Qué hay en Hangzhou (West Lake), República Popular China, a lo largo del año

Concurrido — Winter break (around Chinese New Year) en República Popular China, vacaciones escolares en 5 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  Spring Festival

  15–23 FebAño Nuevo LunarMucha genteCierresReserva pronto

  China's week-long national holiday for the Lunar New Year. In the weeks around it trains and flights sell out as people travel home, and many small shops and restaurants close for several days; book transport early. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Spring Festival, Winter break (around Chinese New Year) en República Popular China

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Spring Festival (15–23 Feb)

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Temporada

  Longjing tea picking

  20 Mar – 20 Abr · normalmenteCosecha

  The leaf picked before Qingming is the one that costs a fortune, and the hills at Meijiawu are full of pickers for a fortnight. Tea houses start pouring this year's crop in early April.

Concurrido — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus mejores meses por clima

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Longjing tea picking (20 Mar – 20 Abr (normalmente))

Concurrido — May Day holiday, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  May Day holiday

  1–5 MaySemana DoradaMucha genteReserva pronto

  The second national travel week of the year, five days from 1 May. Train and flight tickets go the moment sales open, hotel rates jump, and the main sights take domestic crowds all week. Fuente ↗

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

• Temporada

  Meiyu, the plum rains

  10 Jun – 15 Jul · normalmenteMonzónRiesgo

  The front sits over the lower Yangtze for a month: warm, close, and wet in long grey stretches rather than storms. West Lake is at its emptiest and its most atmospheric.

• Naturaleza

  Lotus on West Lake

  25 Jun – 15 Ago · normalmenteFlores silvestres

  The beds off the Su causeway are a summer-only sight and one of the classic ten views. Go at six in the morning; by ten it is heat, humidity and coach parties.

Concurrido — Summer break en República Popular China, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Riesgo

  Typhoon season

  15 Jul – 30 Sep · normalmenteCierres

  Most summers one storm comes ashore on the Zhejiang coast close enough to matter. The airport cancels most flights, West Lake boats and scenic areas close, and high-speed trains through the delta run thin for a day. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Meiyu, the plum rains (10 Jun – 15 Jul (normalmente)), Lotus on West Lake (25 Jun – 15 Ago (normalmente))

Concurrido — Summer break en República Popular China, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Lotus on West Lake (25 Jun – 15 Ago (normalmente)), Typhoon season (15 Jul – 30 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — Qiantang tidal bore, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Naturaleza

  Qiantang tidal bore

  10 Sep – 12 Oct · normalmenteAguas altasMucha gente

  The world's largest tidal bore peaks around the eighteenth day of the eighth lunar month, usually late September or early October. Yanguan in Haining is the classic stand and the embankment is policed for a reason. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Osmanthus

  20 Sep – 20 Oct · normalmenteFlores silvestres

  Hangzhou's other autumn smell. Manjuelong village behind the lake is where people go to sit under the trees with tea while the flower drops into it.

Sigue en marcha: Typhoon season (15 Jul – 30 Sep (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, Qiantang tidal bore

• Festivo

  National Day Golden Week

  1–7 OctMucha genteReserva pronto

  West Lake takes several hundred thousand people a day in this week and the causeways are managed one-way. The bore peaks around the same time, which does not help. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Hangzhou Marathon

  28 Oct – 10 Nov · normalmenteEvento deportivoMucha gente

  Usually on the first Sunday of November, starting at Huanglong and finishing by the Olympic Sports Centre; the fun run ends beside West Lake, so lakeside roads close for the morning. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Qiantang tidal bore (10 Sep – 12 Oct (normalmente)), Osmanthus (20 Sep – 20 Oct (normalmente))

Concurrido — Hangzhou Marathon

• Naturaleza

  Maples and ginkgo turn

  15 Nov – 12 Dic · normalmenteColores de otoño

  The city turns late: ginkgo along the lake avenues goes gold around the end of November, and the red maples at Taiziwan and Jiuxi usually peak into early December, well after the northern cities are bare. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Hangzhou Marathon (28 Oct – 10 Nov (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 5 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En diciembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Maples and ginkgo turn (15 Nov – 12 Dic (normalmente))