Yalong Bay Mangrove Tree Resort

“Ok, but just ok. ”

This hotel is build directly by the sea and is mostly clean. It has nice garden, lawn and pool areas, of which they take good care. The beach area is nice, clean and the beach is wide. The hotel isn’t cheap, but it has not a high standard. The breakfast is mostly Chinese. The Café is expensive, th… more

This hotel is build directly by the sea and is mostly clean. It has nice garden, lawn and pool areas, of which they take good care. The beach area is nice, clean and the beach is wide. The hotel isn’t cheap, but it has not a high standard. The breakfast is mostly Chinese. The Café is expensive, they don’t have all the dishes on the menu and they need a lot of time to prepare. By the way, everything here is expensive.

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“Good place for a conference venue, but would hesitate as a holiday destination.”

I stayed at the Mangrove Tree Resort for three nights, October 2019, attending a conference there. As a conference venue it works really well - less than 30 minutes from Sanya Phoenix airport, very good conference facilities, and adequate catering for large numbers of people on a business visit. Th… more

I stayed at the Mangrove Tree Resort for three nights, October 2019, attending a conference there. As a conference venue it works really well - less than 30 minutes from Sanya Phoenix airport, very good conference facilities, and adequate catering for large numbers of people on a business visit. The guest rooms were large, comfortable, air conditioned and well sound proofed. I didn’t notice any mosquitoes about. The rooms were spotlessly clean, and had well-appointed bathrooms, plus ironing board, room safe, power sockets that accepted just about any plug design and fast WiFi (though with the usual firewalls so no western social media or newspapers unless you have a vpn) On the negative side it’s not really set up for non-Chinese speaking visitors, the staff are lovely and try their best but not many have more than rudimentary English. There’s plenty of shopping (indeed a whole Mall downstairs) and food outlets but I heard that not all accept western cards, and the only ATM on site was not working so you need a short walk offsite to find one. There are swimming pools, play areas and good facilities for families with young children. Traffic is quite busy on the roads outside the venue so I rarely ventured far, but there are sites to see and a decent beach - I just didn’t have time to see more. Worth a stay if you want an everything-on-one-site vacation in a warm, sunny location and like Chinese food and culture.

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