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A must-visit place when traveling to Sanya

Sanya City, also known as Lucheng, is also known as "Oriental Hawaii". It ranks first among China's four first-tier tourist cities "Sanwei Hangxia" and has the most beautiful seaside scenery on the island. The following are must-visit places when traveling to Sanya, please refer to them! Must-visit places when traveling to Sanya

1. Big and small caves

Sanya’s big and small caves are located at the foothills of Nanshan 40 kilometers west of Sanya City. They were founded in the Southern Song Dynasty (1187 AD). The oldest scenic spot in Hainan Province and the southernmost Taoist cultural tourist attraction in China. Since ancient times, it has been known as "Qiongya's No. 1 landscape scenic spot in 800 years" because of its unique and beautiful seascape, mountain scenery, stone scenery and cave scenery. It has now developed into the first batch of national 5A tourist attractions. The large and small caves in Sanya have left many famous sites since ancient times.

2. Sanya Nanshan Cultural Tourism Area

Known as "Aoshan" in ancient times, it is located at the southern end of Hainan Island in China. The mountain is about 500 meters high and looks like a giant turtle. 1,200 years ago, Master Jianzhen, a famous great monk in the Tang Dynasty of China, drifted to Nanshan after being in danger during his fifth eastward journey to Japan. He lived in Nanshan for a year and a half, built Buddhist temples and preached Dharma here. Then the sixth eastward journey was finally successful. Sanya Nanshan Cultural Tourism Zone is a "priority project for China's tourism development" determined by the National Tourism Administration. It is located in the west of Sanya City, China's only tropical seaside city. It is a rare super-large cultural and ecological tourism park in the country. The planned area of ??the park is fifty square kilometers, including more than ten square kilometers of sea area. It is planned by the New York International Urban Design Company, and the American Economic Consulting Company provides a feasibility report.

3. Tianya Haijiao

Tianya Haijiao Tourist Area is located 23 kilometers southwest of downtown Sanya. It is famous both at home and abroad for its beautiful and charming tropical seaside natural scenery and long and unique history and culture. At the same time, it is also the number one brand in Hainan on the 20th anniversary of the founding of the province, the number one brand in Hainan on the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and a benchmark enterprise in Hainan's tourism system. In December 1984, Sanya City officially established the Tianya Haijiao Scenic Area Management Office, with Sanya Tourism Company managing Tianya Haijiao affairs. The blue sea, green mountains, white sand, giant rocks, and reefs in the Tianya Haijiao tourist area are integrated into one, and the coconut groves, waves, fishing sails, gulls, swallows, and clouds are set off, forming the unique coconut wind and sea charm of the South, attracting a large number of tourists. Come. "Tianya Haijiao" was originally used to express the melancholy of travelers living in a foreign land. After thousands of years of accumulation, this idiom has accumulated rich and profound cultural connotations. The interest can be seen in poems such as "The bright moon shines on the sea at this time at the end of the world", "At the end of the sky and in the corner of the earth, close friends are half scattered", and the Tianya Haijiao tourist area carries this graceful cultural image.

4. Yalong Bay

Yalong Bay is the southernmost coastal tourist resort in China. It is as famous as "Tianya Haijiao" and enjoys the reputation of "the best bay in the world". In October 1992, it was approved by the State Council as China's only national tourist resort with tropical style. Yalong Bay has a low-temperature tropical monsoon oceanic climate, with long summers and no winters throughout the year. It has plenty of sunshine, allowing you to avoid the cold in winter and relieve the heat in summer. It integrates the five major elements of leisure tourism: ocean, beach, air, sunshine and green. The development of Yalong Bay is not only a key tourism project in Hainan Province, but also an important part of promoting Hainan's economic development. Therefore, it has received keen attention at home and abroad. Yalong Bay Development Co., Ltd. is a Sino-foreign joint-stock enterprise controlled by Yalong Bay Development Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. and approved by the State Council. Its largest shareholder is Hong Kong Pengli Group.

5. Yalong Bay Butterfly Valley

Yalong Bay Butterfly Valley is a national 4A-level tourist attraction. It is located at the back of Xiaolongtan Lake in Yalong Bay, surrounded by mountains on two sides, and a stream runs through the middle valley bottom. Butterfly Valley covers an area of ??1.5 hectares and has a large ecological butterfly garden and a museum with more than 2,000 precious butterfly and insect specimens. There are small bridges and flowing water in the valley, the scenery is pleasant, and there are thousands of butterflies growing there. Walking around the valley, you can see colorful butterflies dancing among the green trees and flowers everywhere. The specimen exhibition hall of Butterfly Valley covers an area of ??300 square meters. It displays more than 500 kinds of exquisite butterfly and insect specimens, including the precious golden-spotted swallowtail butterfly, three-tailed swallowtail butterfly, three-tailed swallowtail butterfly and multiple-tailed swallowtail butterfly. butterfly, Apollo silk butterfly, four-spotted beetle, long-armed beetle, forked rhinoceros beetle, horsetail beetle and world representative specimens of famous butterflies. Various beautiful butterflies and exotic insect specimens not only bring people a beautiful feeling, but also spread scientific knowledge about insects and ecological and environmental awareness. The large stainless steel mesh butterfly garden covers an area of ??1,682 square meters. A large number of butterfly hosts and nectar plants are planted in the mesh, forming a good place for butterfly activities and habitats. About 200,000 butterflies are reproduced and released for tourists to watch every year. They are maintained every day. There are about 6,000 live butterflies for viewing.