Fun Shanghai & Hangzhou Student Tour - 5 Days

Upon your arrival, meet your guide and transfer to your hotel in Shanghai. Explore Shanghai on your own.

Your full day tour begins with the Yu Garden (UNESCO). Owing to its ingenious design in Ming and Qing dynasties, it becomes a real museum of Chinese ancient architecture.

Continue to visit the Shanghai Natural History Museum, witnessing the mystery of nature.

Then, take a guided bicycle tour to explore Shanghai (about 3 hours). Staring from central Shanghai, this biking route features many historical and cultural legacies of the city, including the French Concession, Xintiandi, Taikang Road, the Bund and the People's Square.

In the morning drive to Hangzhou, which is known as the 'Heaven on Earth'. With abundant historic relics and amazing natural scenes, the city is considered as one of the most beautiful cities in China.

Delight in a scenic boat trip of the highlight of Hangzhou - West Lake, which has become an inspiration to painters and poets with its attractive views and breathtaking scenery.

In the afternoon, we will bring you to Meijiawu Tea Culture Village which is considered the best to return to the nature. With its idyllic beauty, the tea farmer will take you to the mountain area and you will be impressed by the tea terraces of high and low hill-slops. As a tea fan, you will not only see tea picking and tea processing, but also have a chance to experience as a tea expert, entering a tea plantation, picking the tea leaves, visiting the tea farmer’s house and enjoying the local tea ceremony.

In the morning, pay a visit to Wangxingji Fan Factory (Factory opens from Mon-Fri), which is known as the biggest fan factory in China. First, you will visit the assemble line and art masters ’studio, enjoy the most exquisite fan-making process. Then, visit the fan culture museum. Finally, you will have a chance to make a fan of your own under the guidance of the fan teacher.

Take an excursion along Qinghefang Historical Street and have a contact with the marketplaces and the civil customs in this ancient street. There are more than 100 stores of tea, Chinese medicine, silk, foods, curios, paintings and collections.

Drive back to Shanghai in the late afternoon.