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A guide who works this city daily and orders the stops by traffic and opening hours.
China · Hangzhou
Private Guide & Car Hire in Hangzhou
Made to order Guide · Escort · Car · Translation · Transfers Chinese · English · Korean
Theme
- West Lake Cruise
- Dragon Well Tea
- Lingyin Temple
- Songcheng Show
- Xixi Wetland
- Hefang Street
Licensed local guideItinerary before paymentNo shopping stops
Ground services in Hangzhou
Guide, escort, car, translation, transfers, family and photo — book one or combine them.
- Best months
- March–May, September–November
- Days needed
- 2 days, 3 with a water town
- Arriving
- Xiaoshan airport 45 min, East Station 30 min
- Typical day
- CNY 750–950 (≈US$104–132) car + guide
Quotes are in CNY; US$ figures are indicative at about CNY 7.2 = US$1 and move with the daily rate. Final price is confirmed by our team before you pay.
Local escort
No rushing, no pushing sales. Point ordering, photos and looking after the kids, half or full day.
Private car & driver
5 to 19 seats, priced per day with fuel and tolls included. The driver knows the coach parks.
Translation
English, Japanese and Korean available; good for business visits and independent travellers.
Airport & rail transfers
Name-board pickup, 60 minutes free waiting when a flight is delayed.
Family & school trips
Museums and ruins explained by age, with breaks and meal time kept in the plan.
Photo session
Half a day of shooting, 20–30 retouched photos, shot along the same route as the sightseeing.
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Send dates and party size, get an itinerary back first.
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01What to see
Hangzhou: the four places that matter
Ordered the way you should actually visit them, not by fame.
West Lake
Su Causeway at dawn, a boat to the Three Pools islet, the Leifeng Pagoda for sunset.
Lingyin Temple
One of the richest Buddhist temples in China, with 300-odd rock carvings in the cliff behind.
Longjing tea village
Meijiawu and Longjing village: terraces, tea houses, and the pan-firing demonstration.
Xixi Wetland
A quieter marsh of waterways and persimmon trees, best in autumn.
02Two-day plan
How we would plan your two days
Built around opening times and traffic, not around a list of attractions.
Day 1 · The lake
Su Causeway at 7:00, boat to the islets, lunch, Leifeng Pagoda at sunset, Hefang Street at night (for atmosphere, not shopping).
Day 2 · Temples and tea
Lingyin at opening, then the tea villages for lunch and a tasting, Xixi in the late afternoon.
Local notes
- Do not eat at restaurants with lake views on Hubin — double price, half quality. Two streets back is better.
- The lake is free; only the boats and the pagodas charge.
- Longjing tea sold by the roadside is often not Longjing; buy in a village with a tasting first.
03Where to stay
Pick the area first, the hotel second
The wrong district costs you an hour a day in traffic.
Lakeside (Hubin)
Walk to the lake; expensive and busy but the classic choice.
West Lake west shore
Quieter, near the temples and tea hills, 15 minutes by car to the centre.
04What to eat
Two things you should not leave without trying
West Lake fish in vinegarSweet-sour carp, the signature dish, ¥80–120.
Dongpo porkBraised pork belly, glossy and soft, ¥50–70.
05What goes wrong
Three things that catch first-time visitors
- Do not eat at restaurants with lake views on Hubin — double price, half quality. Two streets back is better.
- The lake is free; only the boats and the pagodas charge.
- Longjing tea sold by the roadside is often not Longjing; buy in a village with a tasting first.
06Questions
Hangzhou: questions travellers actually ask
How long for West Lake?
A full day to walk and boat it properly; half a day for the highlights.
Is Hangzhou a day trip from Shanghai?
Yes, 45 minutes by HSR, but an overnight is much better.
When is the tea harvest?
Late March to mid-April; the villages are busy but worth it.
The full guide runs to four pages — in Chinese
Tickets, opening hours, hour-by-hour itineraries and eighteen local questions. Machine translation handles these pages well; send us a screenshot if anything is unclear.
How booking Hangzhou works — three steps, itinerary before price
No deposit to get a plan, and nothing is locked in before you agree to it.
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Send the brief
Dates, party size, how you arrive and what you want to see. Tell us the working language you need and whether anyone has trouble with stairs.
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Get a route and a price
We order the stops by location and traffic, then quote per car per day with fuel, tolls and the driver included. Ask for changes as often as you need — it costs nothing.
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Confirm and travel
Only after you accept the route and the price do we assign the car and guide. You get their contact details before pickup, so you are never handed off to a stranger.
Combine it with
Cities usually combined with Hangzhou on the same trip.
