There are a lot of things to pay attention to when traveling. Xiaobian has sorted out some things to pay attention to, hoping to help you, including transportation and nothing, which you can have a look at. They are all useful.
Dining
The delicious food in Hangzhou is just like the West Lake. One hundred people have a hundred flavors in their hearts. Those well-known time-honored brands have to go, but they also have to pay attention to them in order to eat more comfortably!
1. There are many branches in Zhiweiguan, some of which don't sell snacks, so before you go there, you should find out whether to eat snacks or hangzhou dishes before you decide which branch to go to.
2. Louwailou is a very inconspicuous building in Gushan scenic spot, and the overall environment inside is also average, but if you go early, sit in a window seat on the second floor, and the scenery will be very good, facing the island in the middle of the West Lake. There are many special dishes, such as West Lake vinegar fish, which is also an old restaurant in Hangzhou. It is worth visiting if you go to Hangzhou for the first time.
Shopping
When you visit Hangzhou, you will inevitably buy some local products made in Hangzhou to take home. Silk, tea and clothing are the three choices of donkey friends. These special tips can help you to easily complete the shopping task!
1. Using the supermarket: There is a Carrefour in Yongjinmen, West Lake Avenue, which is open until 11 pm. It is recommended that many local products can be purchased there. Specialties like tea, in particular, are not very knowledgeable and can be purchased in supermarkets, with reasonable prices and quality assurance.
2. Tea and Walnut: Jiefang Road Tea Market, at the intersection of Jiefang Road and Youshengguan. In addition to selling tea in the market, the small walnuts sold are also very famous. There is a kind of hand-peeled walnut produced in Lin 'an, which is creamy. It is very convenient to eat and tastes good. It is about a bag in 31 yuan, so you can buy some and taste it.
3. Clothing market: Sijiqing is a wholesale market, similar to Shanghai Textile City; Longxiang Bridge is a big gear, similar to Qipu Road, but slightly more upscale than Qipu Road; Wulin Road Women's Street, the style is similar to moving Di Mei Shopping Center to the ground; Yan 'an Road-Jiefang Road Business Circle near Jiefang Road intersection, Jiefang Department Store in the business circle is similar to Shiyi Store; Yuan Wah Mall is similar to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange; There is also the Wulinmen business circle north of Yan 'an Road, among which Hangzhou Department Store and Hangzhou Building are similar to Huijin and Liubai. Yintai Department Store is similar to the transformed Oriental Commercial Building.
Tips
1. All major hotels and restaurants in Hangzhou, tourist information points, airports and station service desks have the brochure "Hangzhou Travel Guide" for free, which is edited by Hangzhou Tourism Commission and includes eight languages, including Chinese, Japanese, English, Korean, German, French and Spanish. It gives a very detailed introduction to all the contents about Hangzhou and its surrounding tourism, which is very valuable for reference!
2. It is recommended not to live in the suburbs. The buses in Hangzhou are collected too early, so it is difficult to take a taxi at the scenic spots and it is not easy to go back.
3. Don't buy tea casually if you don't know it. There are authentic Longjing and Zhejiang Longjing.
4. Tourists should consciously take care of the flowers and trees in cultural relics and scenic spots wherever they go, and don't scribble on the scenic spots and historical sites at will.
5. In recent years, the global warming climate is abnormal. In July and August, Hangzhou is very hot, and the highest temperature is almost 41 degrees. When you go out, you must take heatstroke prevention measures, such as taking sunscreen, umbrella and enough water.
Attention to sightseeing
1.3-May and September-October are the peak tourist seasons in Hangzhou. It is recommended to book accommodation at least 1-2 weeks in advance, especially some rooms with high cost performance, otherwise you may not be able to book an ideal hotel.
2. Many scenic spots in Hangzhou are concentrated in the mountains. If you want to set foot in it, you must bring a pair of comfortable shoes.
3. The distance between scenic spots in Hangzhou is generally long. Unless you like hiking, it is recommended to take a bus to save time and effort.
4. West Lake is located in Shangcheng District of Hangzhou and can be reached by bus or subway.
(1 Take Metro Line 1 to Longxiangqiao Station, and walk 411 meters from the exit to the West Lake.
