#Yi Park Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Jun)
City Parks
Address:
Lakeside Park, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou
Opening times:
Open year round, 24/7Open
Recommended sightseeing time:
1-2 hour
Picturesque West Lake Travel Guide
The West Lake is truly beautiful, with different scenery in each season-!!!!
✅Route:
Longxiangqiao Subway Station - Park·Pier - Three Pools Mirroring the Moon - Flower Harbor - Leifeng Pagoda - Prince Bay Park - Quyuan Garden - Xiling Bridge - Pinghu Autumn Moon - Broken Bridge Remnant Snow
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It takes about 6~6.5h for the whole journey
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✅Detailed Itinerary:
1️⃣Exit from Longxiangqiao Station Exit C
Walk for 10 minutes to
Buy a boat ticket that includes access to Three Pools Mirroring the Moon Island
❣️Tips: The price of the boat ticket🎟️ is 70 yuan
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2️⃣Take the boat from the pier to
Prepare a 1 yuan banknote in advance to match the pattern on the back of the banknote
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3️⃣Get off the boat at Three Pools Mirroring the Moon Flower Harbor Fish Viewing Pier, where you can take photos of the Flower Harbor Fish Viewing with the golden light piercing through the Double Bridges Mirroring the Moon
You can also stroll around Flower Harbor Fish Viewing, and from there - 100m ahead by the lakeside dwelling is a stone bridge; this perspective is also super photogenic for Leifeng Pagoda
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4️⃣You can walk to
Then walk 5min to Jingci Temple, and next to the Mahavira Hall of Jingci Temple, you can take amazing photos of Leifeng Pagoda👍🏻
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5️⃣After taking photos at Jingci Temple, you can choose to take the West Lake Inner Ring bus at Su Causeway to , which takes about 30min to reach
You can choose to take photos under the circular arch📸, super photogenic~
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6️⃣Walk or take bus 1314 from Quyuan Garden, both are very popular spots, and you can take the same style of photos at the check-in point~~~
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7⃣️After finishing at Xiling Bridge, go from Bai Causeway to , the scenery is nice, and finally walk to Broken Bridge Remnant Snow to end the day!!!!
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Wishing to compare West Lake to Xizi, light or heavy makeup is always appropriate
✅Park One:
Here you can buy boat tickets to Three Pools Mirroring the Moon, ticket price: 70 (boat + island). If you keep going inside the island, you can see the 'My Heart Echoes' Pavilion.
📍Navigation: "Park One"
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✅Jixian Pavilion:
The Jixian Pavilion is next to Park One, the best sunset spot in all of Hangzhou, fully satisfying all your imaginations of paradise.
📍Navigation: "Jixian Pavilion"
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✅Golden Bull Emerging from the Water:
Walk north from Jixian Pavilion for 8 minutes, there is a big golden bull in the lake, which is Yongjin Square, this place is also called West Lake Xintiandi, Grandma's Home, Starbucks are all here, you can eat while enjoying the scenery.
📍Navigation: "Hangzhou Yongjin Square Single Apartment"
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✅Leifeng Sunset:
Nanshan Road along the lake, opposite is Leifeng Tower, the best time is evening or rainy day.
📍Navigation: "Changqiao Park" Changqiao Creek Ecological Restoration Park
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✅Flower Harbor Watching Fish:
15 minutes by bike from Leifeng Sunset, quiet and elegant, red maple with bridge hole, simply beautiful.
📍Navigation: "Flower Harbor Watching Fish"
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✅Sudi Spring Dawn:
The east gate of Flower Harbor Watching Fish is Sudi, the most beautiful at dawn, hand-rowing boat, Leifeng Tower, lonely bench.
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✅Quyuan Fenghe:
Go north along Sudi for 2 kilometers, 15 minutes by bike, is Quyuan Fenghe, withered lotus, wild ducks, pavilions, taking pictures is also very beautiful~
📍Navigation: "Quyuan Fenghe"
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✅Pinghu Autumn Moon:
From the east gate of Quyuan Fenghe, it takes 10 minutes to ride to Pinghu Autumn Moon. The red maple gate of Pinghu Autumn Moon is a hot spot in autumn, and there is a lakeside viewing platform inside, as well as a tea room, overlooking Chenghuang Pavilion and Leifeng Tower.
📍Navigation: "Pinghu Autumn Moon"
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📌tips
✅Try to go early in the morning and late in the evening, avoid peak hours!
✅All the spots can be reached on foot, if you're tired, ride a shared bike, don't take a taxi or drive!
EricFoster567_
Depart from Hangzhou on Friday
From Hangzhou to Wuzhen, and from Wuzhen to Suzhou, we took Didi, which cost more than 200.
From Suzhou to Shanghai, we chose the train, and the subway transfer was very convenient.
🚗🚗🚗Travel route:
Day1: Hangzhou Santai Mountain Villa→Zhiweiguan (Hubin Store)→One Park→Three Pools Mirroring the Moon→Viewing Fish at Flower Harbor→Prince Bay Park→Leifeng Tower→Hangzhou Santai Mountain Villa
Day2: Hangzhou Santai Mountain Villa→Cross Rainbow Bridge→Viewing Fish at Flower Harbor→Su Causeway→Quyuan Fenghe→Bai Causeway→Broken Bridge Remnant Snow
Day3: Wuzhen
Day4: Tiger Hill Scenic Area→Shantang Street
Day5: Lingering Garden→Xiyuan Temple→Suzhou Museum→Lion Grove Garden→Pingjiang Road Historic District
Day6: Humble Administrator's Garden→Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street→The Bund
Day7: Shanghai Museum→City God Temple Tourist Area
Day8: Shanghai Planetarium→China Maritime Museum
Day9: Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park
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West Lake is a famous attraction in Hangzhou, China
Ten Scenes of West Lake: Remnant Snow on the Bridge in Winter, Autumn Moon over the Calm Lake, Lotus in the Breeze at the Crooked Courtyard, Twin Peaks Piercing the Clouds, Dawn on the Su Causeway in Spring, Three Ponds Mirroring the Moon, Viewing Fish at Flower Harbor, Evening Bell Ringing at the Nanping Hill, Leifeng Pagoda in the Sunset, Orioles Singing in the Willows.
Walking: You can view the Three Ponds Mirroring the Moon at a close distance.
Bus: A convenient way to tour the land attractions, the inner ring line tours West Lake in a clockwise direction, and the outer ring line in a counterclockwise direction.
Tourist car: There are two types of cars, antique wooden cars and white and green leather cars. The antique car costs 20 yuan per person and 80 yuan for a round trip; the green leather car costs 10 yuan per person and 40 yuan for a round trip.
Lake tour line: Park One - Park Five - Children's Palace - Zhongshan Park - Hangzhou Hotel - Lotus in the Breeze at the Crooked Courtyard - Du Jinsheng's Former Residence - Flower Harbor - Long Bridge - Qianwang Temple.
Hand-pulled boat/rowing boat: There are many docks where you can board, such as Su Causeway, Broken Bridge, Hangzhou Hotel, Viewing Fish at Flower Harbor, Lakeside, Guozhuang, etc. The specific route can be chosen according to your preference, or you can ask the boatman or boatwoman at the time.