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Harbin (Yabuli) Winter Holiday Packages

Harbin 3 Day Tour Package from US$310 p/p	Tour Code: HBPT-01
Attractions: Snow Carving Festival in Sun Island, Northeast Tiger Park, Sophia Church, Zhongyang Dajie, Heilongjiang Provincial Museum, Hongbo Squar... Way of travel: A private tour with your own tour guide and car with driver Inclusion: Entrance + car + tour guide + Hotel + Meals as listed Customizable: Yes!

Harbin Yabuli 4 Day Tour package from US$485 p/p	Tour Code: HBPT-02
Attractions: Snow Carving Festival in Sun Island, Northeast Tiger Park, Sophia Church, Zhongyang Dajie, Heilongjiang Provincial Museum, Hongbo Squar, Sun Mountain Ski Resort (Yabuli)... Way of travel: A private tour with your own tour guide and car with driver Inclusion: Entrance + car + tour guide + Hotel + Meals as listed Customizable: Yes!

Harbin Yabuli 1 Day Round Trip from US$90 p/p	Tour Code: HBPT-03
Attractions: Sun Mountain Ski Resort (Yabuli)... Way of travel: A private tour with your own tour guide and car with driver Inclusion: Entrance + car + tour guide + Meals as listed Customizable: Yes!

Harbin Yabuli 2 Day Round Trip from US$180 p/p	Tour Code: HBPT-04
Attractions: Sun Mountain Ski Resort (Yabuli), Yabuli Ski Resort... Way of travel: A private tour with your own tour guide and car with driver Inclusion: Entrance + car + tour guide + Hotel + Meals as listed Customizable: Yes!

Beijing Harbin (Yabuli) Winter Holiday Packages

Beijing Harbin 3 Day Round Trip by Daytime Bullet Train from US$450 p/p	Tour Code: BHPT-01
Attractions: Snow Carving Festival in Sun Island, Northeast Tiger Park, Sophia Church, Zhongyang Dajie, Heilongjiang Provincial Museum, Hongbo Squar... Way of travel: A private tour with your own tour guide and car with driver Inclusion: Entrance + car + tour guide + Hotel + Meals as listed + Train Customizable: Yes!

Beijing Harbin 3 Day Round Trip by Flight from US$740 p/p	Tour Code: BHPT-02
Attractions: Snow Carving Festival in Sun Island, Northeast Tiger Park, Sophia Church, Zhongyang Dajie, Heilongjiang Provincial Museum, Hongbo Squar... Way of travel: A private tour with your own tour guide and car with driver Inclusion: Entrance + car + tour guide + Hotel + Meals as listed + Flight Customizable: Yes!

Beijing Harbin Yabuli 5 Day Round Trip by Daytime Bullet Train from US$665 p/p	Tour Code: BHPT-03
Attractions: Snow Carving Festival in Sun Island, Northeast Tiger Park, Sophia Church, Zhongyang Dajie, Heilongjiang Provincial Museum, Hongbo Squar, Sun Mountain Ski Resort (Yabuli)... Way of travel: A private tour with your own tour guide and car with driver Inclusion: Entrance + car + tour guide + Hotel + Meals as listed + Train Customizable: Yes!

Beijing Harbin Yabuli 4 Day Round Trip by Flight from US$875 p/p	Tour Code: BHPT-04
Attractions: Snow Carving Festival in Sun Island, Northeast Tiger Park, Sophia Church, Zhongyang Dajie, Heilongjiang Provincial Museum, Hongbo Squar, Sun Mountain Ski Resort (Yabuli)... Way of travel: A private tour with your own tour guide and car with driver Inclusion: Entrance + car + tour guide + Hotel + Meals as listed + Flight Customizable: Yes!

