Choose a good time to visit Hangzhou city is very important. So many people will ask when is the best time to visit Hangzhou, actually Hangzhou can be visited all year around due to differnet season has different sceenry. Generally, spring and autumn are the best time to travel to Hangzhou.

Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, is the city on everyone’s lips from ancient time until recently. If you have looked through a China guidebook, you might have seen pictures of the beautiful West Lake, or read about the delectable regional cuisine, but these are not the reasons why the 2016 G20 Summit took place in Hangzhou.

Hangzhou is a historical and cultural city in China.Hangzhou, one of China’s four ancient capitals, is both a historic city and a modern tourist attraction. It is here in this city that the Liangzhu, Kuahuqiao and Wuyue Cultures were unearthed and the Southern Song and Buddhist cultures boomed.

In Hangzhou, there are two fascinating roads, one is Beishan Road and the other is Nanshan Road, both of which are near the pearl of paradise – The West Lake. Spend an half day to explore Hangzhou's Nanshan road is a need.

As we are in mid-November, Hangzhou has gradually entered its phase of colder days. So, during a chilly moment, why don’t you visit a hot spring and soak up the most enchanting scenery whilst soothing your mind, body and soul with the warm and healthy springs.Hangzhou Yunman Hot Spring ???? For thos...

Every city has ancient lanes, which are the routes to history, culture and an abundance of scenery. In Hangzhou, these historic lanes are usually clad with white-walls and black-tiled buildings with wooden windows, attics, courtyards and wells.

The United Nation World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) nominated Hangzhou as one of the world’s top-performing sample cities for tourism, and one of its many excellences is that Hangzhou is the first city to introduce the project of International Visit Points for Social Resources.

Hangzhou's transportation is developing recent years.But there is no metro from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Hangzhou downtown. So Hangzhou plans to set up a fast-speed Metro line connecting Xiaoshan International Airport with two stations in downtown.

How can a meeting of such a big scale not affect local people’s lives? The answer is go environmental. Besides paper tickets for a small number of guests and families of employees, all Alibaba workers use electronic tickets, which is about 34,000 in number, to enter the meeting. Regarding transportation, thousands of Alibaba workers will walk to the sports centre, while the rest will take buses or other public transportation tools, with their time on road staggered.

Autumn is one of the best season to visit Hangzhou for it's colorful natural scenery. The sweet-scented osmanthus and yellow leaves fallen to the ground decorated the city’s autumn. It’s the best season for enjoying colourful leaves and taking photos of them. However, photographers may feel frustrated if cleaners sweep them away too soon.

The first gourmet food festival was held in 2000 to promote local cuisines. This year’s festival themes “enjoy unique taste of local food in Hangzhou.” The big “banquet” festival will stage exhibitions for local dim sums, gourmet foods, international gourmet foods, local snacks as well as Hangzhou cuisine lectures and tea ceremony performances.

THE 19th West Lake International Expo promises to provide yet another huge economic boost for all those involved at the celebrated event held this year between October 20 and November 12. The theme of this year’s expo is “To magnify the G20 effect, and build up the international exhibition of city events.”

AUTUMN is the best season in Hangzhou. With the long summer heat gradually easing, it is the best time to make outdoor plans.Here are three biking routes that reveal different facades of the city.The West Lake routeIf it is your first time in Hangzhou, this route is designed for you. This is the par...

ZHEJIANG locals cannot live without traditional pastries and dim sum, especially during festival feasts and ceremonial banquets. Bean crunch candy, walnut slices, sesame cake — also known as “starvation cake” — and loquat candy are always among the best-selling products.

EVERY autumn hundreds of locals flock to the valleys and hills surrounding the West Lake to enjoy a half-day leisure while breathing in the sweet scent of osmanthus, the city flower of Hangzhou, which is in full bloom from mid-September to early October.Manjuelong Village has over 7,000 osmanthus tr...

Hangzhou has been elected as one of the 15 best practice cities in tourism by UNWTO, the world’s most influential tourism organization.Hangzhou won the award as the city that sticks to tourism development with the concept of “visitor first, people oriented and internationalized,” and persistently pr...

The construction of sports facilities for the 19th Asian Games to be held in Hangzhou in 2022 has started, announced Zhao Yide, Party secretary of Hangzhou, at the natatorium site of Hangzhou Olympic Center on Sunday.Altogether 33 sports facilities will be constructed in Hangzhou, including five new...

THE 3rd World Leisure Expo kicked off last Friday — a platform to explore global leisure concepts and cultural studies, and keep participants abreast with developments throughout the industry.It was aimed at showcasing Hangzhou’s thousands of years of history and the wealth of attractions it has to offer visitors.

Osmanthus rice cakeIT wasn’t a case of a plague of locusts descending on Hangzhou for the National Day holiday, but it is fair to say every restaurant and eatery was packed with diners as 18.64 million visitors explored the local delicacies of Zhejiang Province’s most populous city.Popular cuisine, ...

Baishaquan Financial Street has opened in Beishan community in northern Xihu District. It is the first financial street focusing on the merger and acquisition in Zhejiang Province.In 2023, the cross-border M&A deals sealed by financial institutions on the street is expected to reach 30 billion y...