5 Days Hong Kong and Guangzhou Spring Festival Experience

Day 1

Jan 28, 2014 Arrival Hong Kong
Arrive in Hong Kong, you will be greeted at the airport by your tour guide and transferred to hotel. For the following days, you will have chance to appreciate the typical Chinese way of the early spring celebration.
Meals: No meals
Accommodation: In Hong Kong

According to the Chinese Agricultural Calendar, Chinese Spring Festival begins with the New Moon and ends on the Full Moon. Equal to Christmas in many western countries, it is the most important holiday in China. China red is the very color for this big time.
 

Day 2

Jan 29, 2014 Hong Kong
Today, you will start your one day relaxing city tour with a visit to Victoria Peak, Hong Kong’s premier visitor attraction, and then, go to Repulse Bay for a view of the winter ocean. After lunch, you will have a visit to the Ocean Park, which be named the best marine-based theme park of the world by Forbes.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: In Hong Kong
 

Day 3

Jan 30, 2014 Hong Kong    Guangzhou
Enjoy your free exploration in the morning. Actually, why not go for a shopping? Causeway Bay, as the “Shinjuku” in Hong Kong, is the main commercial street in Hong Kong, and it’s also be considered one of the best and fashionable shopping street in southern China. In the afternoon, your local guide will meet you at your hotel lobby then transferred to the railway station for the express train (2hours) to Guangzhou, the provincial city of Guangdong (Canton). Arrival Guangzhou, you will be met at the train station then transferred to the hotel for check-in. After a good dinner, take a visit to Flower Fair in this Spring Festival Eve, to taste the sweet fragrance of the flowers and to feel the atmosphere of the festival.  
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Accommodation: In Guangzhou
 

Day 4

Jan 31, 2014 Guangzhou
After breakfast, enjoy your one day relaxing city tour to Temple of the Six Banyan Trees, then continue your visiting to Yuexiu Park, the largest park in Guangzhou City; and Shamian Island. In the evening, you can appreciate the firework performance along the Pearl River Bank.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Guangzhou
 

Day 5

Feb 1, 2014 Guangzhou    Hong Kong, Departure
Enjoy your free time then be transferred to the train station for your express train back to Hong Kong. On arrival, help yourselves to the airport for your connecting flight to next destination.
Meals: Breakfast

Service End

Day 1

Jan 28, 2014 Arrival Hong Kong
Arrive in Hong Kong, you will be greeted at the airport by your tour guide and transferred to hotel. For the following days, you will have chance to appreciate the typical Chinese way of the early spring celebration.
Meals: No meals
Accommodation: In Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a bustling and vibrant destination boasting a rich blend of Chinese and European traditions. It would be hard to find a more exiting city than Hong Kong. Set among beautiful natural surroundings it has all the benefits of a thriving and vibrant commercial center home to shopping like no place

According to the Chinese Agricultural Calendar, Chinese Spring Festival begins with the New Moon and ends on the Full Moon. Equal to Christmas in many western countries, it is the most important holiday in China. China red is the very color for this big time.
 

Day 2

Jan 29, 2014 Hong Kong
Today, you will start your one day relaxing city tour with a visit to Victoria Peak, Hong Kong’s premier visitor attraction, and then, go to Repulse Bay for a view of the winter ocean. After lunch, you will have a visit to the Ocean Park, which be named the best marine-based theme park of the world by Forbes.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: In Hong Kong

Victoria Peak is Hong Kong’s premier visitor attraction, providing magnificent harbor and city views. You will experience the dazzling panorama of Hong Kong Island, the Victoria Harbor, the Kowloon Peninsula and hills beyond. By night, you are thrilled to the neon-light skyline. What’s more, the Peak offers visitors a multitude of fantastic entertainment, dining and shopping options.

Repulse Bay, this wide and wave-lapped beach is popular with locals and visitors alike and great for sandy strolls early morning or at sunset when all is at peace. As well as sun, sea and sand, there are plenty of diversions nearby. The former colonial style Repulse Bay Hotel and the ornate Life Guard Club built in traditional Chinese style is all there for you to explore.

