Insights
- Yellow Dragon Sports Center and indoor climbing in HangzhouHangzhou has reshaped itself around sport in recent years, with the legacy of the 2022 Asian Games still fresh in the city's layout. New metro lines fan out…
- How to Use Hangzhou Tourist Bus Line 1 for SightseeingHangzhou Tourist Bus Line 1 is a practical way to connect several of the city’s best-known attractions around West Lake. Often shown as 游1 or Y1 on signs and…
- Capturing the Glow: Sunset Photograph Locations Over West LakeAfter roughly eleven hours on a Qantas service from Sydney via Shanghai, most Aussie travellers arrive in Hangzhou feeling a bit worse for wear. The jet lag…
- Walking the North Peak Carvings and Caves Near West LakeThe northern flank of the West Lake cultural landscape hides one of Hangzhou's most quietly rewarding walks, a winding route that threads past Tang and Song…
- How to Take a Calligraphy Workshop at the China Academy of ArtAustralia sits closer to East Asia than many travellers realise, with direct flights from Sydney or Melbourne landing in Shanghai or Hangzhou within eleven…
- The Jingci Temple Evening Bell: A Pre-Visit Guide for TravellersThe faint brass tones that drift across West Lake at dusk have echoed from Jingci Temple for more than a thousand years, and hearing them remains one of…
- Late-Night Noodle Bowls Worth Seeking in HangzhouHangzhou is famous for West Lake, Longjing tea and refined local cuisine, yet the city also has a satisfying after-dark food culture. When sightseeing runs…
- How to Explore the Meijiawu Tea Village by BicycleMeijiawu Tea Village sits in the hills west of Hangzhou, where Longjing tea gardens climb the slopes in neat green rows. A bicycle ride through this…
- Baochu Pagoda and the Views From Its BaseHangzhou draws visitors for its temples, tea terraces and the slow water of West Lake, but the skyline keeps returning to a single slanted brick spire on the…
- Where to find the best shengjianbao in Hangzhou's old townThe sizzle of pork fat striking a hot pan, the crackling golden base, and the burst of warm broth when teeth break the skin make shengjianbao one of Hangzhou's…