Peak season
The best time to visit Sanya is from September to April every year. Sanya's fall and winter are warm and pleasant, and winter is the best time to visit the seaside. In winter, even if the cold front comes from other corners of the earth, you can still enjoy the romance of the end of the world by taking a leisurely stroll on the sunny beaches in summer clothes and beach shoes, dipping into the warm sea water, eating tropical fruits.
In December each year, the city of Sanya organizes the International Wedding Festival, which is usually held at places like Tianya Haijiao that are both monumental and scenic, making the trip a once-in-a-lifetime event.
If you visit Sanya on March 3 and the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, you can see ethnic songs, dances and performances that are usually less common, and participate in various festivals. (See Sanya Festivals for details)
Reminder: the festivals are especially crowded and rooms are hard to book, so if you like a clean slate and don't want to incur too high a travel cost, it's best to avoid the rush.
Flat season
Sanya is suitable for tourism all year round, and the tourism business is booming all year round, there is no obvious off-peak season, and there is a relative flat season only in the summer, before and after the National Day.
The hottest month in Sanya is June, with an average temperature of 28.5 degrees Celsius and an extreme high of 35.7 degrees Celsius. Sanya in summer is affected by the monsoon climate, and there will be typhoon weather, but despite this, it does not affect the enthusiasm of tourists traveling to Sanya. At this time the hotel room rates will fall slightly, and there are fewer people.
Sohu Travel recommends must-see attractions
Wuzhizhou
Wuzhizhou Island set of tropical island tourism resources in one of the richness and uniqueness, known as the "lover's paradise". The island's beautiful natural scenery, characteristic vacation villas, wooden houses, bars, tennis courts, seafood restaurants and other ancillary facilities, and more than 30 sea and beach recreation projects, including diving, semi-submersible sightseeing, sea fishing, water skiing, sailing parachute, beach volleyball, beach soccer, etc., bring tourists to the sightseeing and vacationing in a pristine, quiet, romantic and sporty fashion leisure experience.
Nanshan Temple
Nanshan Temple is located 40 kilometers west of Sanya City, located in the Nanshan Cultural Tourism Zone in the "Buddhist Cultural Park", is an imitation of the ancient Tang Dynasty style of the mountain facing the sea large-scale temple, the whole magnificent, covering an area of 400 acres, China's 50 years of the largest new Taoist temple, but also the size of the South China's largest temple. The largest temple in South China.
Nanshan Temple occupies a favorable geographical position, surrounded by hills on the left and right, facing the South China Sea with ten thousand hectares of blue waves. Temple imitation Tang style on the mountains, staggered, gathered a strong Chinese traditional Buddhist culture, is to go to Hainan must go to one of the tourist attractions.
Sohu travel recommended must-do
Beach walking deck chairs sunshine
Come to Sanya, you just don't go anywhere, every day just stay on this beach, will not lose. Swimming, walking, sunbathing on a deck chair - comfortable. Play with the hammock if you see it, it's great. If you like to walk, we recommend walking along the beach in Yalong Bay, from the Yalong Bay Center Square to the Sheraton Hotel, and when you come back, you can walk through the Marriott Hotel and take the Avenue. There are very few people here, the quiet and reverie, like strolling in their own garden.
Water play in Wuzhizhou
Wuzhizhou Island is very complete water projects. Diving is very good, mainly shore diving and boat diving, diving instructor will teach everyone the theory of diving common sense. Even if you don't know how to swim, it doesn't matter, when you dive, the lift is controlled by the coach through the equipment. Banana boat is a three-person line, you need to wear a swimsuit or wet, will throw you into the sea, but safe, someone to save you, there is a "Titanic" a return to the feeling.
