Fun things to do in Guam

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The Holiday Resort & Spa Guam is a things to do tip in Mid Tumon area since the Hotel has dining options for the traveller. While the Mid Tumon area has less of the foot traffic like in the Northern Tumon Part, This Hotel is one of the Places to see. The Hotel is popular for the South Korean and Japanese Tourist as the hotel is one of the mid priced hotels in the Hotel Row with beach front and prices of the rooms here starts at $ 110 and up for an ocean view room standard. They have assorted Restaurants for your budget like the high priced Hy's Steakhouse (see my tips), low price California Pizza Kitchen, Seoul Jung Korean Cuisine, Eat N Joy Sushi and the La Brassiere Restaurant.

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Part THREE of My Tumon Bay tips with More Pictures of Swimming at TUMON BAY and BEACH!

Tumon Bay is part and Parcel of the Tumon District of Tamuning, Guam and The Assorted Beach and Water Activities along the Bay is part of the tourism in Guam since tourist like the japanese not only go here to shop or play golf or eat but to swim and sun bath and scuba dive and other water activities too. Tumon Bay is both the cultural center and tourism center of Guam. There is so much history here since it was inhabited by the earliest Chamorro settlers and also later became an important site for Spanish missionaries and settlers.

Visitors and locals flock to the bay’s 1 1/2 mile long beach to swim, fish, snorkel or simply stroll around and enjoy being in the outdoors. Snorkelers will be surprised to see octopi, shellfish, colorful corals, and reef fish in the shallow water. The waters are perfect especially inside the area that is enclosed by a long coral reef.

And again, like what I've said Previously, Tumon Bay is Beside the lots of shopping centers, which makes the city a major shopping stop while in Guam (why it is called the Mini Waikiki or the Paris of the Pacific). The shopping centers to visit are Duty Free Galleria, Tumon Sands Plaza, Acanta Mall, The Plaza, and JP Superstore (please see my separate tips for it). Shopping anywhere in Guam is quite a treat because the entire island of Guam is duty free.

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Part TWO of My Tumon Bay tips with More Pictures of TUMON BAY Assorted Views From A Top Vantage Point.

Tumon Bay is part and Parcel of the Tumon District of Tamuning, Guam and The Assorted Beach and Water Activities along the Bay is part of the tourism in Guam since tourist like the japanese not only go here to shop or play golf or eat but to swim and sun bath and scuba dive and other water activities too. Tumon Bay is both the cultural center and tourism center of Guam. There is so much history here since it was inhabited by the earliest Chamorro settlers and also later became an important site for Spanish missionaries and settlers.

Visitors and locals flock to the bay’s 1 1/2 mile long beach to swim, fish, snorkel or simply stroll around and enjoy being in the outdoors. Snorkelers will be surprised to see octopi, shellfish, colorful corals, and reef fish in the shallow water. The waters are perfect especially inside the area that is enclosed by a long coral reef.

And again, like what I've said Previously, Tumon Bay is Beside the lots of shopping centers, which makes the city a major shopping stop while in Guam (why it is called the Mini Waikiki or the Paris of the Pacific). The shopping centers to visit are Duty Free Galleria, Tumon Sands Plaza, Acanta Mall, The Plaza, and JP Superstore (please see my separate tips for it). Shopping anywhere in Guam is quite a treat because the entire island of Guam is duty free.

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Part One of My Tumon Bay tips with More Pictures around the Bay Area.

Tumon Bay is part and Parcel of the Tumon District of Tamuning, Guam and The Assorted Beach and Water Activities along the Bay is part of the tourism in Guam since tourist like the japanese not only go here to shop or play golf or eat but to swim and sun bath and scuba dive and other water activities too. Tumon Bay is both the cultural center and tourism center of Guam. There is so much history here since it was inhabited by the earliest Chamorro settlers and also later became an important site for Spanish missionaries and settlers.

Visitors and locals flock to the bay’s 1 1/2 mile long beach to swim, fish, snorkel or simply stroll around and enjoy being in the outdoors. Snorkelers will be surprised to see octopi, shellfish, colorful corals, and reef fish in the shallow water. The waters are perfect especially inside the area that is enclosed by a long coral reef.

And again, like what I've said Previously, Tumon Bay is Beside the lots of shopping centers, which makes the city a major shopping stop while in Guam (why it is called the Mini Waikiki or the Paris of the Pacific). The shopping centers to visit are Duty Free Galleria, Tumon Sands Plaza, Acanta Mall, The Plaza, and JP Superstore (please see my separate tips for it). Shopping anywhere in Guam is quite a treat because the entire island of Guam is duty free.

