One of the experience
Personally, I believe that the ultimate goal of tourism is to relax and get happy. Therefore, when you go out, it is necessary to maintain a good state of mind.
First of all, many people like to look at the strategy, the purpose in addition to understanding the situation, the most important thing is to prevent tourist traps. The sweetness of this, the arsenic of the other. And what we call tourist traps, for travel agencies or local tourism practitioners is profit. For the damage to our interests in the trap, we have to strongly oppose, mercilessly exposed; however, do not "fine" to others have not earned a little, and then limited traps are we can not be avoided, such as with the group's self-financed projects you have to consume one or two it, know that the shellfish stalls shellfish processing 3 yuan a total of your let him process it.
Secondly, do not go out everywhere to find traps, everything strict requirements. As mentioned above, tourist traps everywhere, to make yourself happy, as long as it is not too much, turn a blind eye, turn a blind eye well, others have to feed their families is not it? We are out to have fun, not out to pick a fight. Give up some profit, everyone is happy. Overall, the people of Sanya are still warm and kind.
Lastly, "you get what you pay for" is simply the truth of the matter! In particular, the accommodation, more than 200 yuan per night to bring you not only a comfortable sleep, but also the next day's full of energy and beautiful face. No one wants to be photographed with dark circles under their eyes. The problem of accommodation, see later.
Two, equipment
To Sanya's equipment a lot of tips on the perfect, here just say their own additions to it!
Clothing: night to the beach open-air barbecue, bar, long-sleeved is a must. Clothes try to prepare fast-drying fabrics, brightly colored easy to take pictures. Outdoor quick-drying fabric of two pants is very practical, early morning out some slightly cool wear long pants, go to the island mosquitoes, but also can play a protective role, hot at noon or the beach treading water on the legs, extremely convenient. Besides, two pants a price is also cost-effective, luggage can also bring one less ha! Slippers are good for walking, but it is inconvenient to go to the attractions, we have seen N pairs of slippers in the attractions worn out and still on the side. Beach shoes are safe and practical, is not very beautiful, in order to avoid odor and also wash every day.Crocs Crocs sandals now have a more compact and cute shape, dry fast, is not sure how comfortable.
Sunscreen: SPF30 above the sunscreen is recommended to use a special makeup remover, the general cleanser can not clean high times the sunscreen products (especially waterproof anti-sweat type), the weather is hot, clogged pores, pimples affect the effect of the photo. Opole has a sunscreen makeup remover (orange plastic bottle) 90 yuan, the price is moderate, the effect is good. Go to the beach do not use umbrellas, windy, not conducive to photo posing. Hat is best to buy fabric with a tie rope, the top of the deeper, straw hat or the top of the shallow easy to be blown away.
Towel: you can bring your own home, and then high-grade hotel towels, bath towels are also public. Even though we believe in the professional ethics of most hotel cleaning staff, but, according to industry insiders, there is no 100% guarantee. Especially you WOMAN should care for yourself and pay attention to hygiene. Small discomforts can affect the mood of traveling. Also, prepare yourself a bar of soap.
Snacks: Sanya supermarkets are more complete, do not have to bring too many things. You can bring some special snacks. We brought a few small packages of Kangding yak meat, a small one point of mind to the hotel staff will let you go out every day will see a sincere smile.
Three, regional overview
Sanya can be roughly divided into four areas: the city center, Sanya Bay, Dandonghai and Yalong Bay.
(A) Downtown
Sanya is a small city, with Jiefang Road as the north-south axis, and all the stations, shopping malls, supermarkets, and gourmet food are distributed on both sides of Jiefang Road. In the city center, no matter day or night, the flow of people is larger, more vendors on both sides of the street, the site order is more chaotic. But from another point of view, it is also a manifestation of the city's well-developed tourism industry. Convenient transportation, public **** car a lot, if not to places outside the city do not have to play, the entire Jiefang Road walk through also use less than half an hour. In Sanya City, there are more outsiders than locals, taxi masters, bus masters, conductors are basically northeasterners.
