Hangzhou is one of the most popular tourist cities around Shanghai. To Chinese, Hangzhou is a budget airline hub that's under an hour from Shanghai by bullet train, encapsulates the cultured, artistic leisure of China's Southern Song Dynasty Golden Age and the life of the south of Yangtze River. To the relatively few Westerners who visit, Hangzhou feels like bottled essence of China: tea, silk and landscapes garlanded in willows and adorned with reflected bridges. Private transfer, English speaking tour guide, entrance fee are all included.
