Hefang Street 河坊街8am - 9pm
This street is full of art hawkers, candy sculptors, pillow shops, caricaturists, old-fashioned movie players, storytellers, bonsai shops, teahouses, an... Address: Hefang Street
河坊街
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Double Stream Rafting 双溪漂流8am - 10pm
When the weather's still hot take advantage of this great day trip. You start on a wagon pulled by a buffalo to the dock. From there you take a raft down the... Address: Jingshan Town, 30 kilometers away from Hangzhou
杭州西北30公里处的径山镇
Tel: 0571 8796 9222
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Impression West Lake 印象西湖
They worked on this for months to get it right. See what world famous director Zhang Yimou and his two fellow directors have put together to impress the... Address: Beishan Road, Northwest of West Lake
西湖西北角栖霞岭下北山路(香格里拉酒店旁边)
Tel: 0571 8800 3888
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Xixi Wetlands 西溪湿地8:30am - 4:30pm
This is a really nice place to go for a walk in nature. There are bridges, an arboretum, rare plants, gardens and two Ming dynasty nunneries along with food... Address: Extension to the West of Tianmushan Rd.
天目山路延伸段
Tel: 0571 8810 6789
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Jingci Temple 净慈禅寺7:30am – 5pm (winter), 7am – 5pm (summer)
You could live here for years and never visit this place. A temple is a temple, right? But, what makes Jingci Temple such a draw to pilgrims from all around... Address: 56 Nanshan Road
南山路56号
Tel: 0571 8796 2880
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Longjing Tea Village 龙井村
Dragon Well (longjing) was discovered around 230 AD. The well itself is a mere two meters in diameter, yet for some reason that's all it takes to start a... Address: Longjing Road
龙井路
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Bamboo-Lined Path at Yunqi 云栖竹径7:30am – 5:30pm
This one kilometer path cuts through a lush bamboo forest, which is also home to some of the oldest trees in Hangzhou (the oldest of which are over 1000... Address: Yunqi Valley, South of Wuyun Mountain
五云山南麓的云栖坞里
Tel: 0571 8562 9969
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Lingyin Temple 灵隐寺5am – 6pm
The temple is without doubt a premier showpiece in the West Lake environs and is notable also as one of the ten most famous Buddhist temples of China. In... Address: 1 Fayun Lane, Lingyin Road
灵隐路法云弄1号
Tel: 0571 8796 8665
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Hangzhou Aquarium 海底世界8:15am - 5pm
With over 250 types of marine life, The Hangzhou Aquarium is not a place your fins should flip aside. They have the longest coral tunnel in China making it a... Address: 49 Nanshan Road
南山路49号万松岭路口
Tel: 0571 8706 9500
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Yellow Dragon Cave 黄龙洞8am - 5pm
It's not Thailand, but the Yellow Dragon Cave, and believe it or not, it's in the center of town not far from anything. An hour or so is all you need to... Address: Shuguang Road and Huanglong Road
曙光路和黄龙路
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Mei Jia Wu Tea Village 梅家坞7am - 1am
It's the village famous for tea. To go there, you can enjoy the tea, have a country home style meal, watching the tea field, breath fresh air. Normally the... Address: South Meiling Road
梅灵南路
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The Grand Canal 京杭大运河
If you're into water, Hangzhou is your town. But maybe the boats on the West Lake just don't do it for you anymore. That's cool because you can always take... Address: Gongchen Bridge, Lishui Road
丽水路拱宸桥
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Moganshan 莫干山
For the October 2006 issue of MORE magazine, resident Moganshan expert and Shanghai legend Mark Kitto penned a piece for us. Since then, the area has seen a... Address: Moganshan, Deqing County
德清县莫干山
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Three Pools Mirroring The Moon 三潭印月9am - 10:30pm
Doing a boat ride on the lake is as necessary for any trip to Hangzhou. There are three islands in the lake, but the premier island is Fairy Islet, which is... Address: Fairy Islet, West Lake
北山路岳庙对面
