Sanya Things to Do

Sanya is an relaxing island, things that worth to do is: Massage and medicure. becoz it rili CHEAP! there are one massage center - Guo Yi Tang in He Xi road (along the sanya river) is the best massage center here. it's clean and perfessional. try the body massage and sea salt food massage in one go. You will LOVE it.

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Please make time to take away from the beach for a day and head out to Yanoda Rainforest. Tickets can be purchases for around RMB128 p/p and it will include bus transportation to the park. Everything is included in the ticket price including a audio tour guide available in English and Chinese.

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The whole Nanshan park (150 RMB admission) was man made with traditional Chinese structures, including buildings and bridges, there were temples and other attractions, but the most impressive attraction was the 108 meters high Guanyin which extended out from shore to sea. I took pictures of the Guanyin from various angles and found that the Guanyin’s eyes always looked back at me.

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For me, I think travel is tired. If you are tired after a full day sightseeing, I'd like to recommend Nan Tian Hot Spring to you. There are so many different kinds of hot spring pools there. If there are kids with you, no worries. There is a big hot spring pool for kids, in which has water slides. I think your kids will like it. You just need pay RMB98/person, can enjoy all hot spring pools there. Except hot spring, there are also so many spa items available.

Bty, there are free shuttle bus provided by Nan Tian Hot Spring. Details, can see:
http://www.chinasanya.com/cgi-bin/leisure_offer/Hot-spring.htm

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Sanya, as a seashore city, of course, there are so many kinds of seafood here. For some seafood, I even don't know how to call them in Chinese. : ) Eating seafood in Sanya, not only great variety, but also cheap. There is a large seafood market in Sanya downtown, called Chuan Yuan. Hundreds of tables there, very spectacular. Because of so many persons there, it's very noisy and not so clean. If you like quiet environment, can consider some seafood restaurants, but will be a little expensive.

If there is a chance for visiting Sanya, don't miss it.

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Sanya is known as the paradise of divers, the sea off the beach is so clear that visibility can reach almost 8-22 meters. The diving base in Sanya has Dadonghai, Xiaodonghai, Wuzhizhou Islet, Boundary Islet and West Islet, of which Wuzhizhou Islet is the best one. Its seawater visibility could reach 27 meters. There are diving, water skiing, sailing boat, motorboat, banana boat, beach volleyball, everything that you expect to find.

In history Tanya Haijiao was really considered the end of the world; beyond this point was beyond the kingdom of heaven, and so not worth botering about.
Today, Tanya Haijiao is immortalised on the reverse of the RMB2 note, the rocks drenched in a boiling, foaming sea. Most visitors see a somewhat more placid scene, and queue up patiently to have their photographs taken leaning on the rock below the calligraphic inscriptions. I think it says "Pose Here".
A one kilometre stretch of beach is home to a succession of small bays, each with its own rocks....[tbc]

There is public access to the beach but the 5-star hotels have taken the best spaces. To their credit, most of these hotels have done a fabulous job landscaping the area, and have done so with a high deree of sympathy for endemic vegetation and ensuring a good variety of palms as well. Yalong Bay is not a 'discovery' but given that this is potentially Sanya's economic future, it seems that many of the lessons of other tourist resort failures have been learnt.
All Yalong Bay hotels are some distance from Sanya and the 'tourist attractions' to the west of the city (Nanshan, Yazhou) but obviouslya lot nearer the eastern attractions including the Lingshui and Xinglong areas. I do not know how easy access is to the hills backing Yalong Bay, because there appears to be quite a lot of military radar and telecomms stuff up there, but this would make for great walks in an unusual environment.