5 Days Beijing to Hangzhou see West Lake Perfect Tour

Frist day morning 8:30am, your guide and driver will meet you from your hotel lobby, and start the tour : Tiananmen square, Continue explore the Forbidden City, you will spend around 2 hours here, visit 24 emperors lived rooms accompanied by your professional guide. Learn about the life of the ancient emperors and the stories of the concubines, explore the unknown stories from the Forbidden City.

Have a tasty lunch at a local restaurant. Afternoon, visit Temple of heaven.

Enjoy a Kongfu show 5:15pm–6:15pm at Red Theater ( Kongfu show tickets are inclding) .

Skip the line see the less crowded part wall — Mutianyu Greatwall. It is the best part wall to see, less crowded with magnificent views. You will have the chance to take the chairlift to the top, take a toboggan slide down, enjoy the fun.

After a tasty lunch at Mutianyu area , afternoon visit the visit the 200 years old Beijing HuTong street, take a rickshaw ride to see the old houses.

After morning breakfast, Travel through Beijing city, see lovely pandas at panda gallery, Continue to visit the imperial garden Summer Palace, where the famous empress ” cixi ” spent her summer time. Learn about the lady’s extravagant life.

Have a tasty lunch at local resaturant , afternoon continue see 26 meters high buddua from Lama temple. Also the confucius temple at the end of the day.

( Three nights hotel in Beijing is not including, you will book yourself ahead )

( Beijing to Hangzhou Bullet train tickets are included )

Firstly, spend the peaceful and less-crowded morning time to visit the iconic and World Heritage site of Hangzhou – the picturesque West Lake (Boat ride on westlake included).You will start with a 45-minute leisure cruise to enjoy the tranquil lake views as well as the ancient pagodas, traditional arched bridges, tree-lined walkways, beautiful hills, green islands and lush gardens.

After that, visit the Fish Viewing at the Flower Pond(Huagang Park). A clean stream flows from Huajia Hill to join West Lake here, and many flowers grow where the fresh water flows in, so it called “Flowery Harbor”.

Continue your visit to the Leifeng Pagoda.Leifeng Pagoda is one of the ten sights of the West Lake because of the Legend of the White Snake. Standing on the top of the pagoda,you can appreciate the nearby Jingci Temple, enjoy the landscapes of West Lake, and even see the city of Hangzhou from a distance. 

After lunch, visit the China National Tea Museum.China is the birthplace of tea with the longest history of tea culture.

After breakfast, the first stop for today is the Lingyin Temple & Peak Flying From Afar: Lingyin temple, commonly translated as “Temple of the Soul’s Retreat” is one of the largest and wealthiest temples in China. It was originally founded in 326 AD, but has been rebuilt no less than sixteen times since then. Lingyin Temple is one of the ten most famous ancient Buddhist temples in China. It also houses various Buddhist literature and treasures situated in front of the Temple, and is famous for its more than 470 stone carvings of Buddhist figures, which dated from the 10th to 14th centuries.

Later, move to Bamboo lined path at Yunqi: The forest is breathtaking. It really makes you realise how insignificant you are when you stand next to the bamboo trees towering way above you.

After lunch, move to the Meijiawu Tea Plantation & Village: Drogon Well Tea, also known as Longjing tea, is a variety of roasted green tea from Hangzhou where it is produced mostly by hand and has been renowned for its high quality, earning the China Famous Tea title. Meijiawu Tea village is seated at the hinterland of West Lake Park and it boasts the most important Dragon tea production basis. Here you are in an original natural environment, just relax your feelings and enjoy the special tea culture, taste the fragrant tea while appreciating the beautiful village scenery. And our guide or Tea Farmer will show you how to pick the leaves, how to fry the leaves and how to drink the best tea in China.

Next, drive to The Song Dynasty Imperial Street: is lined with snack bars that offer local delicacies and shops that sell antiques, embroidered items and silks among others.

The last stop is The Hangzhou Qianjiang New City, Overall development plans include 650m2 of Grade-A offices, hotels, shopping malls and luxury residences. This place will give you a different impression about Hangzhou and show you the future of Hangzhou.

( One night Hangzhou hotel was not included, you will book yourself ahead )

( From Hangzhou to Beijing Return bullet train tickets are included )