Check out Harbin travel information:

Train Travel to Harbin
Harbin Train Station is a major railway station in the northeast China.
Add: Tielu Jie, between Nangang and Daoli Districts.
Ticket Office on the right side of the Station: 0451-95105688 (Ticket selling 5 days in advance)
Train station inquiries Department: 0451-95105688

Harbin is a major rail transportation hub, reaching out the northeast and beyond to Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, Guangzhou and main cities in China. For Chinese new year tourist peak season in winter, getting a train ticket is not easy, so booking your tickets well in advance is necessary.

A dozen of trains running daily on Beijing Harbin line including D trains, Z trains, T and K trains. D trains and Z trains are most preferred by foreign travelers due to comfort and speed reasons.

Beijing - Harbin trains: D25(07:11 - 15:19), D27(13:50 - 21:58), Z1(21:14 - next morning 07:10), Z15(21:20 - next morning 07:04)
Harbin - Beijing trains: D28(08:58 - 17:14), D26(15:38 - 23:33), Z2(21:42 - next morning 07:26), Z16(21:36 - next morning 07:20)

Trains running on Shanghai Harbin line: Shanghai Harbin K56(09:47 - next day 18:07), Harbin Shanghai K58(09:32 - 17:25)

Trains going on Guangzhou Harbin line: Guangzhou Harbin T236(18:17 - third day 07:42), Harbin Guangzhou T238(19:09 - third day 08:10)

Trains operating on Xian Harbin line: Xian Harbin K546(11:50 - next day 23:05), Harbin Xian K548(20:06 - third day 05:48)

Flight Travel to Harbin
Harbin Taiping International Airport is the second largest in the Northeast International Airport, located 45km in the western suburbs of Harbin.

There are flights to Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Nanjing, Qingdao, Wenzhou, Xiamen, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shenyang, Dalian, Xi'an including more than 30 large, medium tourist cities with annual transport volume of over 7 million people. It has constructed the air routes with Japan Niigata , Seoul, South Korea, Russia Vladivostok and the Hong Kong SAR.

Air-ticketing office at Civil Aviation Building (Zhongsha Road 99): Tel: 0451-82651188‎
Harbin Airport Inquiries Department: 0451-82894220、82894230、82894219
The airport shuttle bus from Civil Aviation Building: RMB20 p/p (around one hour depending on the traffic)
City center to airport taxi: around RMB120 per ride including RMB20 toll fee

Overland Travel to Harbin
Harbin Long-distance Bus Station: Just across from the train station, a building next to Bei Bei Hotel.
There are dozens of long-distance bus lines, with the important province to province to neighboring towns and cities: Qiqihar, Wu Da Lianchi, Changchun, Yanji and Dalian.
Harbin Long-distance Bus Station: 0451-53640770
Nangang Bus Station: 0451-82830118 53634863
Sankeshu Bus Station: 0451-57683170
Daowai Bus Station: 0451-88393270

When to Visit in Harbin
Harbin is a paradise for winter ice and snow. Harbin is a good summer resort as well.

For winter ice and snow addicts, the best time to visit Harbin is January and early February during the new year period (both the western and Chinese). The exciting yearly ice and snow festival normally starts from Jan 05 each year. Late February most of the exhibited ice and snow sculptures beging to melt.

Harbin is also a mecca for summer holidaymakers. Unlike the scorching weather elsewhere in summer, especially in southern China, Harbin is a great place to visit in summer, when the average temperature of hottest August is about 23 degree Celsius and plenty of rainfall arrives.

Harbin City Layout
Songhua River cuts Harbin city proper into two parts - North and South. The south part is the traditional city center dominated by Daoli Disrict housing most of the historical buildings of Russian influence that give the city its character.

The two major commercial streets - Zhongyan Dajie ( a pedestrian street) and Zhaolin Jie run parallel to each other from northwest to southeast. Another pair of commercial streets also going parallel are Guogeli Street and Red Army Street.

Harbin Railway Station is located south of Zhongyang Dajie in the center of the town, opposite the long-distance bus station. Harbin airport is situated 45km west of the city proper.

