Fujian Province is the sourthern most province and has a tropical climate. Within the province, there are 3 sites voted as the Most Beautiful Places in China and 2 Historical and Cultural Cities.
Visitors can take a 30mins boat ride along the river to see the mangrove growing along the river.
Yalong Bay
Location: 25km from Sanya City
Travel Information: 45mins from Sanya City
Honours: Most Beautiful Coastline in China
Yalong Bay Beach
Long stretch of clean white sandy beach is the main attraction.
Dragon Well
This well near the beach is claimed as the sourthern most fresh water well in China.
Haikuo City
Location: 2992 km from Beijing
Travel Information: 3 hours and 50mins by air from Beijing
Honours: Historical and Cultural City
Five Officials Memorial Temple
The temple was built to commemorate 5 Senior officials in the Tang and Song dynasty who were banished to the island.
Qionghai Academy
The academy was first built in 1705 to commemorate Hainan's Ming dynasty scholar.
Haikuo Shishan Crater Cluster National Geological Park
View inside one of the crater. The park has a cluster of 40 dormant volcanoes from the Holocene period and is listed in the Global Geopark Network.
Haikuo Shishan Crater Cluster National Geological Park
Lava landscape form by the ancient volcano eruptions.
Yingxiu Battery
The costal defence fort was built in 1891 during the Sino-Freench war. It is one of four well known modern forts in China. The other three are the Humen Fort in Guangzhou, Dagu Fort in Tianjin and Wusong Fort in Shanghai.
Haikou Meilan International Airport
Sanya City
Location: 309km from Province Capital Haikuo.
Travel Information: 2 hours by high speed train from Haikuo City
Honours:
Nanshan Culture Tourism Zone
The site is the largest Buddhism complex built in China after founding of new China in 1949. It was completed in 1998, 2000 years after the introduction of Buddhism to China.
Nanshan Culture Tourism Zone
The 108m high statue of Goddness of Mercy faces the South China sea.
Doangtian Park
A Taoism culture site along the coast. The key historical attraction is this Minor Grottoe Heaven site.