Malls: One party department store, XX Square (forget the name, next door to the party department store), Pearl Plaza. The layout of the mall are similar, Pearl Plaza larger. The first floor are cosmetics, pearls, but rosewood counter only Pearl Plaza on the first floor. Rosewood is a Hainan specialty, used to buy rosewood bracelets in Haikou (generally man wear), medium-sized, priced at more than 400, you can haggle to 150 or so, however, Sanya things may be a little more expensive. As for pearls, make sure you buy them at the mall, and the discounts in Sanya are not as low as in Haikou.
Pedestrian Street: equivalent to Chengdu's Chunxi Road, on both sides of the clothing stores, the center is selling handicrafts stalls, pedestrian street entrance there is a "Watson's". If you are tired of shopping, you can order a pot of Hainan specialty tea "Lan Guiren" at the entrance of the street "Xianzonglin" (Sanya version of Xianzonglin), 48 yuan for a pot, the entrance is bitter, sweet aftertaste, summer heat.
Supermarkets: Sanya's larger streets have specialty supermarkets, the larger scale is next to the bus station Wanghao supermarket (not far from the next door of the pedestrian street).
(B) Sanya Bay
Located in the eastern part of Sanya, the coastline (Coconut Dream Promenade) is very long, just outside the dry road, but the beach is only 50 meters wide, so there are few people swimming in general. On the inside of the dry road are star hotels, various units of resort hotels and elevator apartment complexes (family hotels). There are also many seafood stalls and western restaurants along the roadside. To the east of Sanya Bay are Phoenix Airport, Nanshan Mountain, Daxiaodongtian and Tianya Haijiao.
(C) Dandonghai
The closest to the city, the most hotels and guesthouses, and the most complicated place for tourists. Generally with the group or free people's fixed hotel are in the Dadonghai. The sea is about 500 meters from the main road, the beach is wide, a lot of swimmers, known as "Citizen Beach", the beach foreigners (mostly Russians) accounted for half. Adjacent to the beach is a street of bars and restaurants.
(D) Yalong Bay
Yalong Bay environment should be everyone's mind in Sanya's ideal style, basically five-star garden sea view hotel. However, more than 20 kilometers away from the city, there are no shopping malls, stores, dining outside the hotel only a few garden restaurants. Attractions include the underwater world, the gardens of various hotels, and further west is Wuzhizhou Island.
Four, transportation
Sanya's transportation is more convenient, there are many modes of transportation, cabs, buses, chartered buses and so on:
Taxi: Raiders said that the city 5 yuan to walk through, but we played 3 times, are masters of the Northeast, asking us to play the table, in order to reasonably avoid traps, we chose to walk, and found that it is also not long to walk. Do not recommend playing, walking within the city, to attractions with buses, far away from the chartered car.
Bus: 8 bus (air-conditioned car) from Phoenix Airport to the East Railway Station, passing through the airport, Sanya Bay Coconut Dream Promenade, Walking Street, HaoWang Supermarket, a party of department stores, the first market, the Dandonghai area, however, can not get to Yalong Bay. Depending on the length of the journey, the charge is usually 1 yuan, and 5 yuan from Dandonghai to the airport. Tourist line (air-conditioned bus) from Daxiaodongtian to Yalong Bay, passing through all the attractions and downtown area, from the Dandonghai to Daxiaodongtian 13 yuan, to Xiaodongtian to Nanshan 3 yuan. However, if you go to Daxiaodongtian, the stewardess will suggest you to buy a package ticket there (claimed to be not for sale after noon), which includes entrance ticket, lunch, and battery car in the scenic area. It is not recommended to buy a package ticket for the reasons stated in the Dining section. 16 is the worst bus we've ever been on, it's actually an older Chinese bus that goes to Daxiaodongtian (via Tianyaohaijiao), and the route is a combination of urban and rural areas, with a lot of yellowing, shouting, and delays. Strongly do not recommend. Now because the bridge to the end of the world's cape is broken, the tourism line can not reach, you must get off in the middle of the ride on a three-wheeled past. If you want to go to the end of the world, the return trip to the scenic area in front of the only 16 road. There are several other buses, in addition to the 7, 10 road is air-conditioned, the other 1, 2 road is the old bus, the model is also smaller.