North of Songhua River is the new development zone. Sun Island (Snow Sculpture Festival in winter), Polarland, Siberian Tiger Park as well as the Ice and Snow World (in winter) are all in the north of Songhua River.

Get around in Harbin
The present number of taxis in Harbin is far from enough to meet the increasing taxi market demand. So, it is not easy and convenient for passengers to take a taxi in Harbin. Very often you have to wait much longer time before you can hail a taxi. Pre-booking a taxi is Harbin is highly recommended. Taxis cost RMB 8 for first 3km, then RMB 1.9 per km.

Airport to city center taxis takes 45 minutes (RMB 100-130). From airport, shuttle buses drop you at the railway station or CAAC office building (RMB 20).

A number of public buses stop at the railway station. The Public Bus No.01 goes from the station through the heart of the Daoli District. Bus 101 and 103 runs along from Shangzhi Dajie from Stalin Park to the railway station.


Where to Stay in Harbin
Harbin is not a big foreign tourist area, except in winter. The choice of hostels in Harbin is pretty limited with plenty of hotels at the top end, but not much for budget travellers.

Expensive Hotels:
1.Shangri-La Hotel Harbin: Add: 555 You Yi Road Harbin 150018 Tel: 0451- 84858888 Fax: 0451- 84621777	2.Sofitel Wanda Harbin Add: Zhangshui Road 68, Harbin Tell: 0451-82336888	3.Songhuajiang Gloria Plaza Hotel Add: 275 Zhongyang Dajie, Harbin Tel: 0451-86770000
4. Fortune Days Hotel Add: No. 20-22 Ganshui Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150036 Tel: 0451- 82368888	5.Victories Hotel Harbin Add: No.301 Hongqi Street, Harbin Tel: 0451 - 81868888	6.Sinoway Hotel Harbin Add: No.Yiyuan Street, Harbin Tel:0451 - 86291111
7.New Paris Hotel Add: Harbin Zhongshan Road NO.177 Tel: 0451-87108888
Moderate Hotels:
1.Harbin International Hotel Add: 4 Xida Zhijie, Harbin Tel: 0451-82578888	2.Harbin Friendship Palace Hotel Add: 263 You Yi Road Harbin 150018, China Tel: 0451-84880888	3.Holiday Inn City Centre Harbin Add: 90 Jingwei Jie, Harbin Tel:86 451-84226666
4.Heilongjiang Kunlun Hotel Add: 8Tielujie, Nangang District,Harbin Tel: 0451-53616688	5.Best Western Fortune Harbin Hotel dd: 368 Xuefu Lu, Nangang District, Harbin Tel: 86 451-87508188	6.Milkyway Hotel Add: 252 Zhongshan Lu, Nangang District, Harbin Tel:0451-86797000
7.Power Hotel Add: 79 Youzheng Jie, Harbin Tel:0451-53908555	8.Zhengming Jinjiang Hotel Add: Dongda Zhi Jie, Harbib Tel: 0451-53618888278
Inexpensive Hotels:
1.Wanda Holiday Express Harbin Add:443 Xinyang Lu, Daoli District, Harbin Tel:0451-55566222	2.Home Inn (Harbin Zhongyang Street) Add:51 Shangyou Jie, Daoli District, Harbin Tel:0451-57645999	3.Home Inn (Suofeiya Church Of Harbin) Add: 56 Zhaolin Jie, Daoli District, Harbin Tel: 0451-83091111
4.Green Tree Inn (Zhongyang Street Hotel) Add: 54 Daan Jie ( Zhongyang Dajie ), Harbin Tel: 0451-88858588	5.Hanting Express(Dong Da Zhi District) Add: 75 Guomin Jie, Harbin Tel:0451-53631177	6.Hanting Express (Harbin Train Station) Add:35 Songhua Jie, Harbin Tel:0451-53645577
7.Jinjiang Inn (Haerbin Changjiang Road) Add:24 Xiangshan Lu, Nangang District, Harbin Tel: 0451-87915333	8.JinJiang Inn (Haerbin Suofeiya Square) Add:60 Diduan Jie, Daoli District, Harbin Tel:451-83156666	9.Homeinns Guogeli Street Harbin Add: 428 Guogeli Street, Harbin Tel: 0451-88880011
10.Songhuajiang Gloria Inn Add: 275 Zhongyang Dajie, Harbin Tel: 0451-86770000	11.Ibis Hotel in Harbin Add: 92 Zhaolin Street, Daoli, Harbin Tel:0451-87509999

