Panoramic view across Sanya’s rainforest and out to the coast

Your essential guide to Sanya

Essential guide

The southernmost place in China, Sanya was known to emperors of old as ‘Tianya Haijiao’, the ‘end of the sky and the sea’. Hainan Island’s south-coast city is like nowhere else in China, with its palm-fringed beaches, forested mountains and Hawaii-like climate.

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Only in Sanya...

Do as the locals do


Based in Sanya, Julia Xu is a scuba diving teacher, mermaid instructor and underwater photographer. Here are three of her favourite island addresses.

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