- Set around the idyllic West Lake (Xi Hu), Hangzhou has been famous as
one of China's beauty spots and best known resorts for centuries. It is an easy city for
the tourist as many of the best sites lie around the 15 km. Being the provincial capital
of Zhenjiang, Hangzhou is an important industrial centre and transport hub, the quality of
silk produced here being legendary. The raw product id nututured on the mulberry
treeswhich grow around the city, and the two principal factories which spin it into
exquisite materials and brocade can be visited.
Airport Information
- Name of airport: Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport
- Distance to city: Around 30km
- Traveling time
between airport and city: Around 50 minutes
- Airport Transport:
- Taxi fare: CNY 100 ony-way
- Airport tax: CNY 90 (international flights)
Flying hours from Hong Kong on direct flights
- Flight
Schedules from/to Hong Kong
- 2 hours
Shanghai-Kowloon through Train -- Hangzhou East Station
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Visa
- Home entry permit required for HK Chinese.
- Visa is required for foreigners.
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Embassies and Consulates
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Customs
- Customs allowance
- Tobacco: 400 cigarettes
- Liquor: two 75cl bottles of alcoholic beverages
- Customs rules require an accounting of all valuables including
watches, jewellery, cameras and currency that you are taking in. A copy of this is
surrendered on departure and anything missing may well be treated as imported and duty
required accordingly. Therefore make sure you obtain a police report for any goods stolen
during your stay.
- Recorded video-tapes must be declared and may be viewed by the
Authorities on arrival.
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Currency
- Renminbi (RMB)
- Approximately RMB1 = HK$0.9297 = US$0.1197 (updated 25 Mar 1996)
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Time Zone
- GMT: + 8
- Difference from Hong Kong: + 0
Accommodation
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Transportation
- Bus
- Taxi
- fare: CNY 12.6 first 3km, CNY 1.8 extra km
- Train
- Bicycle
Tourist Attraction
- Baidi causeway - is the route to Ping Hu Qiu Yue, it runs for
almost 3 km. It is not open to motor traffic, this makes for a pleasant stroll or pedicab
ride through its ancient willow and peach trees interspersed with little humpbacked
bridges
- Dragon Well Village - located in lovely rustic surroundibgs
and famous throughout China for its exquisite tea
- Flower Harbour - the fish and lotus ponds at Xi Hu
- Grand Canal
an ancient waterway connecting Hangzhou with Beijing, completed 1400 years ago.
- Gu Shan Island - with special landscape
- Hu Pao
- Huagang Park - giant carp
- Jade Fountain - a natural spring that is home to a large
school of enormous gold and gray carp
- Lingyin Temple
- Lung Ching (Longjing) - tourist can taste the truly
local-produced Longjing Tea
- Meijiawu Tea Garden - you can see how the Long Jing Tea is
prepared.
- Mogan Mountain - summer resort with trails, bamboo forest and
waterfalls.
- Nine Creeks with Eighteen Ravines
- Phoenix Mosque
- Ping Hu Qiu Yue - the delightfully named Pavilion of the
Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake, one of the best places to view Xi Hu
- Qintang River - worth a trip to see the exquisite pagoda of
Liuhe Ta, 60 m high, this octagonal tower of brick and wood was built in the year 970.
- Ruan Gong Dun - a reproduction Song dynasty village with
period costumes and entertainment
- West Lake (Xi Hu) - home of Song Dynasty emperors, with scenic
splendour of pagodas, pavilions and terraces
- Six Harmonies Pagoda (Liuhe Temple) - unique and striking
196-foot octagonal pagoda
- Tomb of Yue Fei
800-year-old edifice commemorates a patriotic Song Dynasty General who defended China
against Tartar invaders, but fell afoul of politics. The tomb is built on the spot where
he was executed and contains the actual pine stump where he was beheaded.
- Wenlan Ge - an Imperial library, and some other antiquities
- Yellow Dragon Cave - once a Taoist monastery, now it's a
popular scenic spot
- Yaolin Wonderland - an unique Chinese-style theme park in
western Zhejiang provincewith a kilometre-deep limestone cave containing the Yaolin Myth
World Show Palace. There is also a wax museum depicting many fascinating scenes from
Chinese history
- Zig-Zag Bridge - on the island of Xiao Ying Zhou, built in
this way because of old Chinese legendary
- Zhejiang Fine Arts Academy
Supervisory Office of Tourism Quality of Zhejiang Province
- Tel: (0571) 5156631
- Hours: 8:30-11:30 14:00-17:00
- Address: 1 Shihan Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310007, China
- Fax: (0571) 5156429
Tours and Activities
- Tours
from Hong Kong
Shopping guide
- Jie Fang Road
- Beishan Road
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Weather
- Min. 4 C (in Jan)
- Max. 29 C (in Jul)
- Annual Rainfall: 3325mm
- Rainy Season: Mar - Jun
- Best Season to visit: Spring / Autumn
- Temperature
- Five Day City Forcast
- Precipitation
- Five Day City Forcast
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Language
- Official Languages: Mandarin
- Language of Business and Administration: Mandarin and English
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Electricity
- 220 volts, 50 cycles
Emergency Number
- S.O.S. Worldwide Alarm Centres: Please click
here
- Tourist Hotline: 5261179
- Ambulance: 120 , 7213460
- Emergencies: 110 (foreigner's section 552729)
- Fire: 119
- Tel No. Enquiry: 114
- Police: 110
- Foreign Affairs Office of Police: 7216795
Public Holidays
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