Hangzhou

Hangzhou (杭州) is filed here as a Zhejiang trip-planning profile: west lake poetry and tech lakeside. This page is editorial orientation for independent travelers — not a live booking feed, not a tour product, and not a timetable. Seeded rail gateways in the catalog: Hangzhou East (杭州东站). Seeded air gateways: Hangzhou Xiaoshan International (HGH). District orientation starts with Xihu and Gongshu; use those names when comparing lodging areas and metro transfers, not as a complete administrative list. Published highlight sights on this site include West Lake, Lingyin Temple. Open each attraction page for visit pacing; ticket prices and opening hours stay labeled unverified until checked on official channels. Build days around one major sight plus buffer for security lines and metro walks. When you leave the city, pick the exact station printed on your ticket rather than assuming a city-level shortcut. Related rail corridors appear on /routes and the HSR map as schematic city-pair planning aids. Duration and fare bands elsewhere in the catalog are unverified planning hints — confirm live schedules on official railway channels before you travel. Rough metro-scale population context in the catalog is about 12,200,000 — orientation only, not a census claim. ChinaTravelChina does not sell tickets or hotel inventory on this page.