Cabriolet driving
Sanya is the most suitable city for cabriolet driving, I'm afraid, rent a car, to Sanya's famous coastal avenue Coconut Dream Promenade drive to go. Along the avenue from south to north driving, all the way to listen to the sound of the waves lapping at the shore, breathing fresh sea air, step by step to enjoy the seascape, so cozy. The avenue leads all the way to Sanya Bay and takes about 30 minutes from end to end. Along the way there are some seafood stalls and resorts, so if you're tired, you can have a bite to eat and enjoy yourself.
Those who have been there say so
*Sanya free travel focus to pay attention to is still its air ticket and hotel prices and with the flexibility. Because in Sanya actually still to enjoy its beach is the main, there is no need to visit so many attractions. The first time to Sanya tourists if you want to turn around in the local, the focus should be on Wuzhizhou Island, Nanshan Temple and other famous attractions, the same type of unnecessary to go all, some of which belong to the photographic souvenir type if not particularly enthusiasts can also be cut.
*Pearls and crystal crafts must pay attention to prevent counterfeiting. But if you just want a moment of beautiful, you can buy some fake play, to buy from vendors very cheap, just be sure to remember to return the price. Hawkers in Sanya are usually very patient and will keep on talking. So if you don't want to buy something, it's best to say no right from the start; if you like something, be patient and bargain.
Transportation
Airplane
Sanya Phoenix International Airport is the largest international airport in southern Hainan, located 14 kilometers northwest of Sanya City and 5 kilometers west of the Tianya Haijiao scenic area. It has opened routes to Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macao, Xi'an, Urumqi, Chongqing, Chengdu, Guiyang, Guilin, Harbin, etc., and has flights to 63 cities inside and outside China. International arrivals, with China's diplomatic relations with the country's citizens holding ordinary passports in Hainan port can apply for a "visa on arrival", at the same time, the group of travelers of some countries, the implementation of 15 days "visa-free" preferential.
Airport transportation:
1, economic routes - airport bus
Sanya Phoenix Airport has opened the airport to the city bus line 8, from the Sanya Dadonghai East Station directly to the airport, running time 6:00-23:00, every 10 minutes or so a bus, the airport bus! The bus stop is on the side of the highway directly in front of the domestic terminal. Fare: 5 yuan per person for Dadonghai-airport; 4 yuan per person for city-airport.
Route and stops: Dadonghai East Station - Yuya Road - Chaomei Bridge - Sanya Bridge - Jiefang Road - Guangming Road - Sanya Bay Rd. Red Sun Restaurant - Haihong Road - Airport Road Station - Phoenix Airport Station
2, airport bus
Take the airport exit, you can get to Sanya city, Dadonghai and Yalong Bay. Airport buses are sent randomly according to flights, and as long as there are flights arriving in Hong Kong there will be a civil aviation bus waiting (under normal circumstances the last bus time is 00:30). The time and stops for the city, Dadonghai and Yalong Bay to the airport are listed in the Sanya Phoenix Airport Bus Stop Timetable.
Airport line a: Phoenix Airport-Dadonghai
The whole journey costs 15 yuan and takes about 45 minutes.
Line: Shan Haitian Hotel - Bao Hong Long Du Hotel - Yintai Resort Hotel - Pearl River Garden Hotel - South China Hotel - Linda Seaview Hotel - Guest International Hotel -Danzhou District-Phoenix International Airport
Airport line b: Phoenix Airport-Sanya Bay-Municipal Party Committee (Hongzhou Edelweiss Hotel)
The whole ticket price is RMB 15 yuan, RMB 10 yuan from the airport to Sanya Resort.
Hongzhou Edelweiss Hotel-Tiancheng Mall bus stop-Yuechuan Bridge bus stop-Oriental Seaview Hotel-Bihai Blue Sky Hotel-Sanya Resort-Coconut Grove Beach Vacation Hotel - Tianfuyuan Resort Hotel - Sanya HNA Resort Hotel - Kempinski Resort Hotel - Phoenix Airport
3, airport taxi
Airport to the city in about 25 minutes, the fare is about 40 yuan; to the Dadonghai 27 kilometers The fare is 40-50 yuan; 50 kilometers to Yalong Bay, 80-100 yuan; to Sanya Bay is relatively close, depending on the distance ranging from 10-30 yuan, you can talk to the driver to get a good price. If you want to view the sea en route can let the driver take the coastal road.
