Taxi fare

Wondering how much is a reasonable taxi fare from Hangzhou airport to Southline hotel ?

Do the cab use meter ? Anyway just a fare guideline would do ...taking into consideration arriving 11pm in the nite.

Taxi fare

I just called up (domestic long-distance!) the hotel for you.

It%26#39;s apparently about 90 RMB by meter but it%26#39;s such a long distance, no taxi would want to go by meter (?!) so you should try to negotiate for a price of around 120 RMB.

Taxi fare

Thks again Ellyse for your reliable input.

Wondering if travelling from Hangzhou to suzhou what is the best mode of transport ( i.e reliable and less hectic )...how many days should we stay there?

Thks and look forward as usual your professional feedback.

Bus is probably the best option since the trains for this route all have to make a lengthy stopover in Shanghai, so not recommended. I doubt you%26#39;re thinking of splurging on hiring a taxi and driver, not worth the extra outlay for most travellers.

1-2 days is usually enough for Suzhou.

Hi Ellyse,

After serious considering and knowing u could assist us on this - We arrive in hangzhou on a saturday nite (close to midnite to be exact) and depart from hangzhou on the next saturday ( also midnite)

i) Should we stay in hangzhou for the first 3 nites?

ii) Day 4 ,5 ,6 takes train to Shanghai for 3 nites stay

iii) Day 7 travel from Shanghai to Suzhou ( 1 nite)

iii) Spend most of day 8 in Suzhou and travel in the evening from suzhou to hangzhou to catch midnite flight home

or should we just use Shanghai as a base to visit Suzhou as a day trip.

We just want to visit key places in the 3 location and prefer to just hang out eat ,relax in tea house or cafes ...shopping ...beer ...not wanting to cramp everythin...slow pace suit us.

You are the expert and we looking forward to your input . Any tips for Suzhou hotel ?

For Hangzhou we stick to your recommendation ...Southline and Shanghai 7 heaven.

Sat (Day 1): arrive Hangzhou at midnight

Sun-Mon (Day 2-3): Hangzhou

Tue (Day 4): morning bus Hangzhou -- Suzhou

Wed (Day 5): morning train Suzhou -- Shanghai

Wed-Fri (Day 5-7): Shanghai

Sat (Day 8): train Shanghai -- Hangzhou, airport shuttle to Hangzhou airport

The reason for doing this is so that you can catch the airport shuttle to Hangzhou directly when you arrive back at Hangzhou main train station. Otherwise for the last leg if you go by bus Suzhou -- Hangzhou then you%26#39;ll still have to make your way to the airport shuttle, extra hassle.

Hi Ellyse,

Great your tips looks good we stick to it .

Once again - thanks.

Rgds

You%26#39;re welcome. If you%26#39;ve any more questions you could email me directly at ellyse99@yahoo.com and put ';TripAdvisor'; and your own username (eg Des6806) in the subject line, thanks.