Sanya travel guide: Eat, live, travel, play and shop
Sunny, beautiful and romantic, Sanya is one of the most important tourist destinations in China. When traveling to Sanya, you need to pay attention to the major areas of accommodation, transportation, entertainment, food, and shopping. So, what specific issues should we pay attention to? In fact, if tourists do their best, many unpleasant things can be avoided. Here, I will write down a few points that I personally think are more important. For friends who like and love Sanya, I suggest you print a copy and carry it with you for reference.
Preparation before departure:
The sunshine in Sanya is beautiful, and the beaches are also beautiful, but if you want to be beautiful, you must use skin care products. Sunscreen with SPF30 or above is a must, and you can bring soothing after-sun repair lotion, moisturizing spray, whitening mask, etc. Shampoo and conditioner are also necessary. The sea water is very harmful to your hair, and the ones provided by the hotel are of inferior quality.
When you arrive in Sanya, you must go into the sea. You must prepare your swimsuit, swimming goggles, and earplugs. Bring a change of clothing (the temperature difference between day and night is huge, long sleeves are a must), a sun umbrella, a sun hat, sunglasses, and beach slippers.
Medicines should also be prepared. Anti-allergic medicine, cold medicine, anti-diarrheal medicine, painkillers, band-aids, eye drops, sterile cotton balls, etc. Also, if you want to eat seafood, bring some norfloxacin and berberine. Don’t forget your cell phone, camera and charger. You should bring your Walkman, paper and pen, and prepare some snacks and food you like.
As a reminder, when signing a contract with a travel agency, be sure to write down the details, such as who will pay for the hotel's adjustment fund, and whether the hotel provides airport pick-up and drop-off services. In addition, it is best to ask the hotel to include breakfast.
(1) Transportation:
1. Sanya Phoenix Airport is 20 kilometers away from the city. There are buses from the airport directly to the city (fare 10 yuan). The taxi price is not necessarily , depending on where to go, I suggest you take a taxi on the 2nd floor, where the taxis are used to drop off passengers. This way they don't have to wait for passengers and don't have to pay airport parking fees, so the price is naturally cheaper. The taxi driver who picks you up at the airport will enthusiastically introduce you to the free tours and the great attractions on the way. Believe that "pie in the sky will not fall", they will tease you to make you spend (tickets, meals, shopping, they may commission). Remember two things when taking a taxi in Sanya: first, do not charter a taxi, and second, do not go to any of the places recommended by him for sightseeing or consumption
2. The current transportation in Sanya is very convenient. There are also many air-conditioned tour buses and buses on many routes. There are many buses to Yalong Bay, and there is a new bus line 15! There are also air-conditioned buses to places like Tianya Haijiao, Xiaodongtian, Nanshan Temple, etc. It is recommended to book at a family hotel. I stayed at Aisding, the boss There is a discount for hotel guests, it’s worth it! ! !
3. Buses should be fully utilized. There is only one main street in the urban area (Jiefang Road), running north to south. You can use this road as the coordinate axis to go to major scenic spots, shopping, and food destinations. Bus No. 2 is very convenient, with many buses (all seats available), friendly conductors and drivers, and cheap (unmanned ticket sales are 1 yuan/person). Route 4, Route 8, Route 10, etc. are all the latest buses, and they all have air conditioning! How to truly experience a city is to take a bus.
4. From Yalong Bay to Tianya Haijiao via Dadonghai, air-conditioned tourist buses depart every half an hour. The journey from Dadonghai to Tianya Haijiao and Yalong Bay costs 5 yuan, and the journey from Tianya Haijiao to Yalong Bay costs 10 yuan. It is very suitable for travelers to enjoy the scenery along the way. The fare of the minibus is also less than 10 yuan, but the order is a little more chaotic. In urban areas, it is best not to ride on human-powered tricycles or motorcycles.
5. If you can drive, you can consider renting a car for the whole trip to avoid affecting your mood. Only in this way can you truly travel freely. The biggest advantage of renting a car is that you can adjust your itinerary at any time, buy things as you like without being burdened by luggage, and don't have to be angry or ripped off by the driver.
(2) Food introduction:
You can’t avoid eating seafood when you come to Hainan. The seafood here is not half-dead after being frozen like in the mainland, but lively and freshly caught from the sea. Up; recommend the following places: Go to the First Market to buy your own seafood.
