Zhejiang (浙江省) · 10 places · 9 cities
10 places in Zhejiang, grouped by city. The last column is the gate: 3 of them are open at all hours, and the others close, often earlier than the light does.
Most common here: Geopark (4), Historic garden or scenic site (2), Wetland and lake (2). See all provinces, or the background on parks.
2 places
Hangzhou (杭州)
| Place | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| West Lake (西湖风景名胜区)UNESCO CULTURALFree, and the reason most people come to Hangzhou. The ten named views were fixed under the Southern Song and still work: the causeways, the broken bridge, and the three pools that appear on the one-yuan note. | Historic garden or scenic site | Open at all hours |
| Xixi National Wetland Park (西溪国家湿地公园)Eleven square kilometres of waterways and reed beds on the western edge of the city, worked as fish ponds for centuries. Cherry blossom in spring, reed flower in late autumn, and boats as the way to move through it. | Wetland and lake | 7:30 to 17:30 |
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Hangzhou (杭州市)
| Place | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Tianmu Mountain (天目山)A biosphere reserve holding a stand of old cryptomeria described as the largest anywhere, the five surviving wild Tianmu ironwood trees, and old wild ginkgo. It holds around 26 degrees through the summer. | Mountain and forest | 7:30 to 17:00 |
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Hangzhouchun’an (杭州淳安)
| Place | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Qiandao Lake National Forest Park (千岛湖国家森林公园)A reservoir holding 1,078 islands across 573 square kilometres of water, a hundred times the area of West Lake. Clear enough that the bottled water sold nationwide is drawn from it. | Wetland and lake | 8:00 to 17:00 |
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Huzhou (湖州)
| Place | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Moganshan (莫干山)A hill of 758 m above the Yangtze plain, cool in summer, with more than two hundred Western-style villas built by foreign residents from the 1890s. Bamboo covers most of the slopes. | Mountain and forest | Open at all hours |
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Jiaxing (嘉兴市)
| Place | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Wuzhen (乌镇)A canal town with 1,300 years of settlement, split into two halves: Dongzha kept as a working lane, Xizha rebuilt for staying over. Houses hang out above the water on brackets. It hosts a theatre festival each autumn. | Historic garden or scenic site | 7:00 to 18:00 |
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Lishui (丽水市)
| Place | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Xiandu (仙都)A hundred and sixty-six square kilometres around Dinghu peak, a rock column 170 m high standing alone. Hundreds of films have used it, and local tradition ties it to the Yellow Emperor. | Geopark | 7:30 to 17:30 |
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Quzhou (衢州市)
| Place | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Jianglang Mountain (江郎山)UNESCO NATURALThree rock slabs stand more than 360 m out of the ground in a row, the type example of late-stage danxia in China. World Heritage since 2010, and the only natural World Heritage site in Zhejiang. Main peak 819.1 m. | Geopark | 8:00 to 17:00 |
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Taizhou (台州市)
| Place | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Shenxianju (神仙居)Recorded as the largest area of volcanic rhyolite landform in the world. A double-helix glass bridge crosses between cliffs, and a cable car with lifts removes most of the climbing. | Geopark | 7:30 to 17:00 |
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Wenzhou (温州)
| Place | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Yandang Mountain (雁荡山)UNESCO GEOPARKA UNESCO Global Geopark of volcanic rock in southern Zhejiang. Dalongqiu falls drop 197 m in a single thread. The evening programme at Lingfeng turns the peak silhouettes into recognisable shapes, which is the local draw more than the daytime walk. | Geopark | Open at all hours |
Which Ones Need a Whole Day
A city park is an hour before dinner. A geopark can be a full day with a shuttle and a cable car, and the gate closes earlier than the park does. Tell our local team where you will be and they will say which of these fit the day you have.