4.0Longjing tea fields(350 reviews) - Wonderful place, on bike or feet! Gardens
Ended up riding through Longjing village on a bike ride around Hangzhou. Wonderful village, with mile upon mile of tea leaves each side! A main town was full of restaurants and tea bars - I'm amazed so many can stay in business! Ended up going up a long hill on the bike, before entering a long tunnel and coming out to even more tea fields the other side. Wonderful to see the women working picking the leaves. I do need to work on mastering how to drink the tea, I find the physical tea leaves annoying in the drink! Needs to be strained, although locals don't seem to drink it that way. If you like the outdoors, walking or cycling I highly recommend planning a few hours here! See more..
4.5Hangzhou Botanical Garden(151 reviews) - Natural Beauty of Hangzhou Friday: 7:00 AM - 5:30 PM Amusement & Theme Parks • Gardens
Incredible garden, beautiful and very relaxing. The lotus garden is Very extraordinary. Dancing on the lake is spectacular. Love this botanical garden. One of a kind.See more..
4.0Shen Yuan (Shen Garden)(99 reviews) - Tragic love story Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Gardens
This is a place of a tragic love story, and the writing of the famous Chinese poem "Hairpin Love." The poem is on a wall in the gardens. The male hero is called Luyou and the female is Tangwan, who died of a broken heart. They were forced to divorce, and later met in the park and wrote poems to each other.See more..
Even though we went in May and the flowers weren't blooming. It was still wonderful! The sculpture, the park, the water, the bridges were all perfect and peaceful! Oh and I almost forgot there is paddle boat that two people can take that costs about 10 yuan!See more..
