Hangzhou Private Day Tour From Shanghai by Train

Shanghai center city hotel pick up in the early morning & transfer to Shanghai Hongqiao railway station, take the morning high speed train from Shanghai - Hangzhou (around 1 hour ride), you will be at Hangzhou East railway station between 9:00am - 10:00am (Shanghai Hongqiao - Hangzhou East D3201; 08:20am-09:28pm or G1337; 08:25am-09:24am or G1509; 08:42am-09:46am)

Once you are at the Shanghai Hongqiao railway station, you are required to do a security check before entering the train station and there's a 5-minute walk from the ticket gate to the platform.

Keep your train ticket in hand as it might be checked again during the journey and at Hangzhou train station's exit.

There are three seats on one side and two seats on the other in the second class cabin.

We will arrange the guide and driver to meet you at the exit of Hangzhou East railway station then start the tour directly

Firstly, we will visit the West Lake that is the most renowned feature of Hangzhou, noted for the scenic beauty, attracts tourists from all over the world.

Wandering along the lake, enjoy the breathtaking scenery - pavilions, pagodas and embankments, etc. Then you can choose the west lake cruise or the small boat on the lake, spend the leisure time.

Afterwards, around Viewing Fish at Flower Harbor. Flower Harbor located in a park that is composed of scenic spot features such as flowers, pavilion and fish, you can have a nice viewing fish there. It is one of the ten scenes of West Lake, you can not miss it.

Lunch will be at a local Chinese restaurant.

Afternoon

Head to Feilaifeng & Lingyin Temple - Feilai Feng, or "the Peak that Flew Hither", also commonly translated as "Flying Peak", is located in front of the temple proper. The peak is so-named because it is made of limestone, giving it a craggy appearance very different from the surrounding mountains. Legend holds that the peak was originally from India (with some versions suggesting that it is Vulture Peak), but flew to Hangzhou overnight as a demonstration of the omnipotence of Buddhist law. A large number of rock reliefs dot the surface of the peak. More are located in various caves and grottoes throughout the peak. Within the main cave, dedicated to the bodhisattva Guanyin, there is a crack in the ceiling of the cave that stretches up to the surface, so that a person standing at a certain position can see a sliver of sunlight. This is known as the "one thread of heaven"

Lingyin Temple is one of the top ten most famous ancient Buddhist monasteries in China, also one of the largest and wealthiest Buddhist temples in China, and contains numerous pagodas and Buddhist grottoes. The temple is sited in north-west of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. In front of it are the Peak That Flew Here and the Cold Spring. Surrounded the temple are majestic peaks and sky-reaching ancient trees; it is really a tourist attraction that can offer you appealing places of historic interest, cultural relics as well as agreeable natural scenery with woods, flowers, springs, etc.

If you don't want hiking to Feilaifeng, you also can visit Tea plantation at Meijiawu Tea Village, learn about the tea culture, so the tour is flexible, you can make the decision and choose what you are interested.

After finishing your tour in Hangzhou, you are transferred back to Hangzhou East Railway Station. Then you will take the high-speed train around 17:00pm - 18:00pm back to Shanghai. Upon arrival in Shanghai, we will arrange a Chinese speaking driver to meet you at the railway station (South Exit 3) and transfer back to your downtown hotel in Shanghai to finish the entire trip.

Please note: If you book the tour at last minute, the Shanghai local driver will purchase the bullet train tickets upon arrival to the railway station.