What to See in Harbin
Harbin is a much developed tourist destination with all the basic facilities. It has many attraction sites that are suitable for family leisure travel.
1. Church of St.Sophia - Harbin St. Sophia Church is the largest Eastern Orthodox Church in China as well in the Far East. It is a landmark in Harbin.
Add: Situated in No.1, Century Av. Songbei District (On the corner of Toulin Street and Zhaolin Street).
How to get there: Take bus No.101 from the Railway Station to the church or bus No.2 from Stalin Park.
Opening hours: 9am-5pm.
2. The Stalin Park - The Stalin Park is located on the southern bank of the Songhua River.
How to get there: Take the Bus No.11 bus from the railway station to the park. In additiona, the Buses No.16, No.2 and No.26 also stop at the park.
3. Sun Island Park - This island is the biggest recreational center in Harbin both popular in the summer and winter. Each year the famous ice festival will be held in the island.
How to get there: Take the bus No.101 or 102 to the ferry in the north of Stalin Park. Take the ferry to the island. Or you may take a taxi to cross the river through the Songhua River Bridge.
4. Harbin Polarland
Opening hours: 8:00am-4:30pm.
5. Siberian Tiger Park - The Siberian tiger is considered endangered. It is the largest felid in the world.
How to get there: Take the bus no.85 or take a taxi towards Daqing on 201 National Highway. Turn left on Songbei Lu near Commercial University.
Opening hours: 9:00-16:00.
6. Japanese Germ Warfare Base Museum - In 1939 the Japanese army set up a top-secret germ warefare research center in Harbin.
How to get there: Take the bus No.338 from the railway station to Xinjiang Dajie. or you may take bus 343 from Kunlun Hotel to Xinjiang Dajie. Then walk 10 minutes from the stop.
Opening hours: 8:30-16:00.
7. Heilongjiang Provincial Museum - It is the biggest museum in Heilongjiang.
How to get there: Just catch Bus No 64 from Daoli District.
Opening hours: 9:00-16:00.
8. Dragon Tower ( Longta )
9. Harbin Ice & Snow World
10. Yabuli Ski Resort - Located The resort is one of the best natural skiing resorts in China.
How to get there: You first take the daily tourist trains from the downtown Harbin to Yabuli Town. The one way train ride takes about 3 hours. After arriving at the town, you again take a mini tourist to the tourist ski resort.

Where to Dine in Harbin
1.McDonald's & KFC
Zhongyang Dajie is home to two McDonald's and two KFC branches. To grab a bite, in the basement of Zhongyang Shopping Mall at Zhongyang Dajie 100, you will find a lot of Chinese food to choose.
2.Beilaishun Restaurant (Muslim)
It is a time-honored Muslim restaurant, named after Donglaishun in Beijing. It is famous for its hopot - the thin-sliced mutton is the main hotpot ingredient.
Add: 51 Youyi Lu, just next to Chilidren's Hospital. Tel: 0451-84613530
3. Indian Kitchen ( Indian )
It is an Indian food chain offering good garlic nan, cashew pilau and butter paneer. The restaurant is good for vegetarian and meat-eaters alike.
Add: 154 Yindu Lu, Nangang District Tel: 0451-82638888
4. Da Fengshou Restaurant ( Local Dongbei food )
Here you can enjoy authentic Dongbei food. Sitting on a bench, you are relaxed to drink beer out of bowls. All the dishes are huge! Add: 283 Yiman Jie Tel: 0451-53646824
5. Dongfang Jiaozi Wang ( Jiaozi )
Jiaozi is a famous food in China. Dongfang Jiaozi Wang is a well known Jiaozi Chain Restautant. This jiaozi restaurant is regarded as the "King of Eastern Dumpling" serving some of the best jiaozi in China.
Add: 39 Zhongyang Dajie Tel: 0451-84653920
6. Portman Western Restaurant ( Western Food )
This is a 4-storey western food restaurant serving the standard western food in Harbin with good service. It is a cozy place for a romantic meal - Russian red soup, cabbage rolls with cream sauce, a range of chicken, fish and steak are also available.
Add: 63 Xiqi Dajie, just across Zhongyang Dajie Tel: 0451-84686888