Chartered buses: to Wuzhizhou Island are generally chartered, we did not go, have no say in this.
Five, accommodation
In the four areas of Sanya, if the tour, it is best not to live in the city, too far from the sea, and noisy.
Sanya Bay: young people mostly choose the Sanya Bay elevator apartment complex of family hotels. Here the majority of hotels to unit corporate resorts, external hotels are also beautiful, but, because the beach in Sanya Bay is not good, the general tourism do not live here.
Yalong Bay: very beautiful and expensive, standard star hotels (Hilton, Holiday category), all with gardens. If you have your own car (rental car) you can stay in this area, because all the coastal hotels have private beaches, of course, other travelers can also get to this beach. However, you can swim in the sea through the garden in your bathing suit, draped in a bathrobe with the hotel's logo on it, and then justifiably relax on a deck chair on the beach. Personally, I think Yalong Bay is suitable for vacation, no need to go to other attractions, just enjoy the hotel's star service every day and swim and sunbathe on the beach.
Dadonghai: If it is the first time to Sanya, not renting a car tourists are recommended to live in the Dadonghai. There are a large number of hotels and all grades. Close to the beach of the first-line hotels (but not as good as Yalong Bay) prices are relatively high, such as: South China, Yintai (more foreigners), Pearl, Hortai, etc., the real sea-view rooms are more, look out no other buildings. Second-line hotels (not directly adjacent to the sea) prices cheaper, such as: Huaxin, not far from the beach, walk to the beach is less than 5 minutes, but the so-called sea-view room to look out there are buildings to cover. We live in Huaxin, the price of more than 300 (large bed sea view room), both hardware and environment do not feel that there is a quasi-four-star feeling. Recommended Hotai, small but exquisite, built in 2008, we went to the front desk to inquire about the price, the most common room before January just 500 yuan, sea view is about 700. Seems a lot more expensive, but, if I go to Sanya Dadonghai accommodation again, absolutely choose the first-line hotel.
About the accommodation need to have a few extra notes:
First of all, choose what you need. According to the travel agency free people offer, Yalong Bay second-line hotel is also about 2300, the second-line hotel in the Dandonghai about 1600, the Dandonghai first-line hotel is also about 2000. Some people say that instead of staying in the first line of the Dadonghai it is better to stay in Yalong Bay. But what about the other costs that come with it? The cost of transportation and meals will also be much higher! So don't compare absolute prices, the key is to see if you have a car, whether you go on vacation or to the attractions, and how much time you have to go to the city.
Secondly, the front desk clerk at Hotei told us that it was a little more convenient to call and book a room directly versus going freelance through a travel agency, which is less than a few dozen dollars more expensive. Our first night after living in Huaxin luxury standard, the intolerable request to change the sea view room (hope that the space is bigger), the results of the hotel can not directly change, must be agreed by the travel agency to do, the middle of the difference in price is the travel agency to say, extremely inconvenient!
About the family hostel, as long as the distribution of two places: Dandonghai, Sanya Bay.
Donghai Bay is not only quite lively day and night, there are many tourists and citizens like to swim there, play, eat barbecue in the stalls on the beach, and at night there is a beautiful and demonic fireworks bloom in the night sky, where the feeling is rich and full. Sanya Bay sunset is the most beautiful, golden beach, golden sea, the beauty of the golden. The only drawback is that you can not swim, in addition to the hotel's own carved out a safe area can swim, other places are recommended not to swim without authorization, because there is no safety measures.
