Hangzhou Private Tour from Shanghai: Discover Paradise City by Bullet Train

Embark on a fully customized private tour from Shanghai to Hangzhou, the Paradise City. Explore Flower Harbor Park, take a boat ride on West Lake, visit Lingyin Temple, and experience tea tasting at Meijiawu. Enjoy a local lunch and round-trip bullet train tickets. Book now!

Duration: 11 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station - Commence your day with a rendezvous with your personal guide in the lobby of your hotel in the morning, and embark on a journey to Hangzhou City via a swift 1-hour bullet train journey. While en route, engage in a conversation with your guide about your preferred activities in Hangzhou. Your guide, who is…
What's Included
  • Boat ride on West Lake with a ticket to a local attraction (included in All Inclusive Package)
  • Tea tasting experience at Tea Village
  • Enjoy a local lunch
  • Expert private guide for personalized attention
  • Travel in comfort with a private air-conditioned car
  • Included round trip bullet train fare
  • Convenient hotel pick-up and drop-off in downtown Shanghai
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pick-up does not include hotels in the outskirts such as Jiading, Songjiang ,Qingpu ,Jinqiao, Chuansha in Pudong areas, etc. If your hotel is not in the downtown your guide will provide instructions on where to meet downtown
  • West Lake Boat Ride and local attraction ticket (if All Inclusive Package is not selected)
Additional Information

Discover the famous Paradise City of Hangzhou on a fully customized sightseeing day trip from Shanghai by bullet train. Accompanied by your private guide, stroll around Flower Harbor Park and take a relaxing boat on the West Lake. Visit the famous Lingyin temple; see the traditional Meijiawu tea mountain; and wonder along the old Hefang Street. Local…

Location
Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station
West of the Hongqiao Airport, Minhang District,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Lilian
Jan 17, 2025
Beautiful Hangzhou and the best tour. - The Hangzhou Tour with Caroline is the best. We enjoy our tour very much. Caroline is very nice, very informative and a cheerful guide, so make our tour very enjoyable. Also the lunch that arranged by her is very delicious. Thank you Caroline, you are the best😍
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Sandra_c
Dec 31, 2024
I had an amazing... - I had an amazing experience with this company. I unreservedly would recommend them. Our online tour coordinator (Alana) was responsive, clear, and detailed providing us with detailed itineraries and accommodating our requests (for extra time/dinner, food allergies, and upgraded bullet train tickets). Perhaps because we were traveling with 3 little kids and elderly grandparents (group of 8 total), they proactively arranged 2 minivans to take us (two drivers) so we didn't have to park far away and walk 20+minutes to the sights. Our tour guide Caroline was great with my Chinese parents and my English speaking kids. She had so many interesting stories and facts - it really helped us to appreciate the culture and what we were seeing. My kids even told me multiple times how this was a great tour. Caroline had great recommendations on where to go (and what was worth it) and matched my family's energy levels. She took us to a fabulous lunch and dinner place - clean, authentic, and absolutely delicious. Truly one of the best meals we've had in Shanghai. She was also very flexible based on how tired people's legs were and was able to anticipate when to make bookings or where to have cars waiting for us. She helped us cut through any confusion and made everything easy and stress-free. HangZhou in the winter wasn't too cold either (at least the day we went) and we were able to enjoy the place without crowds.
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494eunicew
Dec 31, 2024
For Group Trip Planners Wanting a Day Off - We went through this tour company to get around Suzhou before deciding to book with them to go to Hangzhou as well. Alana the coordinator was really good at planning our entire trip from our hotel lobby's turnstill to Hangzhou and finally back again. Judy saw that we made it to our station gate, Wen wen found us despite us going rogue finding a bathroom upon arrival and our mysteriously quiet shanghai driver found me right as we walked back out through the shanghai station gate when we returned. I'm honestly still a little shocked it went so smoothly. While we were a little sad we didn't get our previous guide Berlin, Wenwen was a Hangzhou local so she was also a wealth of knowledge on the local history, lifestyles, food, dialects, businesses, etc and we even got a chinese chengyu (idiom) lesson. Despite our last minute requests for our seats to be changed from 2nd to 1st class and changing our itinerary from going to the temple to buying food, especially taking into account that we did this trip on 31st Dec (New Year's Eve), the team did a really great job at efficient communication and remaining flexible the entire time. We already recommended this company to my relatives visiting Shanghai after us. If you're planning a group trip and would like someone else to take the reins in planning for a day, this package is probably for you too.
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Frederic_g
Dec 27, 2024
Hangzhou 27/12/2024 - Our tour to Hangzhou with Caroline was fantastic! We got all the information and logistic help we needed. Cultural overview and food were excellent!
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120shiana
Dec 12, 2024
Hangzhou: must visit city - Ms. Berlin was our tour guide who lived in Hangzhou during her college years. Not only did she know the local history and landmarks, she was also familiar with the local culture and cuisine.
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Yuliana_y
Dec 6, 2024
Recommended trip. - Caroline was very kind and helpful, she explained well about the city and its history. The trip is flexible, adjusted to our condition because we had a toddler and two elderly. The lunch was perfect, delicious and authentic foods.
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Lea_b
Nov 25, 2024
Amazing day trip - Very well organised tour. Pick up and travel was very smooth. Spots were very beautiful and nicely chosen. Additionally lots of very nice and interesting information shared by Caroline that helped understand the significance and historic background of the sights visited. The food during the lunch break was also very good. We woud definitely highly recommend the trip.
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Mah0519
Nov 17, 2024
Excellent day tour from Shanghai! - Phenomenal tour! I don’t typically book through TripAdvisor but did for the private Hangzhou from Shanghai. Alana was the tour coordinator and she was fantastic. We even asked to change the date at the last minute because of bad weather and she was able to accommodate us which I know wasn’t easy as bullet train tickets were involved. Our tour guide was Caroline and she was fantastic! She is extremely knowledgeable and fun which made the day zip by so fast. We visited Westlake and she took us to all the best places and she is also a great photographer! Next we had a superb lunch! Some of the best food we have had on our trip! Next was the tea museum and then off to the temple which was amazing- a must not miss. Because we had later train tickets we had time to stop by He Fang Street which was delightful. We then headed back to the train station and then driven back to our hotel. A perfect day! Many thanks to Alana and Caroline!
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Johanne_c
Nov 16, 2024
Do not hesitate to book... - Do not hesitate to book this tour we had a wonderful time in Hangzhou. So many things to see our guide Queena was excellent and very knowledgeable we really did appreciate our time with her.
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Zhenfeng_c
Oct 31, 2024
Professional and enjoyable Hangzhou trip - Caroline is professional and friendly throughout the trip. She is easy to communicate and she is willing to accommodate my father who could not walk fast. She also took initiatives and proactively helped my mum to take pictures at various spots. The lunch was especially delicious. Overall we are satisfied and we would not hesitate to recommend this to our friends and family.
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