8-hours tour in Hangzhou is precious, so don't waste the time standing in line, avoid crowded tour buses and slow-moving tour groups accompanied by your knowledgeable private guide over 5+ years guiding experience and skillful driver over 10 + years driving experice to take you to the famous attractions in Hangzhou. We handpicked the best skip-the-line tour so you can see all the top Hangzhou sites without the long lines. You have the options to have lunch at the local restaurant recommend by our guides (THEY ARE FOODIES, they really know where to eat in the city) or have an authentic home-cooked meal at a local famer's home. To make your trip convenient, we provide FREE COLD DRINKS, FREE-WIFI, UMBRELLA & PHONE CHARGER during the tour. Note: If you come from Shanghai, recommended timing: Arrival: Around 9:30am, Departure: Around 18:00pm. Both Hangzhou East train station and Hangzhou railway station are work for this tour. Free charge of train station pick up & drop off service.
In the morning, your tour guide will wait fo you in the lobby of your hotel in downtown Hangzhou or Hangzhou train station and head for West Lake by private car. Upon arrival, visit the famous Hangzhou West Lake-one of world UNESCO Sites. We special arrange a private boat for you since the public tourist boat are very crowded and noisy and sail to the secret parts of the westlake only known by local people. It's an enjoyable and relaxing way for you to appreciate the beautiful scenery with its islands, causeways, temples, pagodas and ornamental planting.
Next visit Guo's Villa. Considered to be the best existing traditional private garden in Hangzhou and a great place to relax and revel in the beauty of Song-era tea houses and pavilions. Only local people come to this garden to enjoy their leisure time. The villa not only provides you with a better understanding on this Asian " Leisure capital" but also an idea place for photography.
After lunch, continue to Meijiawu Longjiang Tea Village, the origin of the best green tee in China, Longjing, with beautiful natural scenery. Interestingly, many tea houses in the village and you will have a chance to sample local tea). Interestingly, at a local tea grower's tea house, you could learn how to prepare local delicacies if you are interested. Learn to cook beggar's Chicken, Westlake carp fish in vinegar source, lotus roots, bamboo shoot and many other fresh vegetables. If you don’t wish to cook, just sit back and their flavors.
Lateron, you will vist Six Harmonies Pagoda, it's a representative ancient pavilion-style tower in China, you'll get to know how the famous pagodas of China are scaled down and delicately sculptured, fully displaying the great achievements in ancient architecture. Moreover, the Six Harmonies Pagoda is a wonderful place for appreciating during the Mid-Autumn Festival. It has become a tradition for the locals to appreciate the spectacular scene since the Song Dynasty.
Your final stop is Qinghefang Ancient Street, a good place to experience the lifestyle of Old Hangzhou since it is the epitome of historic Hangzhou. It is also a great place fo shopping, food and sightseeing. You could see well-preserved old buildings, epxlore interesting boutiques and shop for unique souvenirs. When the tour is conclued, we will drop you off at Hangzhou train station or your Hangzhou downtown hotel.
Pick up and drop off is provided anywhere in downtown Hangzhou. Please advise your hotel information at time of booking
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Fast Pass Priority: Hangzhou Essential Day Tour with Authentic Lunch lasts about 8 hours. The itinerary has 5 stops.
Prices start at $130 per person for this Hangzhou experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There are 2 booking options, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
Yes, pickup is offered. Pick up and drop off is provided anywhere in downtown Hangzhou. Please advise your hotel information at time of booking Pickup points include Berkesy Residence Hangzhou Guozhan, Hangzhou Ouyamei International Hotel.
The experience is available in EN.
It is a private experience: only your party takes part. Up to 15 travellers can book together.
Wheelchair accessible
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
Our guide Tommy is very professional, polite, patient and thoroughly insightful with the history and overview of HangZhou. He shared bite sized nuggets of information with us and made our day trip all the more fruitful and comprehensive. Definitely two thumbs up and highly recommended to one and all.
Nancy was a fabulous guide. She showed us around Hangzhou, was very knowledgeable, accommodating and was very well spoken in English (and FUNNY). We will definitely be back, and hope we can tour with Nancy again!! Hangzhou was beautiful and so was the tea village. It was a perfect tour packed with activities.
I came to shanghai for business and some chinese friends recommended Hangzhou as the best destination for the weekend from Shanghai. It was first visit to Hangzhou but already love this city. We were picked up by my guide David at the exit of train station with a sign, he explained the history,current situation and future of hangzhou to me all the way. I visited most famous west lake by boat,very big temple,local tea village and one old street called Hefang street. I really enjoyed the lunch at local farmer's home,all the food were tasty. My guide has a great sense of humor,very professional, fluent English. It felt like a friend was showing us around the city.I will definitely recommend China private tour and David to our friends. Thank all of you!
My husband and I are both experience travelers, so when a coworker recommend China Private Tour for a private Hangzhou tour, we were a bit unsure whether it was something we wanted to do. But, considerting the short amount of time we had in the city, we flet this was the bet option. And I'm so glad we did! We booked the Skip line-Private hangzhou Tour with lunch. Nancy was our guide and she speaks excelletn English. The entire time we spent with her felt very relaxed and in a way it seemed more like traveling with an friend than a tour guide.
This was the experience of a lifetime and on my bucket list. I enjoyed it more than i thought I would. It was cold the morning we went in early March. but warmed up during our tour. Hangzhou is a beautiful city and it has a number of beautiful gardens to visit. We visited the westlake, lingyin Temple, tea plantation and village, a food street...the tea plantation and village were my favorite surprise during my whole day. Nancy, our tour guide was great, considerate and really knew what she was talking about, she shared the history and culture of this city and sights. This is tour is perfect that covers all the places we wanted to see. Nancy used her own way to help us buy the entrance tickets to skip the long line.The lunch arranged at the farmer's house was SUPER! We all had an amazing time with Nancy. Highly recommend!
I highly recommend China Private Tour if you plan to travel to Hangzhou.Our tour guide David was knowledgable,friendly,accommodating, fun and spoke VERY fluent English. We booked the Skip line hangzhou highlights tour recommended by the team since we only had a short day from Shanghai. And it was right. All arrangements for our trip were superb! Thank you so much!
Thanks CPT for a great tour in Hangzhou. The team was amazing with very fast email responses to all our questions and spoke with us by whatapp to make sure we had everything ready for our trip. This tour was well planned and comfortable way to visit all the highlights in Hangzhou in such a short day.Our guide David reserved the boat for us in advance and brought the entrance tickets for other places in his own way to skip the lines saving us a lot of time!!! David's knowledge was exceptional and he was excited share all his stories of his city. He spoke very good English and we did not have any concerns with the communication. We were very satisfied with our tour. We highly recommend CPT, a great value!!
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