Train
Sanya's new train station is located on the outskirts of the city in Lizhigou, and can be reached by bus 204 in the city. The fare is 1 yuan per person. You can also take a cab to get there, and the fare to reach the train station in downtown is usually within 10-15 yuan.
Direct departures from Sanya to Beijing West, Shanghai South and Guangzhou are now available. From Haikou Railway Station, you can take a train to Sanya, which usually departs in the morning, but with fewer trains. The trip takes about four hours. Foreign tourists can also choose to enter Sanya via China's Beijing and Shanghai by taking direct express trains to Sanya. The train from Shanghai to Sanya takes 36.5 hours; from Beijing to Sanya takes 35 hours; and from Guangzhou to Sanya takes 15 hours.
Tips: The train travels all the way across the western line of Hainan, and along the way, you can enjoy the majesty of the tropical primitive forests along the western line, as well as the sea view from afar.
Accommodation
Sanya has three bays: Dadonghai, Sanya Bay and Yalong Bay. The advantage of the Dadonghai is that it is close to the city, convenient for shopping, eating, traveling and entertainment, and there are fireworks on the beach at night, which makes it quiet and affordable. Yalong Bay is one of the most beautiful bays, the color of the sea water is layered and the beach is whiter. But the consumption of Yalong Bay hotels is also relatively the highest, far from the city (more than 20 kilometers), shopping, eating, travel are not convenient, if the economy allows you to even consider thatched huts on Wuzhizhou Island to live for a night.
Choosing a hotel is best for a beachfront hotel, or one with a private beach. There is no need to spend more silver to live in a sea view room. In fact, every day in addition to sleep at night, stay in the room time is not much, have the interest of the fence looking at the sea, early thought of running directly to the sea. In addition, Sanya's old hotel a lot, it is best to stay in the newly completed hotel, its hardware facilities are relatively good. Booking Sanya hotels through different ways to book, the price is often very different, a lot of places can get the lowest discount price of Sanya hotel.
Food
To Sanya, sitting in a high-class hotel dipped in exquisite dishes of seafood, is really a boring thing. The only thing you can do is blow in the breeze of the marketplace, and that's what you call a living color.
But remember, this "Spring Garden" refers to the "Spring Garden Seafood Plaza", and never "Spring Garden Seafood Stalls", the latter will cost you 10 times as much money, eat the former 1 The latter will cost you 10 times as much to eat 1/10 of the seafood of the former. What's even more ridiculous is that the reputation of "Spring Garden" is so loud that it has led to the birth of a number of "Spring Garden Department" around it, such as "Spring Circle", "Spring Hoard", "Spring Hoard", and so on. "...... and so on, and the birth, of course, is used to cheat people.
"Chunyuan" is a "store in front of the back of the mill" style stalls, next to an aquatic market, picking the seafood, carried directly to the various open fire stalls processing. Can choose seafood to play side stove, a pot of white water, just put the live seafood to throw, eat is the original flavor, the bottom of the pot to collect 10 yuan, other seafood per catty plus 2 yuan cleaning fee; or ask the owner of the stalls to help stir-fried, garlic fans steamed, black bean sauce popped, stewed eggs ...... turn over the pattern of the seafood argued out a variety of "modeling! "The price is 5 yuan for one dish, and the individual "difficult" is another charge. I still prefer to play side stove, the most primitive ocean breath, a brain into the lips, which is very addictive.
