2-Day Hangzhou Zen & Tea Tour Round Trip from Beijing

• Lunch

You will board your self-booked flight to Hangzhou.

Upon landing at Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport (HGH), your Hangzhou guide and driver will greet you and escort you to begin your exploration.

Lunch will be served at a local restaurant.  Your guide will recommend specific restaurants based on your interests. Some typical Hangzhou dishes include Longjing shrimp, Dongpo pork and West Lake sweet-and-sour fish.

As one of the most important and wealthiest Buddhist temples in China, Lingyin Temple boasts plenty of pagodas and Buddhist grottoes. A monk from India brought Buddhism to this area and founded this temple.

Located in front of the temple proper, Feilai Feng (Flying Peak) is an outstanding Buddhist grotto site, in which are engraved numerous Buddha images. Legend has in the peak was originally from India, and flew to Hangzhou overnight as a demonstration of the omnipotence of Buddhist law.

Qinghefang Pedestrian Street, this 460-meter cobbled lane, lined with impeccably preserved two-story timber-framed buildings glowing with red lanterns, distills centuries of Hangzhou's history. Traditional businesses—herbal apothecaries, teahouses—still operate as they have for centuries, while numismatic, porcelain, and antique museums showcase the city’s glorious past.

At its heart stands the Hu Qing Yu Tang complex, a National Protected Heritage Site. 

After exploring Qinghefang Ancient Street, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Hangzhou to rest. Dinner will be at your leisure. 

• Breakfast, Lunch

After enjoying breakfast at the hotel, commence today's exploration. The first destination to visit today is the renowned West Lake in Hangzhou.

Steeped in history dating back over 1,200 years, West Lake has served as a source of inspiration for poets, painters, and emperors alike. Take a cruise on the West Lake and listen to interesting stories behind the sights, and discover the magic of this place for yourself!

Upon concluding the visit to West Lake, you will proceed to Meijiawu Tea Village to explore the production process of Longjing tea and delve into Chinese tea culture. 

Meijiawu Tea Village is the place of origin of the best tea in China — West Lake Dragon Well tea. A local tea farmer will welcome you with traditional tea-pickers' bamboo baskets and hats and accompany you to the tea plantation.

You will first learn to choose appropriate tea leaves and pick them in the right way. After tea-picking, the tea farmer will show you the process of stir-frying tea. This process dehydrates the leaves and helps preserve their beautiful green color. Then learn the proper way to make a cup of tea.

After saying goodbye to the tea village, we'll drive to a local restaurant hiding in the tea plantation to enjoy some tea cuisine.

After lunch, the guide and driver will escort you to Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport, where you will board a flight back to Beijing, concluding your two-day adventure in Hangzhou.