(2 take K4 and get off at Su Causeway Station; Take bus No.28 and No.15 and get off at Yuquan Station. No.27 and No.7 Yuefen Station can be reached.
Friendly reminder
Things in the scenic spot are relatively expensive, so you can bring necessary items, such as water and paper towels, before you go.
it's best to avoid the golden week of tourism, or too many people will be very upset.
the operating hours of public transport in Hangzhou are generally 6: 11-18: 11 for tourist buses and suburban buses, and 5: 11-22: 11 for urban buses. The lines with operating hours exceeding 22: 11 include night lines 151, 152, 155, K56, K3, K8 and 211 -213. There are 8 overnight trains (Gulou-Desheng New Village, 228 (East Railway Station-Wulinmen, 251 (Railway Station-Gongzhen Bridge, 218), and the departure time at night is divided into time periods.
The starting price of a taxi in Hangzhou is 11 yuan (the unit price is 2 yuan for 4 kilometers per kilometer, and 2.4 yuan for over 8 kilometers per kilometer).
Most taxis in Hangzhou are Passat, Sonata and Hongqi, and it is difficult to get a taxi at 5 or 6 in the evening.
There are many hotels and guest houses with various grades. You can choose according to your own needs. If you come in the tourist season, it is better to make a reservation in advance.
When you go to Hangzhou in summer, you should pay attention to heatstroke prevention and hydration to avoid heatstroke. Try to travel in the morning and evening to avoid the hot time at noon.
some effervescent tablets of vitamin c can be prepared to supplement vitamins on the way. In addition, in order to eliminate the fatigue during travel and make the lactic acid accumulated in the body oxidized, you can also eat some vinegar properly and have a plum in your mouth.
Be careful not to pay attention to those who sell tea pearls to foreigners. They are all fake. The West Lake does not produce pearls.
Hangzhou is located in the subtropical monsoon region, with four distinct seasons. It has a hot and humid climate in summer and is called a small stove. On the contrary, it is cold and dry in winter. The climate in spring and autumn is pleasant, which is the golden season for sightseeing. Therefore, the time period of travel should be chosen correctly.
it's best to go out together at night.
Traffic
1. Hangzhou is adjacent to Shanghai, and it is dark under the lights. Comrades who are more than 511 kilometers away from Hangzhou can pay attention to check the ticket information, and there may be surprises.
2. Taxis in Hangzhou have won the worst reputation in the country, and their management level is almost equal to that of black cars. Refusing to take a taxi, carpooling, cheating customers and taking kickbacks are commonplace, with poor service attitude and high prices. At least 91% of taxis cruising around the West Lake during rush hours are ready to kill people. More importantly, if you are at the wrong time and place, you will not even have a chance to be slaughtered. Therefore, it is recommended to choose People's Uber and use the next related APP on the mobile phone for emergency use. The first advantage of Uber in Hangzhou is that the car is easy to fight, and there is no refusal in theory; Second, at present, most drivers are white-collar, and the cars are all new in five years, and the price of the cars is more than 1.5 million. The software and hardware are more than taxis, and the price is still cheap; Third, remote billing is not easy to be cheated, and the potential safety factor is also high.
3. The public transportation in Hangzhou West Lake Scenic Area is relatively developed, so it is suggested to get a tourist card, take a bus after you get the card, and water bus doesn't need to keep any change, and you can rent a public bicycle for almost free. At present, due to the demolition of Longxiang Bridge, Hangzhou bus IC card center has been moved to Yinji City, Ding 'an Road, which is 511 meters from the subway station on Ding 'an Road. You don't need an ID card and an application form to apply for a tourist spending card. You can pay the 211 yuan deposit at Window 6 and recharge it with 111 yuan.
4. It is recommended to download and install the Hangzhou City Pass APP on your mobile phone. With this software, you can easily check the location and situation of the bicycle service points around you.
5. When renting a bike, a tall comrade should pay attention to the height of the seat. Don't push it away in a hurry, first pay attention to the test ride and check the tires, pedals and brakes. There are no locks on individual bicycles, which means that you can't park them outside the service point, so choose them carefully. At present, no one has checked the condition of your bike when you return it in Hangzhou, so even if the wheels and pedals fall off, it won't delay your return. But if there is a bigger problem, even the parking space can't be pushed in, I suggest you try to pull the car to the central service points such as Children's Palace and Liuyang Wenying for repair.
