Day trip to Hangzhou from Shanghai

Hello,

I intend to do a day trip to Hangzhou from Shanghai on 27th Mar. How should I go about doing it and which are the must see places in Hangzhou? How do I move around in Hangzhou?

All suggestions are welcome. Thanks! :)

Day trip to Hangzhou from Shanghai

Please do a forum search or browse, this is a FAQ.

You could go either by tour or DIY, I personally prefer the latter but that%26#39;s up to you.

In a day, if you%26#39;re DIYing, you could probably see Lingyin Temple, West Lake and Hefang Jie pedestrian street. What else you could fit in would depend on your sightseeing pace and interests.

You could get around by bus or taxi around the city. For West Lake you could also go around it on foot or bicycle.

Day trip to Hangzhou from Shanghai

If you can squeeze it in then it is best to see Hangzhou with an overnight stay. It is a wonderful %26amp; beautiful city with so much to see.

Thanks. I%26#39;ve actually already done a search here but I couldn%26#39;t really find what I was looking for.

I intend to do a DIY. I wanted to find out if there are cab drivers available at the Hangzhou train station (taking D train from Shanghai) that we can book for a day and who will be willing to bring us around in Hangzhou. And how much will that roughly cost?

Also, how long is the westlake cruise? Does the cruise make stops at various places with designated period of time, or are we free to stay at each place on the cruise stop for as long as we want?

Thanks again! :)

If you%26#39;re planning to DIY, go to National Library, Borders or Kinokuniya and have a quick browse through the guidebooks available there. Even better, borrow one from National Library and return it after your trip.

Sure enough there%26#39;re taxi drivers who would be willing to do a day hire, but why would you need to? You could easily take taxis and buses as you go.

There%26#39;re 2 different types of ';boat cruise';. One is the rowboat kind which you%26#39;ll probably have to bargain with the boatman for a price per hour, don%26#39;t remember the price as I did that a few years ago. The other one that brings you to the islands in the middle of the lake departs at intervals from various docking points around the lake, and you can more or less take your time at each spot, simply get on the next available departure when you%26#39;re done.

Tnanks Ellyse. That%26#39;s really helpful! Ok, I will just take a cab or bus as I go along.

As for the boat cruise, are there any websites on it? Looking for information like where to board the cruise, which are the stops that the cruise stops? etc.

Hi, For the motorised boat trip there is a dock on the lake a short walk from the Sofitel. Thus is where we caught it from but there would be others. It takes you over to the little Island in the middle (Three Pools Mirroring the Moon) Once on the island there are docks at various places to take you back.You can also hire bikes to ride around the lake.

I don%26#39;t think they have websites. From what I remember, they should have 4 boarding points around the lake: Yue Fei Temple (岳庙 northwest), Hubin Lu (湖滨路 east-north), around Nanshan Lu (南山路 east-south, don%26#39;t remember the exact location) and Flower Harbour (花港观鱼 southwest).

Nanshan Lu is where we caught it. The ticket booth is right on the Lake. It%26#39;s on the section of the lake near the Dahua Hotel.

Is Hefang Jie a day or night market?

HI there,

I%26#39;ve one other question.

1) Would it be better to take the train from Shanghai railway station or Shanghai South station? Of course I would prefer to take the D train from the south station and reach Hangzhou within 1h and 18 mins. However, I read from somewhere in this website that it takes 1.5 hour to get from Shanghai railway to Shanghai South...That defeats the purpose of taking the D train.

2) I am staying at Hyatt on the Bund. How do I get to the Shanghai SOuth station from there and how long does it take?

Thanks again! :)