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.

1. Todays activities:Cruise on the West Lake, Viewing Fish at flower park,Lunch,Lingyin Buddha Temple, Flying Peak,Tea Village

Morning:
Meet your guide at your hotel in the morning ,Drive to Hangzhou,it takes about 2 hours on the way.
Taking the cruise on the beautiful West Lake-----West Lake was chosen as a National Key Scenic Resort in 1982, named one of Ten Scenic Resorts in 1985, and selected as a national 5A tourist resort in 2006. In addition, a picture of the lake, "Three Ponds Mirroring the Moon," was printed on the backs of both the foreign exchange certificate one yuan bill issued by the government in 1979 and the fifth version of RMB one yuan bill issued in 2004
Viewing Fish at flower park------a park famous for viewing fish
Lunch at local restaurant

Afternoon:
Lingyin Buddha Temple-----which is one of the biggest buddhist Temples in China
Flying peak sightseeing------On the peak there are many grotesque rocks among which scattered about 300 sculptures built from the Five Dynasties to the Yuan Dynasty (907-1368),making it the largest group of sculptures in Zhejiang Province.
Longjing Tea Village---this is home of the most famous green tea
Drive back to Shanghai and drop-off at your hotel. 
(B+L)

2. Tour Price Details
Your Group Size

1 Person
 $325

 
2-5 Persons
 $180
  
 
6-9 Persons
 $115

Tour Price includes:                       
1.Pick-up and drop-off from your hotel.                     
2.Private vehicle with driver; 
3.Excellent private English speaking  tour guide; 
4. Entrance fees of all sites as mentioned;
5. Typical Chinese lunch with drink. 
6.Service charge & Government taxes.
7.Insurance.