest way to Hangzhou and you can experience train speeds of up to 300 kilometers per hour. Your tour begins at one of Hangzhou's signature sites, the West Lake. Enjoy a lake cruise to see the top ten West Lake scenic views. You will then be taken to experience the wonderful cuisine of Hangzhou at a local restaurant. After lunch, you will visit Faxi temple, a well-known Temple dating back to the Jin Dynasty. See its famous wooden Buddha. Here, you will see fewer tourists and more locals. Finally, enjoy a cup of green tea when you visit the famous Longjing village to see wild fields of Longjing tea bushes where the locals produce the world famous green tea- Longjing Tea. In the village, all locals are tea farmers and you will see the entire procedure of making the famous tea and will get the chance to taste the best quality emperor tea. Afterwards, you will take the bullet train back to Shanghai and you will be returned to your hotel.

tour route: Hangzhou( Or leaving from Shanghai, Suzhou) to Wuzhen water town one day tour

Tour description:

Wuzhen is located between Hangzhou and Shanghai. Travelers go and come between Shanghai and Hangzhou， and unavoidably go by Wuzhen.

Wuzhen is a typical water town of Jiangnan region, and well preserves the original look of water towns in late Qing Dynasty and Republic of China. The whole town is built along the river, and the internal street network makes the whole scenic area impressive very much.

tour itinerary:
 pick up service by your tour guide and driver at 8:00am 
 Wuzhen water town -sightseeing (5 hours)( not included the cruise ticket)
 local restaurant-lunch (1 hour)
 drop-off service at your hotel before 5:00pm
 
included in tour price:
 hotel pick-up & drop-off service,
english-speaking tour guide.
Your private sedan, van or bus (within 2 years vehicle)
entrance tickets to the attractions as listed in the itinerary.
chinese lunch
 note: tips is highly appreciated but not requested.