As for which is close to the city, it is hard to say, depending on the specific location of your residence, the Dandonghai to the city about one kilometer, and Sanya Bay is from the beginning of the city all the way to the end of the world to extend the direction of the Sanya Bay, Sanya Bay has two or three kilometers long is in the city. It is recommended to live in the Dandonghai it
Dandonghai homestay from the sea are very close to the transportation is convenient, recommended a Dandonghai homestay to you, "Coconut Sea style residence", 3 minutes walk from the sea, opened has not been much longer, the decoration of the service is very much in place, the owner is a northeastern people, the attitude of warmth and sincerity, there are kitchens can be free! Cooking, the boss can also help free processing seafood, very much a sense of home, references (search Coconut Sea style residence)
Six, diet
(a) Chinese food
Hainan four famous dishes: Wenchang chicken, Jiajiajie duck, and music crab, Dongshan sheep.
Wenchang chicken recommended Liguo restaurant, Sanya locals go to a lot of people, on Wenming Road (Hexi Fire Brigade next to). However, used to eating Sichuan cuisine, go to eat white cut Wenchang chicken, really can not eat joy, and more grease. However, the restaurant comes with a jar of chili garlic granules per table, which is nice as a seasoning. The restaurant's other dishes tasted two or three, also felt average. However, saw the next guest ordered a plate of white water squid, seems to be dipped in seasoning to eat, looks good. In addition, Hainan's "groundnut" refers to sweet potatoes, we do not know why we ordered a fried groundnut leaves, the results of the end of the up to see the fried sweet potato tip, extremely depressed!
Jiajiu duck recommended "Qionghai goose Jiajiu duck restaurant". Said to be a restaurant, in fact, is a very civilian row of the pavilion, we are in order to eat JIAJI duck and consult the local 114 recommended, in the friendship road (Sanya City, across the N elementary school). Jiaji duck is also white cut, the meat is not too fatty, than Wenchang chicken flavor also some, but still not as good as brined duck. This restaurant soup is very affordable, peanut pig's trotters soup 15 yuan, peanuts and pig's trotters wildly more. The fried leeks with goose blood tasted close to Szechuan cuisine. When we found the restaurant, it was just after 2:00 pm, and the guests who came after us had to order the Jiaji Duck, which was already sold out. I don't know if it was just a coincidence or it did sell well. I suggest you go early.
After eating Wenchang Chicken and Jiaji Duck, I wasn't going to eat Dongshan Goat. Hele crab to go to the stalls to eat, see the following introduction. Raiders on the introduction of authentic Hainanese food can go to the "Haiya Restaurant", according to the locals said that more expensive, the location is not easy to find, so did not go.
(B) seafood
To Sanya to eat seafood must not go to the scenic spots, restaurants, go to the stalls. Sanya can be found everywhere in the stalls, we have been around repeatedly finally asked the location of the "Spring Garden". Spring Garden has been recently renovated, only the back row of the square to sell seafood. The waiters at the processing center can take you to the back row to buy, or they can take you next door to the "old fisherman seafood" to choose seafood (there should be a rebate). We compared, "old fishermen" is cheaper, the price is similar to the guide said the first market. Huale crab is more flavorful than green crab and more expensive. Grouper, rich shrimp general, sea urchin steamed egg is more refreshing. Note: The processing point claims that the processing fee of 5 yuan per catty, only positive fish, shrimp, crab, and less than a catty counted as a catty. And shellfish such as scallops, scallops, small abalone is 3 yuan each. Steamed eggs with sea urchin are $5 each (because they have to be steamed). It's best to check the processing charge price board on the table first. Regarding whether seafood and fruits and cold water can be eaten together, we didn't dare to try it on our own, but according to the owner of the only one selling drinks in the plaza, it's fine. Also, it's rumored that Spring Garden doesn't process anything outside now (like bringing your own seafood from the First Market), and we were too busy eating to ask. As I just said, they lead to the seafood store prices and the first market is also similar, but also lazy hard to carry a large section of the road, but also give others a little profit it.