What to Buy in Harbin
1. Zhongyang Dajie: The cobblestone lined street is a pedestrian only street lined with Russian resteraunts, French fashion houses, American snack food outlets, Japanese restaurants and more Chinese stores.
2. Guogeli Dajie: Guogeli Dajie, Harbin's second biggest shopping district after Zhongyang Dajie. The street is dotted with Russia-style shops and architectures.
3. Churin Department Store ( Quilin Baihuo )
It is on the north side of Dong Dong Zhi Dajie (opposite the main post office), is once one of the largest department stores in East Asia.
4. Hongbo Central Shopping Square ( Hongbo Shangchang )
There are several shopping centers in and around the commercial center.

How to Enjoy Nightlife in Harbin
Although night is much colder than daytime in Harbin, the nightlife here is more colorful. In your Harbin Winter Tour, viewing the Ice-lantern inside the Sun Island in the evening is the best choice.

During your Harbin Summer Tour, the St. Sophia Square is the most noise. People gather there to chat, stroll, roller skating…… the foreigner tourist take photos as a souvenir. The Music Fountain is more attractive, the fair-sounding music made the atmosphere more harmonious, dreamy. The Harbin people prefer the beer. Harbin is the third beer city after Munich, and Paris.

Harbin Travel Guide
Not surprisingly, the city used to be nicknamed “Little Moscow”, and though much of the old architecture has been torn down and replaced with sterile blocks and skyscrapers, the place still looks a little like the last thread- bare outpost of imperial Russia.

Leafy boulevards are lined with European- style buildings painted pastel shades, and bulbous onion domes dot the sky- line. It’s possible to eat in Russian restaurants, and the locals have picked up on some of their neighbour’s customs: as well as developing a taste for ice cream and pastries.

Harbin Travel Tips
1. Wear casually with comfortable sports anti-slippery warm shoes and pay attention to the climate in Harbin.
2. A warning tip : winter in Harbin is bitter cold! You need plenty of pullovers, gloves, socks, a good winter boot and a good jacket to "survive".
3. The Chinese love fireworks, and before, during and after Chinese New Year, everyone sets off huge quantities of fireworks and firecrackers. Take great care while you are out walking even on busy city-centre streets. If you are tempted into buying fireworks, make absolutely sure you know how to light them.
4. With buses, cars, semis, bicycles and pedetrians moving in every direction, road crossings can be daunting.
5. Keep your camera warm: electronic shutter of the camera below at -20 ° C, the battery is easy to be "discharged", the camera is out of order, and the shutter doesn't work. Therefore, after you finish your outdoor filming, please keep the camera the cloak, keep it warm. addition, we must prepare more batteries just in case.
6. Take anti-cold Drugs: be ready for anti-cold tablets and other drug treatment.

Yabuli Ski Resort travel information:

Train Travel to Yabuli
Yabuli Ski Resort is located 20km southeast of Yabuli Town. There are two train stations in Yabuli - Yabuli Train Station (in the town) and Yabuli South Train Station (near Yabuli Ski Resort). Several trains pass over Yabuli Train Station including the major trains from Beijing, Harbin, Mudanjiang, Dalian. In winter tourist season, daily tourism trains will be operated on Harbin Yabuli line using Yabuli South Train Station. Apart from Harbin, Beijing and Mudanjiang are the best place to get to Yabuli by train.