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Tumon District of Tamuning is the Main Tourist Area of Guam, it is here that you can find the greatest concentration of Shops, Bars, Restaurants, Hotels, Luxury Brands and Malls that are located is a small area roughly Two Square Miles ( 5.5 square kilometers). It is often called the Mini Waikiki but is has more luxe shops than waikiki and the beaches are better since the sands here are powdery white sands. It is also called the Paris of the Pacific. Tumon Recieves almot all of the estimated 1.2 millions tourists that goes to guam every year (70% of then are Japanese). See my Separate things to do, Food and Shopping tips on the several establishments in and around tumon.

I will do a separate Things To Do Tips for Tumon Bay.

According to Wikipedia:

Shopping

Tumon, as being Guam's premier shopping district has many malls and shopping arcades to choose from such as:

Duty Free Galleria (DFS)
Acanta Mall
Tumon Sands Plaza
The Plaza
JP Superstore

Because of all the luxury shops and midscale stores in the city, Tumon is often called "the Paris of the Pacific".
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Tourists flock to the beaches to enjoy the clear water and a day full of activities. Popular attractions include shopping. The central area of Hotel Row is home to the largest tunnel aquarium in the world, an attraction known as the Daring Sling Shot (riders are strapped into a ball that's shot upward on a wire and brought back down), and the popular Magic on Ice Show at the Sand Castle. Now Tumon is viewed by some as a "mini-Waikiki", with Hawaiian style fire dances. There are also many Guamanian shows available.

The beaches in Tumon are all wildlife preserves. Fishing is allowed in certain areas, but fishermen must stand on the beach to cast their nets or fishing lines. Walking into the water to fish is illegal.

One big Tourist Shopping location is Micronesia Mall, which has expanded and added a food court and a Macy's as the sole anchor store. Another big shopping location is a 24 hour Kmart, which is as big as any standard Kmart on the mainland US. Parking is frequently full and there is parking on the roof. Both Micronesia Mall and Kmart are off Hotel Row, with buses frequently running between the shops and the hotels.
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Night in Pleasure Island, Tumon

Tumon has many dance clubs, several strip clubs and much more to offer. The largest dance center in the city is club Blur. The Sandcastle is a Las Vegas-style attraction, with magic shows featuring tigers, flamingos and other exotic animals.

There is currently a debate in the area on the subject of "adult entertainment". Some contend the strip clubs bring in much needed tourist dollars, while others believe they scare away families.

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I will do a separate things to do tip on tumon, which is actually a district and is A PART OF TAMUNING.

Tamuning is the main tourist and shopping area but most of the tourist related activities are concentrated along the Tumon Area or Hotel Row of the Pale San Vitores Road and the only areas that have tourist related activities in the general Tamuning area besides Tumon are the Antonio Won Pat International Airport, the K-Mart Superstore and the Guam Premium Outlets. The Other Tourist Related Area is Hagatna and on the main Village of Guam (in terms of population), Dededo, only the Micronesia Mall is part of the Tourism Related Activities.

Tamuning houses the Main Consulates of Guam like the Japanese, Federated States of Micronesia, Philippines and South Korea. They are all located in the International Trade Center Building (ITC) The Taiwanese Consulate is at Hagatna. The Other Hotels outside the Hotel Row like the Sheraton and the Ramada and Alupang Beach Tower and Hotel Santa Fe are Located at Tamuning.

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Hagatna is the smallest Village of Guam but it is the capital of the Island and many of the Places to visit about guam's history and culture are located here. Tumon and Tamuning maybe the main tourism areas but for a slice of the real local culture, you must experience Hagatna. in the Hagatna Area are the following Attractions: Dulce De Nombre Maria Basilica and Cathedral, Paseo De Espana, Latte Stone Park, Guam Public Library, Guam Local Courts, Guam legislature, I Sengsong Chamorro Village, Hagatna Boat Basin, Chief Quepuha Park, Paseo De Susana Park, Agana Shopping Center, Pablo Juan Dos Statue, The SM Store and more.

All Guam City tours have stops at Hagatna and you can go to Hagatna via the Assorted Trolley Buses from Tumon via Stops and Trolley Transfers to Guam Premium Outlets then off to the Agana Shopping Bus or take the Hagatna Chamorro Bus Route from tumon.

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There is actually not much a thing to see in Agana Heights Village of Guam but if you want to have spectacular views of the Tumon Bay and Tamuning Area from this part since the views of the Asan Lookout does not allow you to see Tamuning and Tumon Areas. Since I was on a Private tour with just 3 persons and the tour guide slash driver with up. He let us up a hill here at Agana Heights to have wonderful Pictures of the Tumon Bay and Tamuning and Hagatna Areas from a good vantage point. We then Proceeded to Asan Bay Overlook then across the east side of the island for the Pacific War Memorial Museum at Ordot-Chalan-Pago.