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Lingyin Cable Car
Located adjacent to the Lingyin Temple, the cable car wends its way up into the hills over looking the west part of West Lake. The views from the top across the lake, taking in the tea plantations below and the sprawling city to the north, are sensational.

1 Fayun Road
Admission charge.

The China Tea Museum
The only museum in China dedicated to tea, charts all aspects of Chinese tea tasting customs and the provenance and history of several of the nation's most famous infusions, as well as displaying a broad selection of tea pots and drinking vessels (Closed Monday morning).

25 Gushan Road
Tel: (571) 8798 0281.
Admission charge.

Zhejiang Provincial Museum
This museum counts a collection of more than 100,000 cultural relics and artefacts from across the province. Closed Monday morning.

25 Gushan Road
Admission charge.

China Silk Museum
Hangzhou is a centre of China's traditional silk industry and the China Silk Museum charts the history of silk culture and the clothing products that helped make the city one of China's wealthiest and most cultured.

73 Yuhuangshan Road
Tel: (571) 8706 2129.
Admission charge.

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