3-Day Hangzhou to 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.).
Recommended camera positions for Lingyin Feilai Peak • Tips:
1. Grottoes: You can take photos in front of the grottoes and combine ancient art with your travel memories~
2. The highly popular semi-circular arch: the place where Ouyang Nana checked in, most of the Lingyin Temple would come here to take photos, using light and shadow effects to create even more stunning images~
3. On the left side of the the Shakya ManiHall: large yellow walls and corridors, which match the sunshine~
Dinner: [Internet celebrity Hang Bang cuisine - Grandma's house] Grandma is calling you to eat! The authentic Hangzhou style restaurant that queues up every day for 365 days is delicious and full of home flavor;
Tour: [Songcheng Scenic Area] and [Eternal Love Performance (VIP Seat)] (tour time about 1.5 hours): Travel back to the prosperous era of the Southern Song Dynasty after a thousand years, and experience Song culture in the Qingming Riverside Scene. Appreciate the large-scale indoor live performance 'Eternal Love in Song City', experience the culture of the Southern Song Dynasty, and appreciate the beautiful artistic conception of poet Lin Sheng's' When will the songs and dances of West Lake cease? '. Known as one of the world's three famous shows, the "Eternal Love of Song City" has a strong visual experience and spiritual shock, immersing oneself in the millennium culture and experiencing the beauty of Hangzhou firsthand.

Car to: The Last Pillow Water Residence - Wuzhen Xizha (approximately 1.5 hours by car);
Roaming: [Water Sleeping Houses · Wuzhen West Gate] West Gate is the essence of Wuzhen, and is the main scenic spot with East Gate. There is no bustling marketplace in East Gate, but it is a place of leisure and art that people yearn for. Everything here has been renovated and designed, and cafes and bars on the streets and lanes are full of artistic feelings. Appreciate the picturesque ancient town heritage, experience the simple Jiangnan water town atmosphere, and experience the "small bridges, flowing water, and homes". The famous historical sites, handicraft workshops, classic exhibition halls, religious buildings, folk customs, and leisure places in the block make people linger and forget to leave. The natural scenery is breathtaking;
Tour: [Grass and Wood Dyeing Workshop] Blue printed fabric is one of the business cards of Wuzhen. Watch the blue printed fabric sway in the wind, dance gracefully, and appreciate the simple and elegant folk customs of blue printed fabric; Visit: [Wuzhen Post Office] This old post office was founded during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty and is still in operation today. The post office has preserved the scenes of the past, which is worth a visit;

Bus to Shanghai for sightseeing: [Chenghuang Temple Mall] (about 1 hour) Before the opening of Shanghai, Chenghuang Temple 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.

Morning: Visit: Shanghai World Expo Museum (approximately 1.5 hours) is not only the first truly international museum in China, but also the unique museum in the world that comprehensively displays World Expo themes. The architectural design theme of the World Expo Museum is "World Expo Memory" and "Urban Life", interpreted by two images: the "Historical Valley" representing history, meditation, and eternity, and the "Celebration Cloud" representing the future, openness, and moment.
Exploration: [Internet celebrity · Wukang Road] (a 1000 meter long street that fully immerses oneself in Shanghai's petite bourgeois culture), it is said that when one comes to this road, those who cannot write poetry want to write poetry, those who cannot draw want to draw, and those who cannot sing want to sing. Here, more than 30 celebrity residences, represented by Ba Jin's former residence, with a history of nearly a century in Shanghai, are gathered; The most popular building in Shanghai is the Wukang Building, where internet celebrities from all over Shanghai come to check in; Here is also the three inch paradise "Juliet" balcony that girls dream of, where they can take photos, edit, add melancholic music, write anxious words, and then click send, waiting for a response; There are small bourgeois shops such as Rainbow Past internet celebrity coconut bowls and ice cream that must be eaten at Lao Mai Cafe. Go to climb [Oriental Pearl TV Tower China Balloon] (about 1.5 hours) The Oriental Pearl TV Tower Radio and Television Tower is located on the tip of Lujiazui, Pudong New Area, Shanghai. With an absolute height of 468 meters, it is the tallest tower in Asia and the third tallest tower in the world. The Oriental Pearl TV Tower Tower is backed by the new modern buildings in Lujiazui area, and it blends with the World Architecture Expo on the Bund across the river, showing the spectacular scenery of an international metropolis. Later, we will visit the Oriental Pearl TV Tower [Shanghai History Exhibition Hall] on the ground floor (only the Oriental Pearl TV Tower is free), which is a great place to "learn about Shanghai history". Divided into five exhibition areas, it showcases the urban development process starting from a small fishing village. Realistic wax figures, old-fashioned household items, vehicles from the last century, various old scenes, combined with the faint sound of weaving, rooster crowing, and child crying, make it feel like "being there" and "time and space are reversed". After walking around, I gained a lot of insights and benefited greatly.