The seafood processed there tastes very good haha. To eat seafood at Chunyuan Seafood Plaza, you can first buy your favorite seafood and vegetables at the seafood free market located in the Seafood Plaza, or you can entrust the stall owner to buy them and then process and cook them at the stalls. And there are many Sanya local snacks in the square to satisfy your desires. There are many seafood stalls, which are quite large in scale. They are very lively at night and the prices are relatively reasonable. The business hours start at 10:00 in the morning and are busiest at seven or eight o'clock in the evening. If you arrive late, some varieties of seafood may not be available at the market stalls. The stall takes you to the Chunyuan Seafood Market to choose seafood. The money earned by the stall here is the processing fee brgt; No. 5, Row 3, Chunyuan Seafood Plaza: Boss Wheat is an expert at picking seafood and is a very nice person. Remember! ! Ask them to take you to buy seafood, and she will help you bargain and choose the right seafood!
Netizens recommend the food stalls in Chunyuanhai Plaza: No. 5, Row 3, Sanya Chunyuan Seafood Plaza No. 6, Row 3, Sanya Chunyuan Seafood Plaza
Recommended seafood:
Su Mei Fish: steamed, eight large scallops: steamed with vermicelli and garlic, one pound of sea shrimp: boiled, one pound each of holy finger snails and mango snails: spicy stir-fried, four crabs: steamed, one pound Hainan The specialty Wuzhishan wild vegetables are stir-fried. Recommended shrimps, drumsticks, oysters, Tsing Yi...
Remember, Chunyuan Seafood Plaza is 500 meters north of City Paradise. Cross the Sanya Bridge from the direction of Dadonghai and go straight north on Yanxi Hexi Road. It is recommended to take bus No. 2 to Guoxi Hotel (Jixiang Street), then turn right along Jixiang Street for 500 meters. Mingrun and 168 across from Chunyuan Plaza are also good, and their business methods are very similar.
(3) Accommodation:
In Sanya, accommodation should be the most reassuring thing for everyone. There are so many choices for living, and everyone can choose the ideal place according to their different budgets. Generally speaking, hotels, guesthouses, hostels, and family hotels of all star levels do not have major safety issues. Moreover, traveling is also to relax your mind and enjoy yourself after a hard year's work. Therefore, it is recommended that you try to choose family hotels in Sanya, because family hotels are economical and affordable. The most important thing is that the sea view room will not be as ridiculously high as the hotel. It is acceptable to everyone to be able to live at about 300 yuan and have unparalleled sea views. It would be great to recommend you a hotel, Coconut Sea Style Residence in Dadonghai. Word-of-mouth and online reviews are both good. The boss in Northeast China is warm and friendly. He is always at your call like an old friend. His motorcycle is very powerful. Haha, we booked his sea view room. Standing on the balcony is like standing on the bow of a ship. It is super cool
The family hotels in Sanya are mainly concentrated in Sanya Bay and Dadonghai. The bay of Dadonghai is very lively during the day and night. Many tourists and citizens like to swim, play and eat at the beach stalls there. Having barbecue and beautiful fireworks blooming in the night sky at night makes you feel rich and fulfilling. The sunset in Sanya Bay is also good, but the beach is not ideal. The golden sea is so beautiful. The only disadvantage is that swimming is not allowed. Except for a safe zone designated by the hotel itself, it is recommended not to swim in other places without authorization because there are no safety measures.
It’s hard to say which one is closer to the city. It depends on where you live. Dadonghai is about one kilometer from the urban area, while Sanya Bay starts from the urban area and extends to the ends of the earth. Sanya Bay is two to three kilometers long in the urban area. It is recommended to stay in Dadonghai.
The advantage of Dadonghai is that it is close to the city and is convenient for shopping, eating, traveling and entertainment. There are fireworks on the beach at night, making it quiet and economical. It is recommended to stay in Dadonghai. Sanya has three bays: Dadonghai, Sanya Bay and Yalong Bay. The advantage of Dadonghai is that it is close to the city. It is convenient for shopping, eating, traveling, and entertainment. There are fireworks on the beach at night, making it quiet and economical.
Yalong Bay is the most beautiful bay. The water color is layered and the beach is whiter. You can also pick up shells. There are many sand crabs at night. However, the consumption of Yalong Bay Hotel is relatively the highest. It is far away from the city (more than 20 kilometers), making shopping, eating and traveling inconvenient. But you can still consider staying here for 1-2 nights.