Netizens most respected is the "6 row 6" stall, very conspicuous -- the boss's wife looks like Wu Junru is. "Wu Junru" is not only a handful of good food, but also very for the sake of diners, all kinds of Sanya's "problems", all thrown to her, like a local "travel guide". She suggested that we go to the "first market" to buy seafood, to "spring garden" to process, the price is cheaper at least 1 / 3. According to the map, the second day, we went to the only local people know the "first market! ", bought 2.2 yuan / catty of oysters, 17 yuan / catty of live pomfret, 15 yuan / catty of wild shrimp, 2.5 yuan / a fresh scallops ...... and the above live animals, in the "Spring Garden" seafood stalls were quoted 6 yuan! The price of the above live animals in the "Spring Garden" seafood stalls are 6 yuan, 25 yuan, 25 yuan, 6 yuan. The "Wu Junru" is too sweet!
But it is important to note that the First Market closes at around 5pm every day, so buy your seafood before it's too late. There are also many wholesale fruit stalls in the market, you can also shop, kill the price, even if you can not kill down, is also a point of interest.
Address: Located in Sanya City, the north end of Hexi Road, Sanya City Paradise front door on the right hand side of the straight away about 300 meters that is. From the city can be reached by cab for 5 yuan, buses can take 7 direct here. Live in the Dadonghai can take the 2 road to the Pearl Plaza off, from the Pearl Plaza's main door directly across the square's back door, diagonally across about 20 meters is the Spring Garden Seafood Plaza, do not take a taxi directly to the Spring Garden or the driver will take to the fake Spring Garden.
Shopping
To trip to Sanya, back to always bring something, mostly concentrated in three categories: Hainan specialties (snacks), seafood and fruit, shells. These can be bought in Sanya city center. Shopping try not to buy in the attractions. Specialties are best bought in the city's big supermarkets. The biggest local supermarkets are Pearl Plaza, Wanghao Supermarket and Wanfulong, which can be reached by bus 202.
To buy fruit, we must go to the city center of the "first farmers' market". Take the 202 bus and get off at the first market stop. Varieties are very rich, you can buy varieties: mangosteen, mango, dragon fruit, peach, the price is relatively cheap, but the quality and weight can not be guaranteed (it is recommended to bring a bottle of mineral water is not open, at any time you can test their weighing quasi-disallowed ah). The whole box is better to buy, easy to consign.
Entertainment
Nightlife, an important factor in vacation travel, you can go to the sun during the day, shopping, and at night you can not stay in the room to play cards and watch TV, right? Of course you have to go out and have a wild time. Many people do not know what night life in Sanya in addition to seafood stalls, in fact, Sanya has a lot of bars, nightclubs are quite good, because Sanya foreigners are quite a lot, so these nightclubs are also quite international.
Sanya's bar street is located just across the street from the Sanya government district, and there are about two dozen nightclubs on one street, which is very lively at night. According to the recommendations of Sanya cab drivers, the hottest bars are as follows: 888 Bar, Famous Mirror Bar and Aaron's Bar, where a considerable number of customers go by name.
Sanya classic 5-day tour route recommendations
Day 1: fly to Sanya
Take a flight to Sanya City in the beautiful Hainan, China's second largest island, check in the hotel.
Day 2: Sanya
After breakfast, you can go to the 4A scenic area known as the East "Hawaii" - Yalong Bay National Tourist Area, visit the Yalong Bay Center Plaza, Shell Museum, the beach, the beach to play in the seaside; Yangfan out fishing.
Day 3: Sanya
Sleep in after a day of fun! After breakfast, Wuzhizhou Island + Nantian Hot Spring; fully feel the clear sky, blue sea water, warm beach.
Day 4 Sanya
After breakfast, Yanoda Rainforest + Little Fish Hot Springs, start the mysterious "World Rainforest Discovery Journey", let the unchanging love walk through the rainforest, breathe in the heartbeat of love, let the magical and mysterious rainforest frame the most romantic walk, let the mountain ghosts and birds sing to frame the most sacred love.
Day 5 Sanya - Fly Back
After breakfast, stroll around the souvenir supermarket and buy some gifts for your friends and family! Then head to Sanya Phoenix Airport to return to your cozy home.