Xitang: water-town dinner and evening lights

Stay for dinner beside the canals and watch the water town change as the lights come on.

Getting there and back: Private pickup from a central Hangzhou hotel for Xitang. The same product drives back to a central Hangzhou hotel after the evening visit.

Time and walking: Door-to-door duration is about 4–5 hours: an evening half day, not a full daytime excursion. The town is fairly large; one visitor walked 2 hours without covering half. You need not see every lane. Private transfers and dinner provide seated sections; the town still involves walking and the product is not wheelchair accessible.

Who it suits: Suits a shorter outing combining one water town's lanes, lights and dinner. Less suitable if you want a quiet, uncommercialised town or do not want to return at night. Nightlife areas differ from quiet old lanes. A 12-hour two-water-town combination is not this shorter visit. Visitors enjoy illuminated waterside lanes and riverside restaurants.

Arrange the date and time with the provider before putting this in your day.