If MONEY allows, you can stay directly in Yalong Bay, or even consider staying in a thatched house on Wuzhizhou Island for one night. (Living in Yalong Bay and Wuzhizhou Island is very expensive)
The urban area is relatively far from the seaside. As for Yalong Bay, although the scenery is first-rate, the house prices are super expensive and the food is even more expensive - many people who live in Yalong Bay would rather spend a round-trip taxi fare of 60 to 70 yuan to go back to the city to eat, which seems not to be worth it. Dadonghai is located in the south of Sanya. The living conditions are good. Although the house price is a bit more expensive than in the urban area, the transportation is still very convenient and it is still worth recommending. (We live in Dadonghai. We mainly hope to be close to the beach. The price is moderate. Wear your swimsuit and towel every day and you can go downstairs. You can walk 100 meters to the beach. Dadonghai is close to the city. It is convenient for shopping, dining, and shopping. It is convenient for travel and entertainment. If you want to go to the city for dinner at night, the taxi cost is less than 10 yuan. The family hotel called Sanya Dadonghai Yehai Fengqingju is very good. It has an elegant environment, convenient transportation, and is close to the seaside. The owner is from the Northeast. , the people are very nice and enthusiastic, and they also helped us introduce one-day tours and scenic spots, which are very cheap and very good.
(4) Travel:
It is recommended to go there in the morning. To visit the Big and Small Cave Heavens, check the time of the minibus to Nanshan Temple before entering the park. At noon, go to Suzhai in the Nanshan Buddhist Park for dinner. Then when you go to the Nanshan Buddhist Garden, you can take the minibus to Nanshan in downtown Sanya. Buddhist Garden, and then rent a car to go to Daxiaodongtian, and return to the city from Buddhist Garden in the evening (there are many buses there)
If you want to take a hot spring bath, Nantian Pearl River Hot Spring is the most cost-effective and has the best facilities and environment. , you can take the free shuttle bus back and forth, there are stops at Pearl River Garden Hotel in Dadonghai, Tianyu Hotel in Yalong Bay, etc.
(As for Nantian Hot Spring, it is really beautiful, but the ticket price the poster got is too expensive. It's a good deal. The price I got at that time was 138 yuan/person. Of course, this is the price after chartering a car. If you don't charter a car, you can get it for 128 yuan/person by taking their free shuttle bus. Check the prices in Sanya A travel website. As for the tickets for Yalong Bay Central Square, I don’t think it is necessary to buy them. If you are a free person, you can go directly to the beach through the hotel (I personally think this fee is unreasonable), so I support ticket evasion)
Except for Tianya and Nanshan, taxi drivers can get rebates for all tourist attractions in Sanya, so the cost of taking a taxi can be very low or even free (the rebate is about 60)
You must go to Wuzhizhou Island in the morning because there are only 3,000 tickets sold there every day. We couldn’t buy tickets because we went there in the afternoon.
If you want to do diving and other activities, it is more reliable to book through the hotel. Don't trust those who give orders outside, because some of them are all scams. If you want to save more, you can talk to the driver about free delivery like some tourists do, and then take a taxi back yourself. This will be more practical, of course, if you plan to dive. Except. You can also go there by car and take a ferry to the island after arriving at the pier. Wuzhizhou Island is not big, high in the north and low in the south. You can swim and see the coral reefs on the low side, and there are cliffs straight into the sea when there are waves. The crashing waves on the shore are quite spectacular. The best place to watch them is Guanri Rock
A good route to visit Wuzhizhou Island is to follow the road signs to the Mazu Temple. Take the road on the right to Guanri Rock. After returning to Mazu Temple, take the road on the left. After seeing the sea, walk toward Lover's Island on the right side facing the sea. There are fewer tourists there. , you can fully appreciate the beautiful scenery. When the time is almost up, go back, take a look at the Lover's Bridge, and return to the pier.
The ferry boat was indeed quite bumpy and exciting, but fortunately it didn’t last long. Kure Island is not big, so if you don’t want to travel all over the island, there is no need to take a tram (the whole island tour fee is 80 yuan!). There is a beach bathing and diving area at the door. The sea water is refreshingly blue and the beach is so white that it is intoxicating. Generally, you only need to walk to Guanri Rock, and the Lover's Bridge Sea View Corridor also has a good view, where you can play in the water and wash your feet. There are a group of pigeons and peacocks, and the peacocks have been opening their tails. The self-service lunch box is 20 yuan, but there are a lot of flies. The mountain road leading to Guanri Rock is steep, and there are several sections of stone roads under construction, so be careful when walking.
