Impression West Lake

Has anyone seen the production ';Impression West Lake';? Where is it in Hangzhou and is it easy to get tickets? How is it compared to ';Impression Liu Sanjie'; in Yangshuo? If I could only see one, which one should I go to?

Thanks for any input.

Impression West Lake

Yes, I have. It%26#39;s performed on the West Lake in front of Yue Fei Temple. It was easy to get tickets when we went as it was in winter and freezing cold.

Haven%26#39;t seen the one in Yangshuo so can%26#39;t compare.

Impression West Lake

I saw ';Impression West Lake'; in November 2007, and I thought it was awesome. Although the night was chilly, it was quite bearable for the 45 min. performance. Not familiar with ';Impression Liu Sanjie.';

Thanks of the info. I am planning to travel to Beijing-Xian-Nanjing-Shanghai-Hangzhou-Guilin-Hong Kong, in that order next year. I am making this trip in 21 days. I%26#39;ll either see Impression West Lake in Hangzhou or Impression Liu Sanjie in Yangshuo. Most likely Impression West Lake so that I don%26#39;t miss out on one of these Impression productions. By the way, would September or October be better weather wise? September is warmer (or may even be too hot in southern China), but has longer daylight hours. I%26#39;ll definitely avoid travelling during the national holiday week of Oct 1.

Ooooops!!!! We are in 2008 already. I mean travelling to China this year.

Might as well see both so that you can answer your own question. ;)

I would pick September.

When is the best time to visit Hangzhou?

Hi - Does anyone know if the Impressions show runs on Saturday nights in February? If it does, how do we get tickets, and what time does it start??

People%26#39;s opinions differ, but I think Hangzhou is worth visiting in any season. Of course if you want to see the lotuses and water lilies in green/bloom it%26#39;d be advisable to come in summer, but it would be rather hot and humid in that season.

AFAIK Impressions West Lake runs 365 days of the year. http://www.hzyxxh.com is the official website. IIRC the show starts at 8 pm and in the low season you can just get tickets on the day of performance, from its own ticket office opposite Yue Fei Temple.

I saw this performance in Hangzhou last week, and it is not to be missed. I have not seen Impression Liu Sanjie so I can not compare. Tickets were purchased the morning of the performance, but I had a guide to assist and was with a group tour.

Good Luck. If you go, I%26#39;d love a brochure as they were out when I attended.

Hi and thank you for the reply. Yes, I did go, but unfortunately, as a result of issues at the hotel, we lost so much time - we were not able to attend the performance and we were extremely rushed.

NOTE - Do not stay at the Zhejiang Xizi Hotel at West Lake. In this hotel, the lobby was nice, but the rest of the hotel was dark and dirty and smelled badly of smoke. The walls in our room were cracking badly, and even though we requested a non-smoking room (my colleague has life-threatening asthma and allergies) they gave us a smoking room (with ashes all over the tables and cigarette holes in the rug - worst smell of dirty smoke).

When we explained that we could not stay in that room, they did not offer us another, and the management refused to return our money to us. It was ridiculous - we had never had this experience in any of our travels.

We travelled all the way from Canada to Hangzhou to visit with a important supplier, and our day was wasted as a result of this mess.

So, if we go again, we will book the Shangri-La (much better hotel and staff) and save up enough time to make sure to see the performance - thank you for your feedback about this.