10 Days in Huzhou
Ten days across Nanxun's canal quarter, the brush town, Mogan's villas, the wetland, Anji's bamboo country and its museum, a rest day in the city — closing with a clearly labeled Hangzhou side day.
Quick Answer
Is 10 days enough for Huzhou?
10 days lets you go beyond Huzhou's core into neighborhoods, food markets, and one or two day trips at a relaxed pace.
Source: NihaoVisit Huzhou guide
10-day Huzhou itinerary at a glance
Use our full Huzhou travel guide as the base and adapt it to 10 days. Keep the city's three signature attractions as the backbone; fill the rest with neighborhood walks, food markets, and an easy day trip.
Nanxun — Merchants' Water Town
Small Lotus Villa from 1885 and the 1924 Jiaye Library anchor the canal quarter; overnight in town so the Hundred Rooms row belongs to you after dark.
- huzhou nanxun old town
- huzhou xiaolianzhuang garden
Brush Town & River Rows
In Shanlian the hu brush takes 100-plus hand steps; the town's brush museum sets the craft out plainly. Walk the Ming-Qing river row of the Hundred Rooms on the way home.
- huzhou shanlian hubi town
- huzhou baijianlou
Mogan Mountain
The Deqing hill reads 724 meters, thick with some 200 resort-era villas; streams and pools between them hold the heat off through the afternoon.
- huzhou moganshan
Xiazhu Lake & Xinshi
Reed boardwalks and the crested-ibis station at the wetland lake, then the little canal town of Xinshi — old market streets, riverside lunch, slow lanes.
- huzhou xiazhu lake
- huzhou xinshi old town
Anji Bamboo Sea
Bamboo covers roughly 1,000,000 mu of the county; the great bamboo sea doubled as a film forest, and the canopy paths carry you above the summer heat.
- huzhou anji bamboo sea
Tiandiping & the Source Peak
The pumped-storage reservoir near 1,000 meters is nicknamed the Jiangnan lake; southwest of it, Longwangshan at 1,587.4 meters is counted the Huangpu's headwater.
- huzhou jiangnantianchi
- huzhou longwangshan
Bamboo Museum Day
In Anji county town, the bamboo museum lays the plant's whole story out — species, craft, food, paper; a shaded indoor day after the hills, and a good market dinner in town.
- huzhou bamboo museum
City Rest Day
The old Yishang street quarter and the Lotus Villa garden, once the retreat of the Yuan painter Zhao Mengfu; a slow loop of canalside Huzhou before the last lakeshore evening.
- huzhou yishang street
- huzhou lianhua village
Lakeshore & Feiying
The pagoda-within-a-pagoda stacks a Tang stone core under a Song wooden shell; then the Taihu shore by the ring-shaped Moon Hotel, wide water and evening wind.
- huzhou feiying pagoda
- huzhou taihu lakeshore
Hangzhou — Neighboring City Day
An honestly labeled side day — Hangzhou sits about 30 minutes from Huzhou by fast train; the lake, the lanes and the markets round the trip out, with onward rail from Hangzhou if you prefer to leave from there.
- hangzhou
Budget for 10 days in Huzhou
| Tier | Per day | 10 days total |
|---|---|---|
| Backpacker | USD $50–$80 | USD $500–$800 |
| Mid-range | USD $100–$200 | USD $1,000–$2,000 |
| Luxury | USD $300+ | USD $3,000+ |
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