The best order for a one-day trip to West Lake

The West Lake has many beautiful sights, and the best order for a day trip is as follows:

1. First of all, the West Lake is free, and the entire scenic spot is free except for some scenic spots. When you first come to Hangzhou, if you arrive in the morning, it is recommended to start from the Children's Palace to the Broken Bridge. You can walk the whole way and go around the West Lake, which will take almost a day. If you are tired in the middle, you can take a tour bus and take one or two stops.

2. Start from the broken bridge, walk along the Baidi or along the edge of the lake, feel the beauty of the lake and mountains of the West Lake, with the willows on the shore, cross the Jintai Bridge, go to Pinghu Qiuyue, enjoy the beautiful scenery, and then Walking along Gushan Road, there are Zhejiang Provincial Museum, Xiling Seal Society, etc. on the roadside that you can visit.

3. Cross the Xileng Bridge and walk along the lake. The scenic spots include Su Xiaoxiao’s tomb and Wu Song’s tomb. There is a small door next to Kuahong Pavilion, where you can enter Quyuan Fenghe. After entering, you will see the impression of West Lake. The performance venue, the scenery inside is beautiful, with lots of lotus leaves. It takes half to an hour to play with the lotuses in the Quyuan, and then enter Su Causeway from the Yudai Bridge to enjoy the beautiful scenery on both sides.

4. Walk forward along Su Causeway until you go to Huagang to watch fish. You can go in for half an hour to enjoy the fish and the scenery, then cross the road and enter Prince Bay Park. Prince Bay Park has beautiful scenery and picturesque views, and it only takes half an hour to visit. Then go to Leifeng Pagoda. Leifeng Pagoda requires tickets. The scenic spot is not big, but you can overlook the entire West Lake by climbing the tower and have a panoramic view of the beautiful West Lake.

5. Go out of Leifeng Pagoda and enjoy the scenery along the lake, until you hear the orioles in the willow waves. The lakeside has beautiful mountains and clear waters, green trees, luxuriant grass, and fragrant flowers. It takes about an hour to see almost one scene at a time. By this time it was probably getting dark and we could go back home.

If you still have time in the evening, you can walk eastward from Orioles in the Willows to Hefang Street. Hefang Street is full of antique buildings. There are many highlight shops on the street and there are many tourists. To the east of Hefang Street is the Southern Song Dynasty Imperial Street. There is a snack street at the intersection.

This is the end of the one-day trip to Hangzhou. It is recommended to focus on: Quyuan Fenghe, Prince Bay Park, Leifeng Pagoda and Hefang Street. If conditions permit, you can take a few stops to visit the tour bus, which will stop as soon as you wave.