3-Day Hangzhou, Suzhou and Shanghai Tour

Take a flight to the earthly paradise of Hangzhou (flight time approximately 2.5 hours), and upon arrival, a professional tour guide and driver will pick up the group.
Lunch: "Authentic Hangbang Cuisine" - "There is no other feast in the world like Hangzhou". Step into a Hangbang restaurant that locals also go to and taste the Hangbang feast!
Tour: [West Lake Scenic Area 5A] (tour time not less than 1.5 hours, including West Lake cruise without visiting the island), take a boat tour of the West Lake Scenic Area, overlook the Three Pools Moon Island, the Leifeng Pagoda and the Baoshu Pagoda echo each other in the distance, the mountains are as green as jade, boating on the lake is dotted, and the maple leaves on the Su Causeway White Embankment are dyed, making people intoxicated with poetic and picturesque scenery. The maple leaves in Huagang Park of West Lake Scenic Area have turned red, and the maple leaves on the shore complement the stained maple forest on the lakeside mountains.
Visit: [Feilai Peak Scenic Area] (about 1.5 hours) On the hillside facing Lingyin Temple, Feilai Peak has more than 340 Buddhist grottoes statues since the Five Dynasties, which is a rare ancient grotto art treasure in Jiangnan of China and comparable to Dazu Rock Carvings in Chongqing. Su Dongpo once wrote a poem: "Everywhere in the mountains and rivers, you can find a house, but I love to hide my spirit and fly to the peak;
Tour: [Lingyin Temple] If you write a poem for Hangzhou, there is a beginning, a continuation, a transformation, and a combination... then Lingyin Temple is a couplet, or a freehand brushwork, or a scenery, or a book, like the pearl of the Li Long, held and never taken off. Lingyin Temple has inherited the past and present, coming from the prosperous scene of Southeast Buddhist countries and standing in the midst of the turbulent world. Freehand brushwork, it is a Buddhist paradise and one of the "Five Mountains" of Zen Buddhism in Jiangnan. Writing landscapes, it features "two peaks standing tall, towering trees, ancient temples deep in the mountains, and countless clouds and smoke"; Book affairs, it is "a thousand year old ancient temple, a Dharma tower with tall trees, and peace among the people of the sea"; As soon as we enter deep autumn, Lingyin welcomes the most brilliant and colorful season. The leaves have unconsciously turned red, yellow, brown, and orange, and the mountains and forests are like a color palette rendering rich colors! Here, the yellow walls and green tiles conceal the swaying maple shadows, without the desolation of autumn, but with a unique Zen charm. (This scenic spot is a seasonal viewing landscape and is greatly affected by weather factors. If you are unable to see the best scenery, please understand.).

Drive to the Garden City - Suzhou (approximately 2.5 hours by car)

Visit: The Humble Administrator's Garden, one of the most famous gardens in Suzhou and one of the four famous gardens in China (about 1.5 hours), is listed as a world cultural heritage and a classic of Chinese gardening. It is a national treasure as well as a treasure of world culture, along with the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, the Confucius Temple, the Terra Cotta Warriors of the Qin Dynasty, and the Potala Palace. The characteristic of Humble Administrator's Garden is that the division and layout of the garden are very clever, dividing the limited space and fully using garden art such as borrowing and contrasting scenery. Therefore, the beauty of Humble Administrator's Garden is self-evident. Some people say that Humble Administrator's Garden is the first of the four famous gardens in Suzhou.
Tour: Pingjiang Road Historical District (tour time about 1 hour) has a history of more than 2500 years and is the most typical and complete ancient city historical and cultural protection area in Suzhou. Until now, it has maintained a dual chessboard city pattern with parallel roads and rivers, preserving the characteristics of Jiangnan Water City with small bridges, flowing water, homes, and deep ancient alleys.
Tour: Millennium Ancient Temple - Hanshan Temple (tour time about 1 hour), climb the Sutra Tower Buddha Pagoda, overlook the ancient city of Suzhou, listen to the millennium bell, and remotely sense Zhang Ji's "Night Mooring at Maple Bridge". Wandering in the poetic and picturesque atmosphere of "the moon falls, the mist crows, and the frost fills the sky, the river maple and fishing fire bring sorrow to sleep".
Tour: Yangcheng Lake, a vast and boundless land of fish and rice in Jiangnan, take a speedboat to Lianhua Island in the lake. For dinner, we will taste authentic Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs, saltwater Yangcheng Lake prawns, steamed white silk fish, sauce fried lake snail lions, authentic grass chicken soup... A series of fishing life experience activities with Jiangnan water town characteristics, forget the hustle and bustle of the city, experience the original ecological fishing style of nature's water and sky up close, and experience the joy of a fisherman's harvest. Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs+farm dishes (tasting one male and one female crab) Crabs have the effects of relaxing tendons and qi, regulating stomach and digestion, promoting meridians, dispersing heat, and relieving stasis. Crab meat has a salty and cold taste, and has the functions of clearing heat, dissolving stasis, and nourishing yin. It can treat injuries such as falls, muscle injuries, fractures, and allergic dermatitis. The sentence is:

Take a car to Shanghai (approximately 1.5 hours by car)

Sightseeing: [Yu Garden] (about 1.5 hours, closed on Monday) is located in the northeast of the old city of Shanghai. It is the only surviving classical garden in the south of the Yangtze River in the old city of Shanghai. It is a famous scenic spot and tourist attraction at home and abroad. In 1982, it was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council. The pavilions in the park are uneven, the mountains and rocks are rugged, and the lake is shimmering, earning it the reputation of "the most beautiful Jiangnan". The garden was built by Pan Yunduan, a Shanghai native who passed the imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty and served as a political historian in Sichuan, in 1559 (the 38th year of the Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty), with the meaning of "pleasing parents". The layout in the park is exquisite and the scenery is pleasant. Pavilions and towers are staggered and scattered, with winding paths and corridors overlapping each other. Pools and rockeries surround each other, and precious flowers and rocks compete with each other, showcasing the style of the "Jiangnan Famous Garden". The site of the famous "Little Knife Society" uprising in Shanghai during the Qing Dynasty is also preserved. Comrade Jiang Zemin wrote an inscription of "Famous Garden on the Sea" with his own handwriting when Yu Garden was built 440 years ago.
Visit: [Chenghuang Temple Mall] (about 1 hour) Before the opening of Chenghuang Temple, it was the only place for Shanghai people to play. It represents the history and traditions of Shanghai, and is a carrier of local culture in Shanghai. The temple fair culture, which has developed over the years from the temple market, almost covers all aspects of people's material and spiritual life such as religion, commerce, and folk customs, and is known as the business card of Shanghai Beach tourism.
Tour: [Yellow River Road] (tour time about 1 hour) Most of the plot in "Flowers" takes place on this road, which is only 755 meters long. With the popularity of TV dramas, Huanghe Road has also become the first check-in point for Shanghai in 2024. Walking into Huanghe Road, reliving the memories of Shanghai's prosperity.
Evening: After dinner, go to visit [the Bund] The Bund is the starting point of modern Shanghai, and also contains the essence of the whole city. There are dozens of classical revival buildings standing tall on the Bund, with well-known buildings such as the Bank of China Building, Peace Hotel, Customs Building, HSBC Building, etc. reproducing the charm of the former "Far Eastern Wall Street". The Bund has various architectural styles, including French classical, French residential, Gothic, etc. These are important historical sites and representative buildings of modern China, as well as a beautiful scenery along the Huangpu River.