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Tour Code: CHT-CHT02S
Destinations: Beijing, Harbin
Highlights: Central Avenue, Flood Control Memorial Tower, Central Avenue, Street, Sophia Church, Sun Island, the Siberian Tiger Park, the Ice and Snow World, the Temple of Heaven Park, Tian'anmen Square, the Forbidden City, Great Wall, Summer Palace
Arrive in Harbin, meet your tour guide and transfer to your hotel.
Day 02 Harbin
Start your tour with a visit Flood Control Memorial Tower, which is the monument of victory fighting against the flood in 1957. Then visit Central Avenue, where you can see century-old European Style architectures and do some shopping. The city walk ends at the St. Sophia Church, the largest Orthodox Eastern Church in China and a perfect example of Byzantine architecture. In the evening, visit Sun Island where the Ice Lantern Festival is held. Spectacular snow sculptures of a great variety are displayed here.
Day 03 Harbin
Morning sightseeing takes you to Jile Temple for a visit. It is honored as one of four well-known temples in Northeast China. Continue to visit the snow sculptures in the Sun Island. In the afternoon, visit the Siberian Tiger Park, one of the largest conservations of the endangered Siberian Tiger, and learn about their way of life. In the evening, go to the Ice and Snow World to enjoy the magnificent ice sculptures lit up by hundreds of colored lights.
Day 04 Harbin / Beijing
Transfer to the railway station and take highspeed train to Beijing. Upon arrival, meet your guide and transfer to the hotel.
Day 05 Beijing
Get up early today and meet our guide at your hotel lobby. Your first visit is the Temple of Heaven Park, which is the largest ancient imperial worship architecture group in the world where most Emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties prayed for peace and harvest.Then stroll the Tian'anmen Square, the largest public square in the world, and then enter the Forbidden City, which is the residence of Chinese emperors for more than 500 years.
Day 06 Beijing
Meet your guide at your hotel and then take private tour to Badaling Section of the Great Wall. Upon arriving at the Badaling Great Wall, you can either take cable car (optional cost) uphill or hike along the stairs on the wall. You may spend 2-3 hours on the symbol of the Chinese ancient civilization. Then you will visit the Summer Palace, one of the China's largest and best-preserved imperial gardens. It is a masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design, integrating the natural landscape of hills and open water with man-made features into a harmonious and aesthetically exceptional whole.
Day 07 Beijing
Transfer to the airport and service ends.
