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Neighbourhoods of Hangzhou
A practical district-by-district guide — what each neighbourhood feels like, where to eat, how to get around, and what to avoid.
10 districts covered
湖滨
West Lake East (Hubin)
The classical waterfront where the Bai and Su causeways meet the city — pedestrian promenades, willow trees, tea houses, and the densest concentration of Hangzhou's UNESCO-listed cultural landscape.
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北山
West Lake North (Beishan)
Wooded hillside above the lake's northern shore — Buddhist temples, tea pavilions, Republican-era villas in among the camphor trees, and the most atmospheric of the lake's residential streets.
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南山
West Lake South (Nanshan)
The lake's southern arc — Leifeng Pagoda, the Su Causeway entrance, classical garden landscapes, and a quieter, more contemplative half of the West Lake circuit.
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龙井茶村
Longjing Tea Villages
Working tea-growing hillsides west of the lake — small villages strung along narrow lanes, tea houses on every other doorstep, and the source of the most famous green tea in China.
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西溪湿地
Xixi Wetlands
An 11-square-kilometre national wetland park west of the city — slow boats, persimmon trees, water-village remnants, and a deliberately preserved counterpoint to the polished West Lake.
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钱塘
Qiantang River District
Hangzhou's eastern megacity face — the Qiantang River, the new financial-district skyline at Qianjiang, the Olympic stadium, and the autumn tidal-bore phenomenon.
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湖滨商圈
Hubin Commercial District
The retail and dining strip immediately east of West Lake — Hangzhou's main shopping core, where Hubin Road meets the lake and visitors fan out into the city centre.
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上城
Shangcheng Old Town
The historic core of imperial Hangzhou — Southern Song dynasty street layouts, restored merchant alleys, the Imperial Street pedestrian area, and the densest concentration of pre-modern Hangzhou heritage outside West Lake itself.
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拱墅
Gongshu (Grand Canal North)
The northern district along the Grand Canal — converted warehouse-art zones, university campuses, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal terminus, and a working-class residential character mixed with creative-industry development.
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下沙-滨江
Xiasha-Binjiang Tech Belt
Hangzhou's eastern and southern technology districts — Alibaba's headquarters complex at Xixi was actually further west, but Binjiang and Xiasha host most of the supplier ecosystem and the new tech-residential housing.
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