6. It is not recommended to rent privately operated public bicycles. The high price is only one factor, and the most important thing is that it is easy to borrow and it is difficult to return. You know, except Su Causeway and Bai Causeway, bicycles are not allowed in all the scenic spots near the West Lake. After you enter the scenic spot, you have to think about going around for a while and riding the car from the original road. It's too painful to ride this lousy car back after you are exhausted at the end of the day. Unlike the municipal public bicycle service points all over the city, it is flexible.
7. When cycling around the lake, you should be especially careful when passing Nanshan Road, which is located in the southwest of West Lake. The bicycle lane here is particularly narrow. Although motor vehicles in Hangzhou are famous for courtesy to pedestrians, electric vehicles are still the same as other cities. There are some electric cars that run very fast, but they also know to whistle to warn you when they overtake you. However, some people who are obviously wearing electric cars are not only faster, but also silent. If you accidentally hit you, you will inevitably suffer from the pain of flesh and blood, and your life may be broken. Besides, it's hard to get compensation from electric cars. Therefore, when riding on Nanshan Road, you must always be careful of the electric car that comes up behind you.
8. The electric ferry on the West Lake only operates during the daytime. After 5: 31 pm every day, it operates a more expensive night tour of the West Lake. The night tour of the West Lake only stops at Xiaoyingzhou (that is, San Tan Yin Yue) for 5 minutes. The five wharves of West Lake Electric Ferry (Children's Palace, Zhongshan Park, Yuemiao Hangfan, Huagang Guanyu, King Qian's Memorial Zhonggang Guanyu (Su Causeway) do not accept individual travelers. After purchasing the electric ferry ticket, it is free to go to Xiaoying Island, and the time for going to the island is not limited. You can return to any dock on land at your own choice.
9. It seems to be a beautiful choice to visit the three islands in the lake by boat. In fact, it is basically impossible unless there are no old, weak, sick and pregnant people in the team, all the staff are strong men, there is no strong wind on the lake, the weather is suitable, and the time and budget are extremely sufficient. The West Lake is bigger than you think, and boating is more difficult than you think.
11. water bus with Hangzhou characteristics is not easy to sit in. First of all, I don't want to dream of crossing more than half of the city to Xixi Wetland by Line 5. Anyway, I searched all over the old and new docks in Wulinmen at the specified time, but I couldn't find the shadow of the ferry, and the staff didn't know anything. Normal lines 1 and 2 run every 41 minutes, which requires long queues, and the ship can't be overloaded. If you can't get on, you can only wait for work. So those who want to take it must plan their itinerary.
11. Although nominally all attended public bicycle service points can handle the business of returning tourist consumption cards, it doesn't matter what official website said. According to my on-the-spot inquiry, the general service points will not handle the business of returning cards after 3: 31 pm, and the larger central service points such as Children's Palace will only extend the service hours to 5: 11. Even if you don't meet the time limit, you will be staring blankly without a change. If you can't return your card before you leave, you will have to contribute to the finance of Hangzhou. It is still recommended to return to window 6 of the bus IC card center to return the card. Before returning the card, you should go to the inquiry machine at the bicycle service point, press 2 and then press OK to withdraw the 211 yuan deposit from the public bicycle system to the card.
12. The number limit in Hangzhou, especially in the holidays of West Lake Scenic Area, is even more limited. It is really not easy for foreign cars to come in, and they will be fined if they are not careful. The parking spaces of hotels of all sizes in the whole West Lake District are relatively tight (except for the particularly large ones, the parking lots near the scenic spots are astounding. In view of this, Hangzhou, go on road trip is not recommended.