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China Ancient Papermaking and Printing Village 中国古代造纸印刷文化村8am - 5pm
Generally we direct you guys to something within Hangzhou proper, but sometimes you've just gotta get out. Fuyang is technically Hangzhou, but it takes a... Address: 21 East Jiangbin Road, Fuyang, Zhejiang
浙江富阳市江滨东路21号
Tel: 0571 6332 6303
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Hangzhou Botanical Gardens 植物园7am - 5pm
The gardens are part research center part recreational gardens. Great places to walk and picnic, with over 4,000 species of plants to look at. 10RMB for... Address: 1 Taoyuanling
桃源岭1号
Tel: 0571 8796 1908
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Chenhuang (Town God) Pavilion 城隍阁7:30am – 10pm
Ticket: 30RMB for adults; 15RMB for children; 58RMB for admission and tea
Busses: 8, 35, 38, 40, 814, 818, K807
Whenever you come into the city at night... Address: 43 Liangdaoshan Rd. (Wushan Square)
粮道山路43号
Tel: 0571 8701 1855
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Baopu Taoist Temple 抱朴道院7:30am - 5:30pm
Coming from Yue Fei's Temple and winding up through the woods, patches of yellow appear through the trees. As you walk down, Baopu Taoist Temple sits,... Address: Entrance behind Baoqing Villa, 38 Beishan Road
北山路葛岭抱青别墅后面
Tel: 0571 8798 1489
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Jiangnan Famous Stone Garden 江南名石苑7am – 5pm
Everyone has their favorite spot around the lake. Some prefer the quietness of a stroll through Orioles Singing in the Willows. Others might like... Address: 89 Beishan Road
北山路89号
Tel: 0571 8797 0738
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Lotus Quyuan Garden 曲院风荷7am - 6pm
With over 200 species of lotus, Quyuan Garden is the largest lotus park in China. One day, while reading ancient poetry from the Southern Song Dynasty, our... Address: 17 Xishan Road
西山路17号
Tel: 0571 8798 6026
Tel: 0571 8796 1058 (BBQ Area)
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Yue Fei's Temple 岳王庙7:30am - 5:30pm
The story of Yue Fei is one of soap operatic caliber: a national hero betrayed by the very emperor he was fighting for. He came to fame during the final days... Address: 1 Hougushan Road
西湖西北角栖霞岭下北山路(香格里拉酒店旁边)
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Watching Fish at Yuquan *******
Near the Yuquan road entrance of the Botanical Gardens lies one of the most visited places in the gardens. It's not big, but it's pleasant and you can see... Address: 8 Yuquan Road (inside the Botanical Gardens)
玉泉路8号
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Baoshi Hill 宝石山
When you need to get out of the city but can't get out, a walk on these trails might do the trick. The trail that begins just to the right of Good Luck... Address: Entrances on Shuguang next to 7 Club; through Yellow Dragon Cave Park; at 31 Beishan Rd.; and next to Yue Fei’s Temple.
西湖北面
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Six Harmonies Pagoda 六和塔9am – 5pm
Out of all of the towers in the city, this brick and wood structure is definitely the best. It’s has undergone some renovation, as it has for the past... Address: 16 Zhijiang Road
之江路16号
Tel: 0571 8659 1401
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Daqing Valley 大清谷8:15am - 6pm
This is a blissfully quiet valley surrounding the Daqing Village, well over to the west of the lake. Easily accessible by bicycle through the hand dug tunnel... Address: Long Wu, (500 meters ahead of Future World)
龙坞大清谷(未来世界向前500米)
Tel: 0571 8709 2568
Tel: 0571 8709 2808
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Li'an Temple 理安寺8:30am - 4:30pm
The legend goes that He Zhifeng practiced Buddhism at this temple. At the time, a tiger was attacking people in the area. The monk was determined to tame the... Address: Nine Creeks
九溪十八涧
Tel: 0571 8659 0710
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Cloudy Pine Sanctum 云松书舍
Just outside the southern entrance of the Botanical Garden you'll find this cozy little nook to sip some tea. The place was established in 1996 by the famous... Address: Outside the South Gate of the Botanical Garden on Lingyin road.
