Access to Hangzhou

With excellent traffic and transportation conditions for Hangzhou's tourism, visitors can choose from various safe and convenient means of transportation to enter or leave the city. The Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport is both a main-line domestic airport and a regular international airport.

There are now 41 flight lines in operation, including that of Hangzhou-Hong Kong, while the international passenger flight line from Hangzhou to Singapore and the passenger/freight chartered line from Hangzhou to Japan are under construction. In 1997 the airport had a passenger load of 1.1294 million person-times. The project of the Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport has formally begun construction with the approval of the State Council and the Central Military Committee. In the railway sector Hangzhou's New Passenger Railway Station is now under construction and is expected to complete in the year of 2000. The Hangzhou Eastern Railway Station is being used for the transition, with 6 pairs of special tourist trains in operation and 2 pairs of tourist trains making stopover in the station.

Hangzhou has also built passenger wharfs on the canal, with pleasure boats to Suzhou, Wuxi and other places in operation. The "Paradise" luxurious passenger liner is here to welcome and take passengers. In January 1996 Hangzhou put the Hangzhou-Ningbo highway into operation, with the Shanghai-Hangzhou highway be expected to be in operation by the end of 1999 thus making Hangzhou a main hub for highways across the province. There are 101 bus and trolley bus lines in the urban area of Hangzhou, with 7 tourist lines leading to scenic spots, facilitating visitors' sight-seeing.

There are more than 5,000 taxicabs in total in the city, providing regular services for both local residents and visitors. The city's Head Corporation of Public Traffic has made an investment of 3.2 million RMB in purchase of 8 luxurious buses, manned by tourist guides and waitresses, and put the Around the West Lake sight-seeing bus line into operation.

Urban Traffic

Hangzhou has now 104 bus and trolley bus lines, including 16 mini-bus lines, with 1524.8 standard operational vehicles, 15 traffic lines leading to major tourist attractions, including one sight-seeing bus line (507) and 7 special tourist lines. The extensive public traffic system of the city provides good conditions for the tourist operation.

In addition, the city has manned the sight-seeing bus line (507) with tourist guides, made investment of 3.20 million RMB in the purchase of 8 sight-seeing buses with special waitresses with work certificates after their training, and put into operation 7 tourist lines, 7, 27, 308, 324, 505, 508 and 538.

Passenger Transportation on The Canal

If you are going to visit Suzhou and Wuxi after having a wonderful time at the West Lake, there are pleasure steamers, including luxurious steamers, going to Suzhou and Wuxi from the Wulin Gate Wharf Anight journey on the ancient canal will leave you with numerous nice memories. Information desk telephone: 5153050.
Both the West Lake in Hangzhou and Huangshan Mountains in Anhui Province are among the top 10 scenic spots in China, a distance of more than 200km away from each other, joined by traffic by air, water and highway.

It is only a 25-minute flight from Hangzhou to the city of Huangshan and then a 70-km drive will lead you to the Huangshan Mountain. It is about 7-hour hus drive from Hangzhou to the Huangshan Mountain. If you take alternative land road and water way, along the Fuchun River, Xin'an River and the Thousand-Island Lake though a longer distance, you will enjoy the beautiful natural and man-made scenery in the area. Because of the beautiful landscapes along the short traffic distance, Hangzhou has become the transfer station for visitors going to Huangshan Mountain.

Truly enough, visitors can enter Huangshan Mountain area by airway or railway form Hefei, Nanjing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xiamen, Fuzhou, Guilin and other places, and then make their transfer or leave in Hangzhou. Hangzhou-Huangshan is the golden tourist route in East China.

A tour of Hangzhou-Huangshan Mountains takes 5 to 7 days, with basic routes as follows:

a. Arrive in Hangzhou-visit the West Lake-flight to the city of Huangshan-drive to Huangshan Mountain spots-cable car riding up to the Beihai scenic spot and visit the Huangshan Moutains-cable car riding down the Huangshan Mountain-flight back to Hangzhou or directly to Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and other places.

b. Arrive in Hangzhou-visit the West Lake-drive to the Thousand Island Lake and visit-steamer to the Shendu Ferry and then drive to the Huangshan Mountains-cable car riding up to the Beihia Scenic spot-cable car riding down the mountains and then drive back to Hangzhou or other places.

c. Arrive in the city of Huangshan-sightseeing by bus in the Huangshan scenic spots-drive back to the city of Huangshan and visit the Old Street of Street of Tunxi-flight to Hangzhou and sightseeing at the West Lake-flight to Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, or other places.

d. Arrive in the city of Huangshan-drive to the Huangshan scenic spots, sightseeing-drive back to the city of Huangshan and sightseeing in the Old Advertising Street of Tunxi-flight or railway to Hangzhou, or directly to Beijing, Guangzhou; Shanghai or other places.

Major Attractions for Hangzhou Tour: Six Harmonies Pagoda, Lingyin Temple, Three Pools Mirroring the Moon, Running Tiger Spring, Yue Fei Temple, Fish Wonder at Flower Harbor, Jade Spring, Song City, Future World, Tea Museum, Silk Museum and so on.

Major Attractions for Huangshan Mountains Tour: Heaven Capital Peak, Cloudy Pavilion, Rock Flown From Afar, Shixin Peak, Dawn Pavilion, Monkey Watching Sea, Lion Mountaintop, Horizontal Cloud Peak, Dream Writing, Jade Screen Pavilion and so on.