Hangzhou 3-Day Tour Package

Tour Overview: Attractions: Feilai Peak Grottoes, Lingyin Temple, Qinghefang, West Lake, Huagang Park, Leifeng Pagoda, Liuhe Pagoda, Tea Plantation and the Grand Canal Departure: Daily Tour Type: A private tour for your family or your friends exclusively Duration: 3 Days Pick-up point and time: Your Hotel around 8:30am Finishing point and time: Your Hotel around 5:00pm in 3 Days Service: Meals + Hotel + Entrance fees + private tour guide & car/van Tour Code: HZP-01 Price: Starting from US$ 365 p/p

Our tour guide meets you either at Hangzhou airport or train station. You are transferred to your hotel ( booked by us ). After check-in, you are arranged to have local Chinese lunch. After lunch, first head to Feilai Peak Grottoes.The charm of the legendary peak is the over 470 stone statues carved on its hillsides and riverbanks between the 10th and 14th centuries. 335 of the 470 Buddhist carvings are relatively well preserved. The grottoes in the Flying Peak have filled vacuum of Buddhist carvings done in the period ranging from Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (907-960) to Yuan Dynasty (1271 - 1368).

Then move on to Lingyin Temple (http://www.tour-beijing.com/travel_blog/hangzhou_travel_080412.php). Lingyin Temple is a Buddhist temple of the Chan sect nestled in the Flying Peak north-west of Hangzhou. It is one of the largest Buddhist temples in China.

Then continue to visit the Qinghefang Pedestrian Street. Qinghefang pedestrian street has a total length of 460 meters. It is the best-preserved histotical street in Hangzhou. A great number of time-honored shops with over a hundred year are located here. Return to your midtown hotel in Hangzhou.

Meals: Chinese lunch
Pick up from your midtown hotel in Hangzhou and head to a wharf by the West Lake (for one hour boat cruise). There are many lakes named "West Lake" in China, but the "West Lake" here in Hangzhou is considered the most beautiful among all and listed as UNESCO World Cultural Heritage. It is surrounded by hills on its three sides, with an area of about 6.5 square kilometers.

Finish your cruise at the Huagang Park Wharf. Move on to Huagang Park ( Fish Viewing at the Flower Pond Park ). The Huagang Park was a private garden of an official in the Southern Song Dynasty about 800 years ago. Now it has been greatly renovated and turned into large park of over 20 hectares.

Continue to visit Leifeng Pagoda. Ascending to the top of the pagoda and looking down, one has a panoramic view of West Lake and the whole city of Hangzhou. Leifeng Pagoda is the most visible landmark on West Lake. It is a five story tall tower with eight sides, located on Sunset Hill south of the West Lake.

After local Chinese lunch, head to Six Harmonies Pagoda. The Six Harmonies Pagoda (Liuhe Pagoda) is located south of West Lake on a high land called Yuelun Hill overlooking the Qiantang River. Originally the pagoda was in 970 A. D. with the aim to press down the tidal bore of the Qiantang River tidal bore. The eight-sided and seven-storeyed pagoda has thirteen upturned eaves

Finally, you are taken to Longjing Tea Plantation to experience the traditional method of making Longjing (Dragon Well) Tea as well drinking, picking, smelling or buying. Hangzhou is famous for its Longjing Tea, one of the best green teas in China.

Meals: Hotel Breakfast and Chinese Lunch After breakfast at your hotel, head to the Grand Canal Hangzhou Section and visit the Qiaoxi Historic Block. A man-made waterway (UNESCO World Cultural Heritage), Grand Canal has a history of over 1,300 years. The Grand Canal Hangzhou is the southernmost tip of this meandering waterway. Each of the stone stairs and riverside residential buildings has a story to tell. Taking a cruise on the Grand Canal to experience the oldest and longest man-made canal in the world.

After Chinese lunch, you are either transfferred to Hangzhou airport or Hangzhou Railway Station for your next destination.

Meals: Hotel Breakfast and Chinese Lunch

Price List for this tour (Price per person in US dollars)

Price inclusion: 1.Private air conditioned vehicle 2.Chinese meals as listed 3.Entrance fees as listed 4.Englsih Speaking tour guide 5.Two sharing stay at our designated hotel with breakfast 6.The above private transfer is customized for you, your family or your friends exclusively. No other travelers will join in your group

Price exclusion: 1.Gratuities to drivers and guides. 2.Travel insurrance for your coverage of injury or accident

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