灵隐路植物园南门外面
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Qi Xia Cave 栖霞洞
You can get to this place a couple of ways on the Baoshi Hill trails. Head there from the trail entrance at Yellow Dragon Cave it begins just to the right of... Address: Baoshi Hill
北山路宝石山上
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Manao Temple 玛瑙寺8am - 5pm
Like the Yellow Dragon Cave, the Manao Temple is a perfect destination when you have little time but still want to get in a few sites. It's only minutes from... Address: 40 Beishan Road (the lane next to West Lake Expo Museum)
北山路40号(西博会博物馆右边的小巷内)
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Qian Wang Temple 钱王祠8am - 5pm
Sometimes you get the urge to do a touristy thing, but you really can't handle crowds. Avoid Six Harmonies Pagoda, Lingyin Temple, and Leifeng Pagoda if... Address: Nanshan Road (opposite China Academy of Arts)
南山路中国美院对面
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Yu Qian's Temple 于谦祠9am - 6pm
Yu Qian was a Hangzhou native and governor. He was famous for his incorruptibility, constant concern for the people and mastery of government. Yuqian... Address: Santaishan Road
三台山路
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Canal Culture Square 运河文化广场
Address: Jinhua Road
金华路
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Admiring Plum Blossoms At Lingfeng 灵峰探梅7am – 5pm
Spring has sprung, or so it seems here in Hangzhou, which means it's that time of year again to check out the plum blossoms. There are several places around... Address: Botanical Garden, 1 Taoyuan Ling
桃源岭1号杭州植物园
Tel: 0571 8788 9153
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Wu Zhen 乌镇7:50am - 5:30pm. Night tour: 6pm - 10pm
We’ve heard about Wu Zhen for some time. Loads of billboards around town show it off. It was just one of those places we kept meaning to go to, but because... Address: North of Tongxiang City of Zhejiang Province
位于浙江省桐乡市的北面
Tel: 0573 8873 1088
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Man Long Gui Yu 满陇桂雨9am - 6pm
Address: 108 Siyan Jin, Hupao Road
虎跑路四眼井108号
Tel: 0571 8796 2678
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Gushan 孤山24 hours
After all it's the West Lake in the summer heat,
Displaying scenes no other scenes have:
Green lotus leaves stretch so far to the horizon
Bathed in... Address: Broken Bridge or Ge Hill
断桥或葛岭
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West Lake Nights 夜西湖
There are around 36 West Lakes in this country, but ours is the original, and the best. It’s not real of course. Well, it’s real in the sense that it is... Address: West Lake
西湖
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Xiaohe Street 小河直街24 hours
Water is the soul of Hangzhou: the lake, the river, and then there’s the canal. There has been a whole lotta changes going on up north on the Grand Canal... Address: On the Grand Canal, North of Dengyun Rd.
拱宸桥小河直街
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Leifeng Pagoda 雷峰塔8am - 5:30pm (Nov. 16th - Mar. 14th), 7:30am - 9pm (Mar. 15th - Nov. 15th)
According to legend, Leifeng fell down when Green Snake rescued White Snake who had been imprisoned underneath by the evil monk/spirit slayer Fahai. Rat... Address: 15 Nanshan Road
南山路15号
Tel: 0571 8717 9617
Tel: 0571 8796 4515
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Watching Goldfish on Flowery Stream 花港观鱼0571 8796 3033
Spring has finally sprung, or so we hope. The toxic smell of insecticide wafts through the air. Has to be how they’ve kept the skeeters in check for the... Address: 5-1 Yanggongdi, East Entrance off of Su Causeway. West Entrance Yangongdi near Hupao Road
苏堤南段西侧杨公堤5-1号
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Yongfu Monastery 永福寺5am – 6pm
The area just west of Lingyin Temple has been under development for as long as we can remember. Finally, about six months ago, it opened to the public. What... Address: 16 Fayun Lane, Lingyin Road
灵隐路法云弄16号
Tel: 0571 8796 5671
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Si Lian 166 Creative Park 丝联166创意产业园7am - 6pm
Maybe it’s just us. Who knows? But for many years, we’ve been looking for a cool office. Not that we don’t like traditional office spaces. They’re... Address: 166 Lishui Road (Opposite to Jinchang Wenhua on Jinhua Road)
丽水路166号丝联166创意产业园(锦昌文华对面)
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Lingshun Temple 灵顺寺5am – 6pm
This 1,600-year-old temple is known as God of Wealth Temple to the local folk. Tons of pilgrims head up to North Peak to light some incense and say some... Address: On the top of North Peak, Behind Lingyin Temple
灵隐寺后北高峰山巅
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Xiaoshan China Flower and Plants City 萧山中国花木城
Address: Xin'an Village, Ningwei Town, Xiaoshan
萧山区宁围镇新安村(沪杭甬高速公路萧山出口)
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Moganshan Yiyuan and Pastor Villa 莫干山颐园和牧师别墅
Yiyuan Villa (No. 92), pastor villa (No. 329) is located in Deqing county, Zhejiang Moganshan scenic area. Yiyuan was founded in 1930, Pan Ziyi is the other,... Address: Deqing, Zhejiang
浙江德清县莫干山风景名胜区
Tel: 0572 8033 362
Tel: 136 0052 1016
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Xiaoshan Tidal Bore City 萧山观潮城
Address: Nanyang Zheshan, Xiaoshan
萧山区南阳赭山
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Mao Jia Bu 茅家埠24 hours. Former Residence of Du Jinsheng: 9am - 5pm.
