2013 China Harbin Ice Festival

Harbin is located in China’s northeastern region in Heilongjiang Province. Nicknamed Oriental Moscow or Oriental Paris, Harbin is well-known for its Russian style architecture and the Ice and Snow Festival in winter, the largest one in the world. For its European style buildings, you can stroll along the Central Street and pay visit to the St. Sophia’s Cathedral.

The Harbin Ice Festival starts every year on January 5 and lasts to middle February and even later. Best places to enjoy the festival include winter swimming activities along Songhua River, the Snow Sculpture Exposition on The Sun Island , Harbin Ice and Snow World, Yabuli International Ski Resort and Ice Lantern Gala in Zhaolin Park.

China Holidays’ tours to the Ice Festival include:

3 days Harbin Ice Festival Tour: See the highlights of the festival in shortest time.

Essence of China Tour with Harbin Ice Festival: See the highlights of China Beijing, Xian, Shanghai and Harbin.

Harbin Ice and Snow Festival by train: Take the luxury China Oriental Express and enjoy the snowy scenery of Northeastern China's Shenyang, Jilin and Harbin.

4 days Harbin Ice Festival tour: Enjoy the main venues of the festival in 4 days

You can find on our Harbin tour page for more tours to Harbin.

Places to see in Xian

We are frequently asked by clients:  what places shall we visit in Xian?

We'd like to share with everyone the must-see tourist attractions in Xian. Please find below a list.

1. The Terracotta Museum
2. Xian City Wall
3. Shaanxi History Museum
4. The Great Mosque
5. Big Wild Goose Pogoda
6. Huaqing Hot Spring
7. Hanyangling Museum

For detailed introduction to attractions, please visit our Xian Attractions page.

Lijiang Tour

Lijiang is a popular tourist destination in Southwest China's Yunnan Province. It is considered a fairyland blessed with an undisturbed landscape inhabited by the ethnic groups. It is great to enjoy a pleasant holiday in Lijiang Old Town which is noted for well preserved ancient buildings and the Naxi culture.

What to see in Lijiang include Jade Dragon Mountain, Black Dragon Pool, Sifang Street, Tiger Leaping Gorge，Lugu Lake and other fascinating scenery.

get to Lijiang
Lijiang is connected with many China cities by flight. Lijiang airport is about 30 minutes from city center. You can easily find a shuttle bus.

Lijiang travel tips
1. Lijiang has pleasant weather throughout the year. But night temperature can go very low.
2. Most of Lijiang's inhabitants are not han people.

Popular Lijiang souvenirs include carpets and rugs, painted scrolls and copper ware.


Lijiang tour includes tour to Tiger Leaping Gorge, Shuhe Ancient Town, Luguhu Lake...

Beijing Grasslands Tour

Grasslands in China’s Inner Mongolia are best in the country, and also the nearest from the capital Beijing. A grasslands leisure tour is a good option for a summer escape.

With Beijing Grasslands Weekend Tour you will leave Beijing on Friday afternoon and get back on Monday morning, designed especially for a weekend trip.  Mongolian wrestling, dancing and singing performances are for you to learn more about the  culture of Mongolian ethnic group.

Another Inner Mongolia Weekend Tour from Beijing is a tour to the Xilamuren Grasslands and Kubuqi Desert in Ordos City. You will also find camel riding and sand sliding activities in the desert.

Inner Mongolia Nadaam Festival Tour:  This year’ Nadaam Festival begins officially on July 25, 2011. The grasslands will then become a carnival. This tour takes you to the Gegentala Grasslands and The Kubqi Desert. Activities on the grasslands and desert will be lots of fun. 

3 days Inner Mongolian Tour is a 5 star tour to Xilamuren Grassland and brief tour in Hohhot city.

8 days Beijing-Hohhot-Datong tour: Trip in Beijing, Hohhot and Datong. Start and end the tour in Beijing.

Pingyao Tour

Located in the middle of China's Shanxi Province, Pingyao is about 715 km from Beijing and 80 km from the provincial capital, Taiyuan. Pingyao was a financial center of China in the Qing Dynasty. It is now famed for its well-preserved ancient City Wall, and is a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Pingyao tourist attactions include the City Wall, Ming and Qing Streets, Rishengchang, Qiao Family Compound and Wang Family Compound.

How to get to Pingyao:

You can first fly or take a train to Shanxi's capital Taiyuan. Then take a 1.5 hour bus to Pingyao. Pingyao is also accessible by train.

What to buy in Pingyao

Lacquer ware and hand made shoes are best to buy as souvernirs.

Usually a Pingyao tour from Beijing take about 2 days, so you can take it as a weekend away from Beijing.

Chengdu tour

Chengdu is southwest China's Sichuan Province and is well-known as the home to pandas. More than four thousand years ago, the prehistorical Jinsha culture established itself in this region. The fertile Chengdu Plain, where Chengdu is located, is also known as Tianfuzhiguo, which literally means "the country of heaven", or more often translated as "the Land of Abundance".


Chengdu Tour offers a lot to see, like the panda base in Chengdu city and that at Ya'an, a small city west to Chengdu; the Giant Buddha in Leshan, one of the 4 Sacred Buddhist Mountains Mt. Emei, the nature reserve Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong.

With a Chengdu cooking tour you will learn how to make the most popular dish in China - Kungpao Chicken. 


A Leshan Giant Buddha tour takes one whole day, with a river cruise and visit to Wuyou Temple.


A Panda Volunteer Tour will make you get really close with pandas. You can do volunteer job for them for 2-3 days.