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Glorious sunrise along Haitang Bay's vast expanse of sand as a lone flower opens up to the early morning rays near the Sofitel/ photo: Vijay Verghese JUMP TOAirport duty- free shopping Beaches and bays Sightseeing Tips to get around Sanya Sanya nightlife Yalong Bay, Sunny Bay Dadonghai Sanya Bay family hotels Haitang Bay, Clearwater Bay and Shimei Bay Haikou business hotels Boao conference hotels Hotel Contacts. AND THERE in the hotel lobby, while a merciless sun beat down outside and the heavy, damp air turned wetter than a dog's tongue till we felt we were enveloped in suffocating warm jelly, there was this one solitary schmuck. Rosewood Sanya Ocean View Pool Room at Haitang Bay/ photo: hotel. Amidst the bikinis and white shorts and tanning bodies, he stood out, bedraggled and sweating, in a suit and tie.
Now what kind of chucklehead wears a tie at a beach resort? I shook my head in disgust. Then as I passed a mirror, I stopped to adjust my tie, wiped off the sweat coursing down my face, and stepped out into the midday sun, clutching my briefcase and cameras. Behind the scenes, this is how the "romantic" endeavour of putting together a Sanya resorts review is accomplished. Despite my garb, people everywhere smiled welcomingly and spoke to me like an old friend, in Russian. At night I watched thundering fireworks. These were for people called MICE and they were all clearly having a good time.
MICE is an acronym for meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions. With so many corporate MICE groups in town hotels often compete with each other to set off the biggest, brightest, noisiest fireworks with the result that by around 8pm guests will have assumed it is the end of the world and shall be racing about like headless chickens. Don’t pooh- pooh this. Scrambling around aimlessly on an empty beach at night is pretty much the highlight of a Sanya family holiday unless you happen to be staying at one of those Sanya conference hotels armed with greater pyrotechnic muscle, in which case you’ll do the same on a more well- lit beach. Slide Show. E- mail Page. Print. Hotel Contacts.
Welcome to Sanya, the “Hawaii of the East”. No longer content to bask in reflected glory, this sleepy backwater has awoken and reinvented itself as “Forever Tropical Paradise – Sanya”.
This island – or, more accurately, one corner of an island, Sanya and Yalong Bay and now the fast- developing Haitang Bay – is determined to go head- to- head with assorted “Pearls of the Orient”. The new official all- in- one website, Sanya. Tour, that launched mid- 2. Director of the Sanya Tourism Development Commission, Fan Mu. He outlined to Smart. Travel. Asia. com how the holiday enclave is upgrading services and roads, bringing in more international flights, and creating more customized tours for families.
Sanya Serenity Marina/ photo: marina There are flights linking almost 1. Japan, Korea, Russia, China, Hong Kong, and The Philippines, and scheduled services are expected end 2. UK and Germany. Southeast Asia is a prime target for expanded air services. A 'new' Sanya International Airport - which Fan says may host up to 5. China's 'one belt one road' initiative. This is a place to explore for family holidays, corporate meetings, weddings, cruises, spas, and good old sun tanning.
There's acres of beach. If you thought Sanya was the “Vladivostok of the East”, you’d be forgiven. Parts of the island are overrun by cheerful Russians, with all restaurant and shop signs in Cyrillic. Also in evidence are Koreans and Japanese. You'll find some finger- licking- good Muslim halal food too. But where the heck is Sanya?
Before perusing this Hainan guide, first check out our Sanya Map. Sanya is part of Hainan – that includes the capital Haikou in the north, Yalong Bay in the Southeast, Haitang Bay just north of this beach playground, and Boao in the northeast – one of the southernmost islands in China, its pleasures well chronicled by a procession of mandarins banished from Beijing and hurled into exile quite literally at the “end of the earth”. So the Qing dynasty inscriptions proclaim, carved into two large boulders on the beach. This is one of the attractions of the island. So it’s a rock. Okay, two rocks. So what? Australia has Ayers and Sanya has Tianya Haijiao, smaller, smoother, more accessible, and with nary a whiff of koala poo.
Oz had its convicts and Sanya its “treacherous” exiled officials whose descendents no doubt have evolved into the scoundrels we know today as taxi drivers. Had these early unfortunates had the sense to open a spa they could have minted millions.
But, back then, a “spa treatment” simply involved pouring scalding oil on armed foreigners without the courtesy of a professional consult. It was not something they could advertise in a travel glossy. To be fair, taxis are improving and meters are more common. Send us your Feedback / Letter to the Editor. Inter. Continental Haitang Bay's Aqua aquarium diner/ photo: Vijay Verghese. Cabbies apart, people are extraordinarily friendly. This is a huge asset, and one that makes it easier for visitors to deal with the limited English and other idiosyncrasies.
One gent at a tourist site whom I asked for directions to the toilet, walked me the entire way there, ushered me in and stood by beaming, gesturing at me to get on with it. Do also see the Sanya Tourism Development Commission's original site at english. Sanya. Tour. ▲ top. Sane arrival and duty- free Arriving at night on the Dragonair (www.
Hong Kong, Sanya Phoenix International Airport makes a bold statement. Illuminated gloriously atop the building are two large, glowing pineapples. Have you ever actually walked into a pineapple? It took our flight a while to come in. On the first pass just as we were about to touch down the pilot suddenly opened the throttle and we whined up into the night sky again to do a long loop before coming down a second time. Watch Devil In My Ride Online Iflix. The pilot announced he had done this to avoid an aircraft on the runway. Sensible we thought.
On a more recent daytime flight, this time on Hong Kong Airlines (www. Hong Kong was delayed 1. The facility only allows passengers in when check- in has commenced. The rest of the time you twiddle your thumbs outside availing of hot, sultry sea breezes and not much more save for a KFC with some soggy fare and modest, if life- saving, aircon. Also flying in are China Southern, Air China and local boy Hainan Airlines. Step off your plane and stroll into the terminal, a delightfully breezy alpine- lodge- meets- Hawaii- resort affair with vaulted wooden ceilings and perhaps the friendliest and quickest immigration counters in China. Sanya Phoenix Airport and the Haikou Melian International Airport (in the north) have flights in various combinations from Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shenyang, Wuhan, Qingdao, Hong Kong, Ho Chi Minh City, Kaohsiung, Frankfurt, and Russia.
Raffles Hainan, stately acres/ photo: Vijay Verghese Several European and Japanese charters come in as well. A cheaper though more time consuming alternative is to arrive by train/ferry. Still, the flight connections are sorely limited and not always at times of your choosing. In the first half of 2. Sanya Phoenix International Airport. Catching a taxi involves collaring a driver – or waking him up – explaining where you need to go (best done in Chinese or with a written address), and then haggling histrionically over the price. The asking rate for the 3.
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