Hangzhou medical trip planner
An hour from Shanghai, with flat lakeside walking that suits recovery days
You fly in, you see a doctor, and you go home with a plan. This page is the order to do it in: choose how many days you have, book your own flight and hotel, then add the ground services you want — nothing else needs a travel agent.
Pick your number of days and open that plan.
Book your own flight — see the airports for Hangzhou.
Book a hotel in the district closest to your hospital.
Add airport transfer, interpreter, companion or a package.
Step 1 — choose how long you stay
Every plan below is written around one assumption: day two is your first hospital day, and there is at least one follow-up before you fly home. A consultant visit plus standard blood and imaging usually needs three clear days; a second opinion, or any imaging that is read by a specialist panel, usually needs five.
Hangzhou in 3 days
One consultation, tests, one follow-up. The tightest workable version.
Hangzhou in 4 days
Room for a second specialist opinion or a rest day between scans.
Hangzhou in 5 days
The most common choice: full work-up, follow-up and two recovery-day outings.
Hangzhou in 6 days
Two consultations plus a longer outing, without rushing any single day.
Hangzhou in 7 days
A full week: comprehensive assessment, a treatment start, and real recovery time.
Step 2 — your flight to Hangzhou
You book your own ticket. Hangzhou is served by Hangzhou Xiaoshan International (HGH). We meet you at arrivals for the transfer you book here.
Step 3 — where to stay
We recommend choosing by district first, then by hotel — being close to your hospital saves more energy than any upgrade.
Shangcheng near West Lake East — walking distance to the Second Affiliated Hospital
Hubin by the lake — the classic view hotels
Binjiang — newer business district south of the river, quieter at night
Step 4 — add the ground services you want
Pick one item or build the whole package. Every service is priced and booked separately, so nothing is hidden inside a bundle you did not choose.
Medical interpreter
English–Chinese interpreter at every consultation
Hospitals in Hangzhou
A clean, well-organised city an hour by train from Shanghai, with strong university hospitals and easy recovery walks around West Lake.
Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Eye care and joint surgery in a large university teaching hospital.
Eye Bone & joint
First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Infectious disease, liver transplantation and blood disorders.
Blood disorders Stomach & gut Complex & rare diseases
Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Paediatric referral centre for Zhejiang province.
Children
Full hospital page for Hangzhou
Recovery-day ideas in Hangzhou
Sorted roughly from gentlest to most active — pick by how you feel that morning, not by what looks best on paper.
West Lake causeways
The Su and Bai causeways are almost completely flat, willow-shaded, and benched every few hundred metres.
Boat across the lake
The classic way to see the lake without walking it: public ferries hop between the islands and shores.
Leifeng Pagoda
Rebuilt Song-style pagoda on Sunset Hill with escalators most of the way up and a lake-wide view at the top.
Lingyin Temple and Feilai Peak
Hangzhou’s great Buddhist temple: incense halls, cliff carvings and forest paths above the streams.
Longjing tea village
Terraced tea fields above the lake where families serve lunch and the season’s first pickings.
Xixi Wetland canals
Boat-first wetland park in the west of the city: quiet channels, birds and almost no crowds.
Food notes
West Lake vinegar fish, Longjing shrimp, beggar’s chicken; plus the tea-village farmhouse lunches on the hills above the lake.