Trains between Beijing and Yabuli (Yabuli Train Station):
Beijing Yabuli K265(12:33 - next morning 07:54)
Yabuli Beijing K266(15:48 - next morning 10:37)

Trains between Mudanjiang and Yabuli (Yabuli Train Station)
Mudanjiang Yabuli K266(13:35 - 15:46)
Yabuli Mudanjiang K265(07:56 - 10:22)

Note: Get off at Yabuli Train Station, then take the local mini bus for Yabuli Ski Resort (RMB 10 for buses, RMB 50 for taxis, 20km southeast of Yabuli Town). If you take the tourism trains from Harbin to Yabuli South Station, you will still walk about 2-5km to your hotels in Yabuli Ski Resort ( better to arrange your train and hotel transfer through your hotel).

Flight Travel to Yabuli Ski Resort
No airport near Yabuli. Basically you need to fly for Beijing, Harbin and Mudanjiang where you connect either trains or long-distance buses for Yabuli. From Yabuli Town, you need to connect local mini buses or taxis for Yabuli Ski Resort (RMB 10 for buses, RMB 50 for taxis, 20km southeast of Yabuli Town).

Overland Travel to Yabuli
The two bus stations in Harbin offer Harbin Yabuli bus line service.
Nangang Bus Station: 0451-82830118 53634863
Daowai Bus Station: 0451-88393270
The Mudanjiang Long-distance Bus Station also offer bus service to Yabuli.
Once in Yabuli Town, you need to take the local mini bus or taxis for Yabuli Ski Resort (RMB 10 for buses, RMB 50 for taxis, 20km southeast of Yabuli Town).

When to Visit in Yabuli
Normallly for snow skiers, the best time to visit Yabuli is from early December to later February next year. With the coming of the Club Med Snow Resort in Yabuli, Yabuli has also become a resort all year around. Each year find a lot of companies hold their business meetings in Yabuli. More and more individual travelers flock Yabuli for summer and autumn outings.

Yabuli Ski Resort Layout
Yabuli Ski Resort is located 20km southeast of Yabuli Town. Yabuli Ski Resort is the official name given to the biggest ski resort in China (Chinese: ) lying about 230km to the south-east of Harbin city and 130km to the west of Mudanjiang city.

Yabuli Ski Resort is composed of several ski resorts big or small with over 10 hotels ranging from basic guesthouse to luxury hotels. Among them there are three most well known ski grounds in Yabuli Ski Resort - Sun Mountain Ski Resort (Melco Ski Resort), Yabuli Ski Resort (same name as the official one for the whole area) and Avaunce (Yabuli) Ski Resort. Each ski resort has its own accommodation choices.

Though only 200 meters apart from Yabuli South Railway Station to the entrance, you are supposed to walk about 2.5km to get to Avaunce Ski Resort, 5km to Sun Mountain Ski Resort or Yabuli Ski Resort. That means both Sun Mountain Ski Resort and Yabuli Ski Resort are more than 5 km apart from Yabuli South Railway Station.

Get around in Yabuli
When you get off from the Yabuli South Railway Station, you can take the local shuttle bus to your hotel or ski resort in Yabuli Ski Resort.

The shuttle buses run between different hotels and resorts. You can also stop any shutte buses on the road inside the resort for a bus transfer.

Where to Stay in Yabuli
Yabuli Ski Resort is composed of several ski resorts big or small with over 10 hotels ranging from basic guesthouse to luxury hotels.

Among them there are three most well known ski grounds in Yabuli Ski Resort - Sun Mountain Ski Resort (Melco Ski Resort), Yabuli Ski Resort (same name as the official one for the whole area) and Avaunce (Yabuli) Ski Resort. Each ski resort has its own accommodation choices.

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