Different from most of other scenic areas, The West lake scenic area is just located in the city downtown area. It is very easy for visitors to access to the lake area. Taking a lake cruise all around, we will see the two Causeways over the lake, we will see the busy traffic of the city by the East bank, and you will also see a cluster of scenic sopts around the South bank, like Leifeng Pagoda and Viewing Fish at Flower Pond.
After this lake cruise, you may have a rough idea, where you are interested to further visit around the lake.