3-Day Shanghai to Hangzhou tour

Fly to Shanghai by plane, and after arrival, a dedicated tour guide and driver will pick up the group and go for lunch.
Afternoon: 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 of Jiangnan in the Ming Dynasty in the old city. It is a famous scenic spot and tourist attraction at home and abroad. In 1982, it was listed as a national key cultural relic 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.
Check in: Four Diamond Hotel in downtown Shanghai

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;

Drive to: Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, the Silk Road, and the leisure capital (approximately 1.5 hours by car);
Visit: [Hangzhou Songcheng] Scenic Area and enjoy a large-scale performance - "Eternal Love of Songcheng" (ordinary seats, no less than 120 minutes for watching performances and free activities). Adhering to the business philosophy of architecture as the form and culture as the soul, the six theme blocks of Songhe East Street, Tuhao Family, Yanzhi Lane, Feilai Lane, Food Street, and Shijing Street in the park have been upgraded to magnificent and lively. New facilities such as the Da Song Bo Cultural Experience Hall, Liu Yong Feng Yue Pavilion, and the Seventy Two Rows Old Workshop have made their debut; The high-tech experience projects such as the Living Qingming Riverside Scene, Liaozhai Soul Scaring Ghost House, Step by Step Soul Scaring Ghost House, and Renpi Inn Listening Room are constantly surprising; The wealthy families taste freshly made rice cakes, observe ancient methods of extracting oil from wood, eat handmade tofu, and drink black felt hat wine, searching for the memories of their ancestors; This is the soul of Hangzhou Songcheng Scenic Area, which uses advanced technology such as sound, light, and electricity, as well as stage machinery, to unexpectedly present the hardships of the ancient people in Liangzhu, the glory of the Song imperial palace, the brutality of the Yue family army, and the eternal masterpiece of Liang Zhu and the White Snake Xu Xian. It vividly portrays silk, tea, and the misty rain of Jiangnan, providing a visual experience and spiritual shock!
Check in: Hangzhou Sinai Hotel (West Lake Xixi Lingyin Branch)/Hangzhou Future Science and Technology City Tongpai Hotel/Hangzhou Yunliyue Hotel/Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport Yaduo Hotel or equivalent hotels

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.).