(C) snacks
Only from the personal taste point of view, hold Luo powder a class of Sanya snacks is simply too big a difference with my expectations, groundnut cake, papaya cake, a class of ...... alas! Everyone has different tastes, and again, it's always a shame to go to a place and not try the local specialties.
(D) fruit
The first market has a lot of fruit, the price and the strategy is almost the same. Hainan fruit is really delicious, and many varieties. It is generally reflected in the lack of catty, it is estimated that there are such cases.
(E) drinks
Pedestrian Street, there are a few western restaurants, afternoon tea combination are 18 yuan, a drink plus a pastry class. Personally, I feel that juice, milk tea, a class of food everywhere, should often local things. As I mentioned earlier, a pot of "Lan Guiren" is good, but the tea utensils are not good. Bars, we have two nights to go to the Dandonghai side of an open-air restaurant (in the Luling intersection off the flower sea road to the Dandonghai side of the bar street, directly across the steps down to the right), the night to drink, alcohol consumption. Western food entrees are about 60 yuan, beer is 15 bottles, cocktails range from 30-40 yuan, and ice cream is about 20 yuan. However, the lemon tea is 15 RMB and is as small as a coffee cup, while the 35 RMB portion of fruit wine is more than adequate. In the evening, and family and friends sitting quietly with the sea breeze, listening to the resident singer's voice, only to feel the vacation is too comfortable.
Seven, attractions
We went to very few attractions this time. It is said that Wuzhizhou Island is being built on the five-star hotel, we did not go. Colleagues who have been there before said that the beach is very beautiful, instantly do not swim, can be fed on the beach to play with small fish (Sanya Bay, Dandonghai and Yalong Bay beaches may be 20 meters into the sea can not see the fish). However, the submarine ride is very difficult. We went to Da Xiaodong Tian and Tianya Haijiao this time.
Da Xiaodong Tian (Taoist Cultural Park) on a stone cave, the tour group to take to turn around the stone cave on the go, go by yourself is different, the attractions park is very beautiful, a coconut palm tree avenue through the scenic area, the right is the sea, the left is a small mountain. Into the time along the beach to the small cave along the beach, back from the small cave in front of the left side of the mountain up the hill back toward the mountain, the mountain has the Fountain Pine, Shoubi Nanshan, so-and-so monument, Longwang Yard and many other attractions. Do not rush, walk slowly, slowly see, view and leave a picture, taste culture, physical and mental pleasure. Down the mountain, the scenic area in front of a coconut grove rest area, coconut 8-10 yuan a, noodles about 8 yuan. Just into the gate there is a Taoist health restaurant, is the previously mentioned tourist line steward recommended in the set of tickets for lunch, I think it is not very meaningful. In addition, do not spend 15 yuan to take the tour bus at any time up and down, one is the scenery along the way is very beautiful you will get off at any time to take pictures, and the second is the sightseeing bus the whole process is only 2 kilometers or less, it is really not interesting!
The layout of the attractions at the end of the world is similar to that of the big and small caves, that is, there are no mountains. The beach is a little more crowded, and the various attractions are also on the beach. Some people say that when you get to the end of the world, don't go to the cape, don't understand! We did not take pictures at the cape is, have to wade into the water to the reef. Don't do the tour bus either, for the same reason. Swimming is prohibited in the scenic area.
Yalong Bay is okay, but personally I think the beach is average, not as good as the end of the world. Take the bus can go, do not go to Yalong Bay Plaza to buy tickets, sit to the underwater world off, the right side of the highway there is a road directly down to the beach dive, from the right side to the beach to go. The beach in Yalong Bay is mostly divided up by hotels. The day we went there were not many people, so there was no hotel attendant politely reminded of the beach lounge chairs are all the hotel's embarrassing events, I guess they can't manage to come over when there are too many people. There is a section of the beach with more rocks and shells, and it's easy to cut your feet with the waves.
Eight, summarize
Wordy as above, I hope to be able to provide you with something useful. We are also the first time to go to Sanya, if you return from the tour to find deficiencies, welcome to criticize, correct, add. I wish you all a happy vacation!