Hello, if you are starting from Qufu, you can go to Hangzhou first. If you want to visit Hangzhou, go to Wuzhen. There is a direct bus to Wuzhen from Hangzhou Jiubao Passenger Transport Center, which takes more than an hour by car, which is more convenient.
After having fun in Wuzhen, go to Jiaxing and transfer to Jiaxing North Bus Station and take bus No. 152 to Xitang.
This kind of travel route is on a single route and there is no turning back.
There is no certain order of routes for visiting Xitang Ancient Town, and there are many entrances.
I personally recommend staying in Xitang at night, when red lanterns hang all over the sky and the ancient town is noisy, creating a lively scene.
In the evening, you can taste the special delicacies of the Jiangnan water town. After dinner, you can take a cruise to experience life in the water town. In the evening, you can go to the Xitang bar to enjoy Xitang at night. You are welcome to stay at Xitang Kexin Inn, a local residence.
Get up early the next day, start with the first breakfast, and savor the entire Xitang.
For breakfast, you can walk along the river, eat whatever you see, and taste snacks such as stinky tofu, tofu cakes, rice dumplings, pork chops, small wontons, etc. You can enjoy it carefully and quietly on small bridges, flowing water, and other people's homes.
The feeling of walking between lanes and alleys, then walking on the ancient bridge [Wolong Bridge], strolling around the [Mist and Rain Corridor] where your shoes will not get wet even if it rains, the ancient streets of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there is actually no need to bother to remember the route, Xitang
It's not big. The main attractions are on both sides of the river. You can basically go to them all as long as you walk along the river.