Day2Harbin

Attractions: St. Sophia Church, Zhongyang Pedestrian Street, Stalin Park

Meal: Not included

Hotel: Ovenight in Harbin

After breakfast, your guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel. You’ll have a relaxing city tour in Harbin. You will firstly visit St Sophia Cathedral Church, which is one of the landmarks of Harbin and the largest Orthodox church in Northeast China. Built in 1907, it is a fusion of Byzantine and Russian architectural styles, with a unique exterior and magnificent golden roof. The interior of the church is magnificently decorated with exquisite frescoes and stained-glass windows, exuding a solemn and sacred aura of religion.

Close to the church, you’ll then visit the exotic the Zhongyang Pedestrian Street, which is a famous commercial and pedestrian street and one of the earliest commercial centres in Harbin. This wide and historical street has preserved many buildings with European styles, such as Baroque, Classical and Byzantine buildings. Here you can stroll along the street, admire the buildings with different architectural styles, shop, taste delicious food and experience the night light show.

Then arrive at Jiuzhan Park to watch ice swimming show, it is sponsored by the Harbin winter swimming association as part of the winter ice and snow festival in Harbin, show Harbin local life culture.After show go to enjoy a Harbin Ropeway Ride on beautiful Songhua River to overlook the city, and Russian town.Then pay a visit to Stalin Park(斯大林公园). In winter, you can enjoy the colourful earth art works, buy special tourist goods and Russian goods, create ice and snow sculptures, and take the giant ice slide from the embankment directly into the river scenic spot.