Insights
- How to Experience the Dragon Well Tea Harvesting CeremonyThe misty hills southwest of Hangzhou have produced one of China's most celebrated green teas for centuries. Dragon Well, known locally as Longjing, is…
- Eating through Hefang Street: Hangzhou's best night market stallsWhen the lanterns come on above the stone-paved lanes of Hefang Street in central Hangzhou, the atmosphere shifts from a touristy daytime shopping strip into…
- A Guide to Hangzhou's Yuhang District Ancient Water TownsStretching north of Hangzhou's celebrated West Lake, the Yuhang District reveals a quieter face of Zhejiang Province. Here, slow-moving canals replace the…
- A Day Trip to Qiandao Lake from Hangzhou: An Australian Traveller's GuideQiandao Lake, also known as Thousand Island Lake, stretches across Chun'an County in Zhejiang Province, dotted with more than a thousand forested islets rising…
- Peaceful Tai Chi Parks Around Hangzhou’s West LakeWest Lake is one of Hangzhou’s most rewarding places for tai chi, with broad promenades, willow-lined gardens and quiet corners where local residents practise…
- Hangzhou International Village And Cultural Exchange GuideHangzhou’s International Village is best understood as a meeting point for cultural exchange rather than a single sightseeing building with a fixed entrance…
- How to Visit Gaoli Temple and Its Peaceful GroundsNestled quietly near the southern edge of West Lake, Gaoli Temple is one of the most overlooked corners of the wider Hangzhou sightseeing circuit. Visitors…
- Where to See Plum Blossoms Around Hangzhou in Early SpringHangzhou’s plum blossom season brings a delicate change to the landscape around West Lake. From late February into March, bare branches fill with white, pink…
- A Guide To The Hangzhou Children’s Palace And Its ActivitiesHangzhou Children’s Palace is a useful stop for families who want to see how local children learn, play and spend time outside school. Known in Chinese as…
- How to use Hangzhou’s shared electric scooters for short tripsHangzhou is easy to explore in short hops, especially when a railway station, metro stop, tea village, restaurant, and lakeside path are too far apart to reach…