Sun View Rock faces east and the sea is boundless. It must be beautiful to watch the sunrise. The reef below is full of rough waves and extraordinary momentum.
(5) Shopping:
When you come to Sanya, you must bring something with you when you go back, such as some Hainan specialty food, tropical fruits, souvenirs, etc. If you are traveling with a group, it is unavoidable that the tour guide will often take you to various shopping stores. In this case, you will usually spend a lot of money. . The products in this type of shopping mall are usually several times more expensive than those on the market. Crystals, pearls, etc. are even more exaggerated, and profits hundreds or thousands of times are not an exaggeration. That's where tour guides get high commissions. So, friends, be careful. If you don’t travel with a group, the driver will often try to persuade the guests to go to those stores when traveling in a chartered car. Please don't be tempted easily. For shopping, there are supermarkets such as Pedestrian Street, Wanghao Supermarket, and Pearl Plaza in the urban area. Local people also buy daily necessities in these supermarkets. It is no problem for tourists to buy. As for Hainan specialties, there are many privately opened specialty shops that are also good, but if you can go to a large supermarket, try not to choose small roadside shops. For tropical fruits, the number one place to buy fruits currently circulated on the Internet is the first market, but it is also the first market that reflects the most serious problem of shortage of pounds. In fact, the best place to buy fruits in Sanya is Honggang Fruit Wholesale Market (intersection of Jiangang Road and Shengli Road). This market does both wholesale and retail. I have personally been there several times to buy fruits. The scales at the market entrance are very accurate (I don’t know what’s inside). Many tourists now go there to buy fruits. Because they mainly wholesale fruit, the stall owners in the first market all go there to get their goods, so it is impossible for them to be in vain. Souvenirs mainly include commercial streets (Yuejin Road. Thanks to the Sanya ZF, many roads have one road with multiple names), pedestrian streets, Hongqi Street, etc. These professional streets generally do not rip off customers. The key is that you have to boldly negotiate the price.
(6) Friendly reminder:
Wear sweat-absorbent, breathable, quick-drying clothes, and a backpack with good breathability. You don’t need to bring too many clothes, you can wash them at night and they will be dry the next day.
Bring good waterproof sunscreen with an SPF of over 40, as well as medicines to prevent heat stroke, gastrointestinal diseases, anti-mosquito bites and other potions.
If you don’t swim at the beach, you will really let down the beautiful scenery, so don’t forget to bring your swimsuit, swimming cap, goggles, bath towel, and slippers. It’s best to bring them all. Some hotels provide bath towels, Slippers will save you some effort.
Pay attention to personal and property safety. No matter which city you are in, there will be thieves and bad guys, so be careful not to expose your wealth.
On the beach, when you encounter mobile vendors, no matter adults Children, if you don’t want to buy something, don’t ask the price, let alone talk to them, because if you buy something, they may pester you endlessly. Among them, the western attractions such as Tianya Haijiao and Love World are the most troublesome; while Nanshan, Dadonghai, Yalong Bay, The situation is basically the same in Wuzhizhou Island.
When taking a taxi, buying something, or eating, you have to ask about the price details before making a decision. Some merchants are not kind.
You can wear it when you go to Sanya. Summer clothes, beach shoes, swimsuits, sunglasses, especially sunscreen with a high SPF and good waterproofness are also essential. An umbrella can protect you from rain and sun.
The most important thing when eating seafood is "knowing how to choose". Conches should be fresh and tender, crabs should be caked and meaty, shrimps should be fresh and caked, and fish should be fat and meaty. Boss Wheat taught me this.
Although frozen coconuts are very tempting and only cost 5-8 yuan each, it is best not to eat them. Coconuts and seafood should not be eaten together.
When choosing a table, choose the one in the middle. The ones inside are too close to the stove and too hot, and the ones near the road are easily harassed by beggars and singers, especially the little singers.
The opening hours are from 10:00 in the morning to 7 or 8 in the evening. It’s busiest at midnight. If you go early, the weather will be too hot, and if you go late, some varieties of seafood may not be available at the market stalls.
The online recommendation for No. 3 in Chunyuan is better. There are some stalls there that are worse, so you should be careful when choosing them.