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Located at the southern tip of Hainan Island and to the east of Vietnam, Sanya City is the second largest city in Hainan Isalnd covering an area of 1.919 sq. m with a population of 481,200 and having 19 bays and over 40 islets lying along a 209 kilometers coast line.

Sanya has been eulogized as "the Hawaii of the East". Originally considered by the Chinese to be the place where the civilized world officially ended and fit only to send convicts, the Hainan of today is conversely overrun with Chinese and foreign tourists and espoused by many as China's idyllic island paradise.

Sanya has multiple air line and sea routes based at the Phoenix Internaional Airport and the Sanya Port respectively. It is only one hour flight from Hong Kong and Guangzhou, 2.5 hours flight from Shanghai, 3.5 hours flight from Beijing and 6 hours flight from Japan and Korea. In recent years, more and more foreign tourists come to Sanya to spend their tropical vacations.

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Dadonghai Bay

Dadonghai beach is a very nice beach with soft white sand and lovely blue turquoise water gently rolling on to the sand, there is no surf, which makes a very safe option for most tourists. It is the most popular tourist area in Sanya. Compared with other two bays, Sanya Bay and Yalong Bay, this bay is most active, dynamic and welcomed by tourists as the beach is public not private owned by the nearby hotels or resorts. Everyone can go to the beach and enjoy swimming.

It is located 3 kilometers southeast of downtown, and under the hill of Dear Park. Dadonghai has a crescent-shaped beach 2.3 kilometers long (about 1.4 miles) and green trees creating a very beautiful location.
The famous beach is ideal for swimming, diving, beach sports, bathing and sunbathing. There are designated swimming areas which are marked by floating balls and rope for security concern. It has everything to support a seaside tourists, including a famous dive company—Red Coral Water Sports Center that can provide scuba diving, ship diving, seabed strolling, speed boat, jet-ski, water-ski, motorboat, luxury yacht, sail boat, ocean fishing, beach sports and underwater photography, The water temperature is about 24°C degrees even in winter, hence its reputation as an idyllic spot for winter holidaying and relaxation.. Even though the water quality is not as good as that at Yalong bay, Dadonghai still is a wonderful outdoor swimming and bathing place. At the thought of vernal sunshine and soft sea breezes you will be agreeably dissolved into the blue sky and seawater.

Yalong Bay

Situated about 30 km east of Sanya City and along the east expressway, Yalong Bay is situated on a crescent-shaped beach of about 7,000 m. It is Sanya's premier destination for fun in the sun, providing visitors with an irresistible combination of a world-class beach, matchless swimming pool and diving center, international resorts and superb golf facilities in one extraordinary package. The sea off the beach is so clear that visibility can reach almost 8-16 m, making it ideal for divers. As it is situated in the same latitudes as Hawaii of the tropical monsoon area, it enjoys a mild climate throughout the year, with no distinct seasons and long stretches of warm spells. The average temperature year-round is 26 °C and the average hours of daily sunshine year-round is 7.1 hours. The annual amount of rainfall is 1,063 mm. with water temperature averaging 24-26 °C and never dipping below 22 °C.

With the finest facilities and ambience, the main beach resorts are sprayed out around Yalong Bay, which will offer you the great vacation experience. Those who prefer lounging by the pool to swimming in the sea will find pools of every size in the international resorts overlooking the beach.

Sanya Bay

Sanya Bay is a relatively undiscovered premier tropical destination. It enjoys the longest beach in Sanya. It has an easy access to Sanya International Airport, away from the flight path, this superb location offers all possible creature comforts, you can find the world-class luxury of the Palm Beach Resort & Spa, Holiday Inn Sanya Bay and Tianfuyuan Resort, which will serve to please the most discerning visitors.

This is a great place to soaking up the sun, relaxing and just enjoying the unique and relaxed ambience that dominates this place. The night market here is especially lively with seafood thrown on the streets, stores selling all types of weird and wonderful wares, all adding to the chaotic feeling about this place. This is just about the only place in China with a really laid-back feeling and atmosphere. Whilst enjoying your private time, unlike many other locations, you will see more life of the local people. During the daytime, scattered older people stand along the shore to do fishing. During evening time, a lot of local people sit under the palm trees and look at the vast South China Sea. The gentle breeze tenderly touches their hair and forehead. They can spend hours and hours just sitting still without doing anything. Some people also set the seaside barbecue stalls to entertain themselves. But compared to the beaches in Yalongbay and Dadonghai Bay, the beach here is not very suitable for swimming as the international harbor of Phoenix Harbor located here.

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