Hangzhou West Lake Couple's Day Trip: Ultimate Romantic & Budget-Friendly Guide
by atticus_hawthorne_93
Jun 15, 2025
📮You really have to visit Hangzhou‼️ Experience the misty rain of Jiangnan at West Lake🍃
Girls👭, who understands!! West Lake in Hangzhou has truly captured my heart💘. When the misty rain blurs the view, it feels like traveling back to the ancient water towns of Jiangnan🎑. Today, I’m sharing my super detailed travel guide with you all👇, quickly save it🌟!
✨ Preparation for the trip
🏷️Documents: ID card (a must!), bring other documents if you have them🤗
🏷️Electronics: Phone📱 (photos are super important!), power bank (don’t let your phone run out of battery and miss the beautiful scenery😜)
🏷️Essentials: Toiletries (bringing your own is more reassuring🥰), small change (might be useful in some places🤭), sun umbrella☂️ (shade on sunny days, shelter on rainy days), sunglasses🕶️ (a magic prop for photos)
🚘 Transportation
🚇 Take the subway directly to Longxiangqiao Station, exit from C, super convenient👏!
🗺️ Itinerary
West Lake Park Pier ➡️ Three Pools Mirroring the Moon ➡️ Flower Harbor Viewing Fish ➡️ Prince Bay Park ➡️ Leifeng Pagoda/Jingci Temple ➡️ Quyuan Fenghe ➡️ Xiling Bridge ➡️ Beishan Street ➡️ Broken Bridge ➡️ Wulin Night Market
1⃣️ Qianwangci Pier
Take a boat🚢 from Qianwangci Pier to Three Pools Mirroring the Moon. The boat has air conditioning🧊 and you can scan a QR code to buy tickets on the spot, super convenient👍!
2⃣️ Three Pools Mirroring the Moon
It takes about 15 minutes by boat to get there. Be sure to check in📸 at the photo spot that looks like the 1 yuan RMB coin🤳. The whole small island can be toured in about half an hour~
⚠️ Island visiting hours: 8:00 - 17:00 (no limit on playtime😜)
3⃣️ Prince Bay Park
Exit from the south gate of Flower Harbor Viewing Fish, walk across the road and you’ll reach Prince Bay Park🌼. Every photo looks like a movie scene🎬. This is a large park full of pastoral charm and wild mountain beauty, love it🥰!
4⃣️ Leifeng Pagoda and Jingci Temple
It’s about a 10-minute walk from Flower Harbor Viewing Fish to Leifeng Pagoda. You can take the elevator up for a 360-degree view of West Lake’s beauty🌊~
📸 The best photo spot is at Jingci Temple, shooting Leifeng Pagoda from under the main hall is amazing🤩!
5⃣️ Quyuan Fenghe
Take the sightseeing electric cart from Leifeng Pagoda, and you can go through Su Causeway directly to Quyuan Fenghe. At Zhanbi Building, you can see the scene described in the poem “The lotus leaves stretch endlessly to the sky,” it’s simply breathtaking😭!
6⃣️ Xiling Bridge
The so-called “West Village ferry call spot” and “boats seek the beautiful place of Xiling” in ancient poetry and paintings refer to this place🤔! This is the most beautiful corner of West Lake, where you can capture the entire lake and the 1314 bus🚌, super romantic💕!
7⃣️ Beishan Street
You can choose to ride a bike🚴 for 10 minutes along this road to reach the place known as the “Republic of China architecture museum.” It overlooks the whole West Lake with a wide view and a classic S-shaped curve photo spot📸, perfect for photos😍!
8⃣️ Broken Bridge
You can see Broken Bridge from afar, but it’s really crowded🤣!
9⃣️ Wulin Night Market
Passing by Broken Bridge, you can shoot the sunset glow🌅 along the way, and finally end this happy day at Wulin Night Market with delicious food🥳! The night market has lots of tasty treats😋, you must try them👅!
Dear friends, you must come to Hangzhou to experience the misty rain of Jiangnan at West Lake🌧️, it will truly make you reluctant to leave🥰!
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