Mandarin Oriental · Luxury
A private bay on the south-west coast of Hainan with over a kilometre of beach in front of the hotel. The closest thing to a tropical resort inside China.
Included with your stay
Offer valid to 2026-12-31. Rates are confirmed at the time of booking and depend on availability.
Inside the property
The Mandarin Oriental Sanya occupies Coral Bay on the quiet north-eastern side of Hainan’s south coast — a sheltered stretch of water and sand with the resort’s low-rise pavilions folded into the hillside behind. Compared with the big-bay resorts of Yalong and Haitang, Coral Bay is smaller, calmer and swimmable most of the year.
The resort’s spa is built around the hillside streams, and the dining runs from a beach grill to a Cantonese kitchen — unusual depth for a resort of this size.
Inside the property
The bay orientation means sunsets fall behind the hills rather than over the water — book the resort’s west-facing pool deck for the evening rather than expecting a sea sunset from the room. The airport runs 40 minutes away; the resort shuttle handles the transfer.
Inside the property
The Mandarin Oriental sits on Coral Bay, a small private cove about fifteen minutes from downtown Sanya and away from the high-rise stretch at Yalong Bay. The bay is protected, the reef off the beach is alive, and the property is low-rise enough that the planting reads as a garden rather than as landscaping.
Rooms face the sea or the gardens; the villas with private pools are the ones worth stretching for if the trip is a honeymoon rather than a family holiday. Sanya’s climate splits sharply between the dry months and the summer rains, and the hotel is busiest over Chinese New Year — book well clear of it if quiet is the point.
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Hainan & South China
5days
China has a genuine tropical coast, and Sanya is where it gets serious. Five days combines two of the best beach resorts with the inland rainforest and hot springs, which is what makes it more than a beach week.
From US$1,500per person
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