Hangzhou

i still think meijiawu beats the longjing route. the meijiawu town itself, while pleasant, is a bit too disney. but if you go to the farmhouses set back from the area across the street from the entrance to Yunxi Scenic Area, you can have a great homestyle meal on a deck set amidst the tea terraces, back behind the entire meijiawu area where it is much quieter (and cheaper).

From Yunxi, if you don't mind stairs, you can walk all the way up through the bamboo forest to the temple at the top, and this trail will wrap around to the 9 creeks trail mentioned above (or you can head north/east to longjing - this part of the trail system mentioned above makes complete circle around the ridges)