You’ve probably passed this place on your way out to Longjin or the green tea restaurant but it’s not a place to overlook. Mao Jia Bu, in the Ming and... Address: Longjing Road
龙井路
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Residential Center, CBD 钱江新城市民中心
Address: Residential Center, CBD
钱江新城市民中心
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Confucius Temple 孔庙 9am - 4:30pm, closed on Mondays
There are six main features at the Confucius Temple located a couple of hundred meters behind the Sofitel Hotel: Dacheng Hall, Painting of Confucius’ 72... Address: 8 Laodong Lane
劳动巷8号
Tel: 0571 8701 5011
Tel: 0571 8701 2922
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Fajing Temple 法镜寺9am - 4:30pm
Fajing Temple is located under Tianzhu Mountain Lotus Peak and was created by the Indian monk, Master Huili, in 330 AD. The complex was expanded by King... Address: 68 Tianzhu Road
天竺路68号
Tel: 0571 8797 9832
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Botanical Garden BBQ 杭州植物园桃花园烧烤7:30am - 5pm
Ticket: 10RMB
Busses: 7, 27, 15, 82,18, 28 to Botanical Garden.
The gardens here are part research center part recreational gardens. They are a great... Address: 1 Taoyuan Lin
桃源岭1号杭州植物园
Tel: 131 0571 7631
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Festival Place 玉鸟流苏
Address: Liangzhu Cultural Village
杭州良渚文化村
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Zhujiajiao 朱家角
Address: 36 Meishou Lane, Zhujiajiao, Shanghai
上海朱家角美周弄36号
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Lin Feng-Mien's Residence 林风眠故居纪念馆8:30am - 4:30pm
Lin Feng-Mien was a forerunner of Chinese modern art and the founder of Chinese modern art education as he established the National Academy of Art. He... Address: 3 Lingying Road (Main Entrance of Botanical Garden)
灵隐路3号(植物园正门北侧)
Tel: 0571 8796 9285
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Guo's Villa 郭庄8am - 5pm
This place is all about location, which is why a lot of people think it’s better than old Hu’s house. We suspect that Hu could have built a much more... Address: 28 Yanggongdi
杨公堤28号
Tel: 0571 8798 6026
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Hu Xueyan Villa 胡雪岩故居9am - 4:30pm
It's all about the villas in this issue's Hot Spots, and we're giving you two of Hangzhou's best. Both are from the Qing period, when the art of garden... Address: Central Zhonghe Road and Wangjiang Road (opposite of the Drum Tower)
中河中路和望江路(鼓楼对面)
Tel: 0571 8606 4752
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Sui Villa 穗庐 8am - 5pm
Sui Villa (a.k.a. Bao’s Mansion) was built in 1922 by Bao Bolin, a merchant from Guangdong Province. It was composed of dwelling houses, gardens and a... Address: 95 Beishan Road
北山路95号
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Su Dongpo Memorial Hall 苏东坡纪念馆 8:30am - 5pm
This ancient-style building to the statesman poet (and creator of the infamous pork dish) houses replicas of his writings, paintings and calligraphy. Address: 1 Nanshan Road
南山路1号
Tel: 0571 8796 3684
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Huang Binhong's Memorial Hall 黄宾虹纪念馆
Huang Binhong (1865-1955) was a celebrated contemporary landscape painter. He taught at the National Academy of Arts here in Hangzhou. Don't miss the... Address: 31 Qixialing Road (the road between KFC and Yue Fei's Temple)
栖霞岭路31号
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Pan Tianshou Memorial Hall 潘天寿纪念馆9am - 4:30pm, 9am - 11am (Fri.), Mondays off
Pan Tianshou was an artist and teacher. His paintings, calligraphy and writing are on display in his former residence. Free entry. Busses: Y1, Y2. Address: 95 Nanshan Road
南山路95号
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Situ Leideng Villa 司徒雷登故居8:30am - 5pm
Free entry Address: Yesutang Lane, Tianshui Bridge
天水桥耶稣堂弄
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Wang's Villa 汪庄8am - 6pm
An Anhui Tea businessman named Wang Zixin built this villa from 1927, until 1950. In recent years the Government has rebuilt it and changed it into Xixi... Address: 37 Nanshan Road
南山路37号
Tel: 0571 8702 1888
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