1-Day Harbin Highlights Tour

- Sun Island / Daoli District / St. Sophia Church

Trip Highlights - Attractions involved: Sun Island, Songhua River and St.Sophia Church are the most famous tour spots in Harbin. Harbin is a sub-provincial city and the capital of the Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China. Harbin is originally a Manchu word meaning "a place for drying fishing nets". Harbin has very cold winters and is often called "Ice City". Harbin is well-known for its beautiful ice sculptures in winter, very popular in ice-skating sports and plays an important part in China's trade with Russia. We kindly offer a One Day Harbin Highlights Tour with excellent service and competitive rates to you.
Availability: Daily.      Pick-up Point & Time: Your hotel, 8:30am.      Finishing Point & Time: Your hotel, 5:00pm.      Duration: 8 hours.

Tour Itinerary: (Lunch)
In the morning, you will be picked up from your hotel and first head to Sun Island. On the north bank of the Songhua River is Harbin's Sun Island Scenic Spot. This spot faces Stalin Park and is a famous summer resort. In the 1920s it was a white Russian's resort and has been reconstructed and renovated several times. Next, you will walk around the Daoli District and view the Russian and European style architecture. The most famous building in the area is St. Sophia Church, constructed in 1923 and completed 1932. The church reflects Byzantine architecture and is the largest Orthodox Eastern church in Harbin. Then, you will then visit the Ice-Carving Park. Afterwards, you will return to your hotel in Harbin.
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Attraction Description
Sun Island
According to Travel Guide to Harbin, Sun Island Park is located on the big island in Harbin and also on several smaller islands nearby in the Songhua River. The name of the Sun Island came from the Manzhou language. The fisherman of Man ethnic call a kind of Fang fish "Taiyi'an" in the Songhua River. After spread for a long time, it became "the Sun Island" in the contents of "The History of Ch'ing...
Songhua River
The Songhua River is a river in Northeast China, and is the largest tributary of the Heilong River, flowing about 1,927 km from Changbai Mountains through the Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces. The river drains 212,000 square miles of land. It joins the Amur at the town of Dongjiang. The river has a dam at Fengman, which is used for hydroelectricity production. It forms a lake that stretches 62 km...
St.Sophia Church
According to Travel Guide to Harbin, St. Sophia Church in Harbin is the largest Eastern Orthodox Church in the Far East. It was built in 1907 by Russians and is the only one of several Orthodox churches in Harbin. Recently, the interior of the church was restored, but left in as much of its original state as possible. Inside the church is a museum that explains the history of the church and of Harbin...