Haikou Travel
As the capital as well as the transportation hub and business center of Hainan Province in China, Haikou is located in the north of Hainan Island with Qiongzhou Strait in the north and Zengmu Ansha in the south, opposite to Guangdong Province with 18 kilometers (11 miles) across the ocean, which is surrounded by the South China Sea. It is 62.5 kilometers (38.8 miles) long from south to north and 60.6 kilometers (37.7 miles) wide from west t east, covering a total area of 2304.84 square kilometers (890 square miles), among which the urban area takes up 1304.8 square kilometers (503.8 square miles) as well as a sea area of 530 square kilometers (205 square miles) with 131-kilometer (81.4 miles) long coastal line. Haikou administers 4 districts: Longhua District, Xiuying District, Qiongshan District and Meilan District, and there is the biggest bridge-Haikou Century Bridge connecting Haidi... Haikou Overview
Haikou Attractions
Haikou is a famous city with more than 900-year history, abundant in cultural relics and natural resources, and there are hot springs, marine forests, undersea villages, tropical wildlife parks and botanical gardens. Haikou Attractions
- Holiday Beach : As one of the major recreational resorts in Haikou City, Holiday Beach is located in the north of Qingling Avenue of Haikou City, and it is 6 kilometers (about 3.7 miles) long from east part-Xiugu Bathing Beach to west part-Wuyuan area, covering a total area of 54 hectares, which is 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) away from the downtown area and 3 kilometers (1.6 miles) from Xiuying, providing sunbathing, swimming, water sports and seafood restaurant services for the visitors from all over the world.
- Five Gentlemen Temple : The Five-Gentlemen Temple has a history of 1,000 years, which gestates profound and colorful culture to the temple, and it is a mirror reflecting the history, politics and culture of Hainan Province. The pavilions, attics and corridors are distributed one after another as well as rockeries, springs in the temple, which have not only scientific researching value , but also have aesthetic value. It was enlisted as the key culture relic under state protection in 2001.
- Hainan Subtropical Wildlife Park: Hainan Subtropical Wildlife Park is located on Dongshan Town in Xiuying District of Haikou City, which is 27 kilometers (17 miles) away from Haikou City, and it is the first park with the themes of the Scientific Popular Knowledge and the Subtropical Wildlife Exhibition.
Haikou Restaurants
Hainan attracts many tourists from all over the world for its beautiful natural sceneries as well as its delicious food, especially the seafood, featuring by richness, freshness with coconut flavor such as Hainan Chicken in coconut milk and Coconut Milk Dish and reasonably low prices., among which the most famous 4 dishes are Wenchang Chicken, Jiaji Duck, Leshan Button and Hele Crabs as well as Qukou Seafood, Qiongshan Bean-Curds, shells, fishes and all kinds of shrimps. Haikou Restaurants
- Deshunxuan Hot-Pot City: The seafood in Deshunxuan Hot-Pot City is very fresh and the condiments in the hot pot are very delicious, which is characterized by Hainan style. Location: It is in No. 50, in the north of Longkun R...
- Jiuqian Restaurant: The highlight in the restaurant is Bone Soup, which is very delicious, and the Hand-Ripping Duck is very tasty, too. Location: It is in No. 40, on Haixiu Road of Haikou City Tel: 0898-66789598 Open...
- Nanzhuang Restaurant: Nanzhuang Restaurant is a time-honored brand of China, where Hainan people usually hold feasts with traditional Hainan Food as well as Gongdong Dishes, and the snacks and sweets are very delicate. Lo...
Haikou Shopping
Haikou is the commercial center in Hainan Province of China. There are plenty of the local specialties and some souvenirs which will catch tourists’ eyes. Besides the famous shopping malls such as DC Shopping Mall and Pearl Square, you can go to the traditional fairs for experiencing the local customs. Haikou Shopping
- Commercial Streets and Markets: Recommend some prosperous commercial street in Haikou City, where you can find many stores selling souvenirs to the tourists, for example: the pearls, crystals and hawksbills.
- Department Stores: There are very influential department store in Haikou City with commodities ranking from high-grade clothing and jewelries to the specialties.
- Supermarkets: Carrefour Supermarket Location: it is on Haixiu West Road in Longhua District of Haikou City. Bus Route: 16, 17, 1, 2, 41 and 53 Opening Hours: from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm every day. Nanguo Supermarket...
Haikou Weather
Haikou features subtropical oceanic climate with the annual average temperature of 23.8 °C. The weather in Haikou is warm throughout the year: a warm and dry spring, a hot and rainy summer, a cool and humid autumn and a very mild winter, among which tropical storms and typhoons are very active during August and September. Haikou Weather
Haikou Transportation
As the capital as well as the transportation hub of Hainan Island, Haikou is surrounded by the vast ocean in four sides, and great effort has been put into improving the transportation conditions in Haikou after 1949: enhancing port construction, paving roads and railways and building the airport, all of which have made great progress in transportation conditions and accelerated the whole development of the society. Haikou Transportation
- Railway: Haikou Railway Station is 20 kilometers (12 miles) away from the center of Haikou City, and there are direct trains from Shanghai and Guangzhou as well as Beijing.
- City Transportation: The bus system in Haikou City is rather modern and convenient, and most of them are medium-sized bus. Now all the buses here are automatic, so you have to prepare changes in advance.
- Air: Haikou Meilan International Airport lies in the town of Meilan of Qiongshan City, which is about 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) away from the city center of Haikou. There are more than 95 air routes to the major domestic and foreign cities, among which there are 84 domestic air routes to the major cities in China such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Kunming, Fuzhou, Chongqing and Zhengzhou as well as 9 international air routes
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