Visit
1. When you come to Hangzhou, you must visit the West Lake. First of all, the West Lake is along the lake, with many scenic spots represented by the traditional ten scenic spots of the West Lake, including Yuewang Temple, King Qian's Memorial, Jingci Temple, Xiling Yinshe, Zhejiang Museum Gushan Pavilion and other closed scenic spots, which basically belong to the category of must-visit; From this range to the north, west and south, there are many famous scenic spots on the mountain that belong to the West Lake scenic spot in a broad sense, such as Longjing, Tiger Run, Pagoda of Six Harmonies, Jiuxi Shibajian, Lingyin Temple, Santianzhu and Fenghuang Mountain. Aside from the West Lake, Xixi Wetland, Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and Qinghefang in Hangzhou are also famous tourist attractions. Finally, there are many interesting old houses and museums in the old city of Hangzhou, which can also be visited.
2. I especially remind northern comrades that if they come to Hangzhou in summer, they should remember that the heat in the south is not a concept or a grade at all. Places with trees and flowing water may be even more stuffy and suffocating. To be cool, you must stay in the open water or mountain pass, and the wind is king. Carefully choose cool-sounding scenic spots such as Jiuxi Shibajian and Huanglong Cave in windless weather after rain.
3. The best place to see the lotus scenery in summer is not the wind lotus in Quyuan or the flower garden, but the Gushan Park (north of Gushan). As far as this year's situation is concerned, the lotus scenery here is the most beautiful.
4. The scenery of Maojiabu in the west of Yang Gongdi is very good.
5. Longjing Scenic Area is not recommended. No matter in the railway station, bus station or bus station around the West Lake, there are always countless enthusiastic people trying to lead you to Longjing Village. Taxi drivers take pleasure in going to Longjing Village, especially Longjing Village Committee, and are even willing to charge less. The tricky thing here can be seen in many raiders. However, enthusiastic people do nothing every day, and a large number of taxi drivers don't go anywhere, so they recognize a Longjing. Presumably, you can't get away with it without buying it, nor can you easily get rid of it at 311 or 511. By the way, all local people in Hangzhou now go to meijiawu for tea, which is not true, but at least the safety factor is higher.
6. The Leifeng Tower was rebuilt. The Leifeng Tower, which used to be like an old woman, has already collapsed, and the pictures are collected in the Gushan Pavilion of Zhejiang Museum. As one of the few ancient pagodas that can climb the tower by elevator, Leifeng Pagoda is not the only point to view the lake. And if the holiday West Lake is hell, then it must be the Broken Bridge and the Leifeng Tower on the 18th floor. Therefore, the student party with limited budget can consider whether to buy tickets to climb the tower. In the final analysis, the Leifeng Pagoda and the Baota Pagoda are the crowning touch in the scenery of the West Lake, and their significance lies in distance rather than ridicule.
7. There are few real historical sites in the cultural landscape around Hangzhou. However, the humanistic connotation of many scenic spots, such as the traditional Ten Scenes of West Lake, can not be diluted even after many times of rebuilding, reconstruction and even imitation in different places. Many second-class landscapes have a certain degree of repetition. If you don't have enough time, you can choose them. For example, if you go to Tiger Run, you don't have to go to see Yuquan. Climb the Leifeng Pagoda and the Gemstone Mountain, but it doesn't matter if the Chenghuang Pavilion doesn't.
8. The time of the West Lake Music Fountain is often adjusted, and the time given by Baidu Encyclopedia is not absolutely accurate. There are many people watching the music fountain. If you want to take pictures, you'd better squeeze to both sides when choosing a seat and try to grab a stone chair, so that it is possible to take the whole fountain into your mobile phone lens. If it is a holiday, comrades with children should not grab the first row, lest joy begets sorrow.
9. Pagoda of Six Harmonies's location is in Jiangbei rather than Jiangnan, and the location indicated in the map of Gaode is wrong.
11. Tiger Running Spring is not the pool with a tiger's head, but the glass-covered stone well behind the pool. There is a water intake point in the Tiger Running Spring, but citizens are waiting in a long line with pure buckets, so tourists who come and go in a hurry should not expect to join in the fun.
11. There are regulations on temple incense in Hangzhou, and it is forbidden to carry incense outside each temple. Tickets are given with three fragrant incense sticks. So never buy incense outside the temple, not for a dollar, but for nothing.
12. Lingyin Scenic Area (i.e. Feilaifeng ticket 45 yuan, Lingyin Temple ticket 31 yuan, that is to say,