We all know, China is famous for its tea 🍵; what if I say I had an opportunity to taste the best of them. A 40 minutes drive from Hangzhou station to the outskirts of the city take you to Longjing village. We actually were doing 🥾 hiking there but the overall experience turned out to be knowing the greatness of tea in there. The Longjing tea or the dragon well tea (龙井茶）is the best green tea 💚 in China. We started at the National tea museum spend only very less time there, then moved on to our hiking path shililangdang (十里琅珰) . On the way, you can get immersed in the amazing fragrance💆 and definitely more amazing places with the view. They even call this tea as the Golden card of Hangzhou due to the fertility of the mountains 🏞️. It's quite a 3 hour hike in a relaxed way !! Definitely a go to place in Hangzhou. #hikefreak #hangzhoutravel #teafields #summervacation#hikingtrails

i have been to the best of hilton hotels but conrad tonglu marks the best in my book, from hospitality to comfort and food at its best situated approximately 55km from tonglu station is heaven on earth. experience the beauty of china from tonglu its home away from home with staff that make you feel like family who does everything with a smile expecting nothing but a heart felt thank you. as a critique i strongly recommend CONRAD TONGLU #summervacation#hotelstay#urbanexplorer

When I first heard the name of the city, I didn't realize that they actually mean it. Thousand island lakes (千岛湖) is a manmade waterways that had split the city into thousand islands 🏝️ (although I didn't individually count though 😜). Our first day, was almost washed out because of heavy rain while on second day mother Nature was mercy on us and we biked our way to this hiking 🥾 point. It is actually an observatory on the top of the mountain from where you can see the lake & mountains. Sunset 🌄 is the best time to be there. It took nearly an hour to reach to the top, there are some shops on the way too where you can buy stuffs. The difficulty is easy and anyone can do this !! Next time definitely try this out folks 🤗 #thousandisland #zhejiang #summervacation#hikingtrails

📍 Getting there -  Easiest way is by metro and it's less than 100m from hotel's entrance. Fengqi road is the nearest metro station. 📍 Highlights -  The main highlight is the breakfast.🍱🥞🍜 They have very delicious breakfast with descent varieties. Bathtub is big enough and water has very good force and 24hours hot water available. 🛀🏻🚿🛁 📍 Avg. Price per night-  Around 600 ¥ 💴 with two buffet breakfast 🍜🍤🍱🥞🥙🍟🍹☕️ #summervacation#hotelstay

I'm referring to this place as the biggest of the all Buddha temple in China, because it is so huge in area. This 12 km hike has started for us by 10🕙 in the morning. We were curious to see the Feilai peak, but it was temporarily closed for some maintenance. And so, we went on to other hiking 🥾 path like the Shili langdang path that took us to Five Clouds Hill where you can see some tea 🍵 plantations (although in small amount) below the pagoda like structure. It is so good fragrance, that re-energized us to continue until Hupao mountain; translation would be Tiger spring mountain. There are places to relax and eat here. I would say this as a moderate hike, with quite less difficulty. Should be doable to anyone💪. #hiking #summervacation#hikingtrails

With increasing popularity of staycation across all age levels, the next stage of expectation has set to how to give that personal touch💆. Well, the answer lies inside the question itself; make them feel like staying in home 🏡. At one such place, we decided to spend our weekend getaway to Zhejiang province. They had nice setup of reception area that we would like to have in home with some snacks and books 📚. Then the room in the second floor had a perfect view of Taoguang temple🛕 mountain, where we did spend a day gossiping all the stories we ever knew 😝. The name is 杭州西湖三舍 and can be booked through trip.com quite easily !! #homestay #summervacation#hotelstay

Filled with immense amount of water and fertility, the whole province of Zhejiang is super lush green. It also has mountainous regions making it an attractive hiking 🥾 destiny. It can be said that this temple is a tiger jump away🐅, but you gotta a sweat 😅 some to reach this temple. Located inside Lingyin temple, this is preaching point for all new buddhas/monks. The good thing is the steps are not too steep and goes flatten for quite some time before again you need to hike. So it is a perfect mix of hike and relax for us. If you choose to go during holiday it'll be quite rush, you have to plan ahead at that time. #lingyin #hangzhoutravel #summervacation#hikingtrails

This attraction is in Xihu area, 6km away from downtown.Can easily reach by taxi and buses. 📍 Attractions -  Beautiful greenary, peaceful walking area. During spring have Tulips garden and cherry blossom. 🌳🌿🍀🎋 📍Food & Restaurants -  On the day we went there was lot of food stalls was there. Not sure it's there on every day. 🍡🌯🥘 #summervacation#hikingtrails#urbanexplorer

Humans from our own very barbaric way has evolved to cultivate plants and feed ourselves without killing animals. Then over the time this has led to growing a little plants around our house named garden. So this time we decided to stay amidst a garden hotel and decided to do staycation there. Situated near to 📍Taoguang temple in Hangzhou, this place is so calm and serene with no disturbance. The hotel personnel were so helpful in sorting out where to go and how to go. It is Wishday Inn, and we had an amazing breakfast 🍳 sitting in the middle of garden. We spent the rest of the day drinking freshly made tea 🍵 and admiring the view from our room 🤩 #staycation #summervacation#hotelstay