The 80-hectare Ocean Park is named the best marine-based theme park of the world by Forbes. It provides an exciting mix of entertainment, education and conservation facilities. It is situated on the southern side of Hong Kong Island, features rides, exhibits and dinning facilities around a hillside. A cable car system links the lowland and the headland sections, offering spectacular views en route.
 

Day 3

Jan 30, 2014 Hong Kong    Guangzhou
Enjoy your free exploration in the morning. Actually, why not go for a shopping? Causeway Bay, as the “Shinjuku” in Hong Kong, is the main commercial street in Hong Kong, and it’s also be considered one of the best and fashionable shopping street in southern China. In the afternoon, your local guide will meet you at your hotel lobby then transferred to the railway station for the express train (2hours) to Guangzhou, the provincial city of Guangdong (Canton). Arrival Guangzhou, you will be met at the train station then transferred to the hotel for check-in. After a good dinner, take a visit to Flower Fair in this Spring Festival Eve, to taste the sweet fragrance of the flowers and to feel the atmosphere of the festival.  
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Accommodation: In Guangzhou

Today is the big Spring Festival Eve, the symbol of the coming of the spring, the New Year. To celebrate the big festival, streets, shopping malls and stores all been decorated with red lanterns, seasonal flowers and plants, composing a festive and joyful scene. Go for a walk along the streets, you will surely appreciate a different atmosphere in the very time.
 
Flower Fair is very popular in the city. When the Spring Festival approaches, the florists from suburbs will set up the temporary shacks to sell their fresh and fragrant flowers. Then the street will be bustled with people who intend to buy flowers preparing for the Spring Festival. Traditionally, people like to buy a potted tree with lovely small tangerines hanging in it. In Cantonese, tangerine sounds like ‘Ji', which means good luck and wealth. The flower fair usually starts three days before the Spring Festival. For locals, there could be no Spring Festival if there is no flower fair. The fair has a history more than 5, 00 years in the city. It might be another reason why Guangzhou is famed as the ‘City of Flower '.
 

Day 4

Jan 31, 2014 Guangzhou
After breakfast, enjoy your one day relaxing city tour to Temple of the Six Banyan Trees, then continue your visiting to Yuexiu Park, the largest park in Guangzhou City; and Shamian Island. In the evening, you can appreciate the firework performance along the Pearl River Bank.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Guangzhou

To the old custom, today is the first day of the new year. To celebrate this big time, people will dress up and make lion dances. Lion Dance that is the most attractive activities among the numerous celebrations. Lion is regarded as a mascot by Chinese, so the dance of Lion is believed to bring good luck and drive away the evil spirits. The performers will move imitating a lion to the beats of drums and gongs. If you are lucky enough, you will have chance to see the lions dances during the way.  

With the famous Thousand-Buddha Pagoda standing in the temple, the Temple of the Six Banyan Trees (Liurong si) will welcome Hundreds of believers today, who wanna offer the first incense at the first day of the New Year.    

Yuexiu Park, originally was Yuexiu Hill, is the largest park in Guangzhou City with an area of 920,000 square meters. In the park, visitors can find a large stadium, which can hold more than 30,000 audiences, the Stone Sculpture of Five Rams which is the symbol of Guangzhou City.

Shamian Island is a sandbank island in the Liwan District of Guangzhou city. The island is a historical area that serves as a tranquil reminder of the colonial European period, with quiet pedestrian avenues flanked by trees and lined by historical buildings in various states of upkeep. The island now is the location of several hotels, a youth hostel, restaurants and tourist shops selling curios and souvenirs.
 

Day 5

Feb 1, 2014 Guangzhou    Hong Kong, Departure
Enjoy your free time then be transferred to the train station for your express train back to Hong Kong. On arrival, help yourselves to the airport for your connecting flight to next destination.
Meals: Breakfast

Service End

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