Hangzhou Airport to City: Transfer by Airport Shuttle Bus, Metro & Taxi

Hangzhou, the capital city of Zhejiang Province in east China, is praised as a “Heavenly City” with its poetic West Lake, abundant charming elegant sightseeing, and rich literal culture from ancient time. With convenient and frequent flights linking domestic cities and international destinations, Hangzhou is really popular to visit at least once.

So, how to get to Hangzhou downtown from the airport to explore the highlights in the city after your landing? Check the following 4 ways including our private transfer, local taxi, airport shuttle bus and Hangzhou metro to plan your Hangzhou trip in 2025/2026!

Where is Hangzhou City Center: Wulinmen (武林门) & Wulin Square (武林广场) area;

Where is Hangzhou Airport: No. 688, Konggang Avenue, Jinggang Village, Jingjiang Street, Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou (浙江省杭州市萧山区靖江街道靖港村空港大道688号)

Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (IATA: HGH) is situated in the east side of Hangzhou downtown, which is about 27 kilometers away from the city center around Wulinmen and Wulin Square. It usually needs about 1 hour by car.

Hangzhou Metro Line 1, Line 7, and Line 19 link Xiaoshan International Airport with other parts of this city. Metro Line 1 and 7 directly connect the airport to Hangzhou city center around Wulinmen, nearby Wulin Square, and nearby West Lake area. If you go by Metro Line 19, you need to get off at West Lake Cultural Square Metro Station and then transfer to Metro Line 1 or 3 for one stop to get off at Wulin Square. The whole ride takes about 50-70 minutes. After getting off the metro, you'll need to walk for about 15 minutes.

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Usually, visitors spend 2 days around to enjoy a classic Hangzhou tour to visit the West Lake Scenic Area, including the amazing West Lake, Lingyin Temple, Longjing Tea Plantations, etc. If you want an in-depth Hangzhou tour, you can also pay another half day or so to visit Xixi National Wetland Park, one day around to Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, or one day or so to Thousand Islands Lake, etc. Check all Hangzhou Tours >>

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Also, you can spend 1 day to take a side trip to the nearby water towns like Wuzhen and Xitang in Jiaxing, 2~3 days to Putuoshan - one of the four sacred Buddhist Mountains in China, or 1 day to the popular Nanxun Old Town in Huzhou. Check more about Zhejiang Tours >>

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Besides, compared with just travelling Hangzhou, most of the visitors prefer to travel the metropolis Shanghai, Suzhou Gardens and Hangzhou Lakes in One Go! Such an amazing tour will take 5~6 days.

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Some visitors also ride a high speed train to Huangshan to visit the world-famous Yellow Mountain. A Hangzhou Huangshan tour needs about 5 days around.

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Since 2012, we China Discovery have helped numerous customers to visit Hangzhou and surroundings. With our fully-inclusive private tour packages, all of our customers enjoyed their trips to the West Lake, Lingyin Temple, etc. Some of them kindly shared their precious photos and stories about their Hangzhou journey, just get inspired now.

"Impression Show is a must see when visiting Hangzhou…" - shared by Nguyen (Read her entire travel story: The Pursuit of Natural Beauty with the Beloved one - 14 Days Beautiful China Exploring Tour)

"This last night in Hangzhou led us to explore a different side of West Lake, vastly changing our erstwhile bland impression of the famed tourist site…" - shared by CS from Singapore (Read her entire travel story: Delightful Journey to Poetic Jiangnan Area)

Besides the wonderful travel stories, many customers who visited Hangzhou with China Discovery also send us their first-hand feedbacks about their trip, feel free to read the Hangzhou Reviews and learn what they say about their experience. If you want to start your Hangzhou tour now, don't hesitate to contact us.