Resort Intime — Hotel in Sanya City

After a couple of hectic days in Guangzhou, we caught the short flight to Sanya for a week of relaxation late July. We decided to stay at Dadonghai as the beach seemed good and not as busy as Sanya City. Dadongai was very interesting for us kiwis, we think we were the only kiwis staying at Resort Intime, it seemed to be 60% Chinese and 40% Russian. All of the signage is in Chinese and Russian, with very little English, and most of the staff do not understand English, but there was a few who did speak English, and in general the staff were very helpful. We booked Super Delux Sea View Double Rooms, these rooms were good size, with a small balcony and good air conditioning. The rooms were quiet, beds were comfortable, good showers, and rooms were always clean / tidy. At first it looked like there was no Wifi in the rooms, but we asked the cleaning lady, and she produced a Wifi Access Point from her cleaning cart, plugged it into the LAN connection on the wall and we had free Wifi ! Speed was a little slow, but usable for checking Emails, News etc. Our friends found the same issue with their room, seems they don't have enough of the Access points for every room, so you need to ask the cleaners. The Room rate was CNY825 plus tax, and included free breakfast. This is quite a big hotel, and the breakfast area was always crowded - on two mornings they gave us a table in the smaller cafe down the hall from the main restaurant, which was much quieter. There was always plenty of food, juice, cereals, toast, spreads, fruit. yoghurts, Cakes, Coffee plus Asian Foods ( rice, noodles, Quail eggs etc ) Sometimes there was a 5 minute wait when they ran out of cups, bowls, coffee etc, but I think the hotel was quite full at the time we were there. Apart from breakfasts, we had most evening meals outside the Resort - there are plenty of other Restaurants within 10 minutes walk in Dadonghai, heaps of Noodle Houses, a mall Foodcourt, we found some of the nearby Russian restaurants were best value, excellent food at reasonable prices.Outside the hotel there were two good size swimming pools. They were very popular while we were there because the beach was closed for 4 days because of a typhoon warning. But we usually managed to find some loungers, they was not enough umbrellas for shade sometimes, but we just dragged the loungers under some nearby trees. No swim -up bar, but there is a guy selling drinks alongside the pool. Shopping in Dadonghai is OK, but we learnt that Sanya City is better for shopping, so we walked there one rainy day - took approx 30 minutes. But we soon found that taxis to downtown Sanya are cheap and stop close to the hotel. Also if you walk for approx 10 minutes to Yuya Road, you can get regular buses to other tourist attractions ( Yalong Bay etc ). So Resort Intime is in an excellent location, with beach right outside, also bars, restaurants, shops, groceries, taxis etc all right outside. We even found a Starbucks about 5 minutes down the road. We enjoyed our stay at Resort Intime, and would happily...

After a couple of hectic days in Guangzhou, we caught the short flight to Sanya for a week of relaxation late July. We decided to stay at Dadonghai as the beach seemed good and not as busy as Sanya City. Dadongai was very interesting for us kiwis, we think we were the only kiwis staying at Resort Intime, it seemed to be 60% Chinese and 40% Russian. All of the signage is in Chinese and Russian, with very little English, and most of the staff do not understand English, but there was a few who did speak English, and in general the staff were very helpful. We booked Super Delux Sea View Double Rooms, these rooms were good size, with a small balcony and good air conditioning. The rooms were quiet, beds were comfortable, good showers, and rooms were always clean / tidy. At first it looked like there was no Wifi in the rooms, but we asked the cleaning lady, and she produced a Wifi Access Point from her cleaning cart, plugged it into the LAN connection on the wall and we had free Wifi ! Speed was a little slow, but usable for checking Emails, News etc. Our friends found the same issue with their room, seems they don't have enough of the Access points for every room, so you need to ask the cleaners. The Room rate was CNY825 plus tax, and included free breakfast. This is quite a big hotel, and the breakfast area was always crowded - on two mornings they gave us a table in the smaller cafe down the hall from the main restaurant, which was much quieter. There was always plenty of food, juice, cereals, toast, spreads, fruit. yoghurts, Cakes, Coffee plus Asian Foods ( rice, noodles, Quail eggs etc ) Sometimes there was a 5 minute wait when they ran out of cups, bowls, coffee etc, but I think the hotel was quite full at the time we were there. Apart from breakfasts, we had most evening meals outside the Resort - there are plenty of other Restaurants within 10 minutes walk in Dadonghai, heaps of Noodle Houses, a mall Foodcourt, we found some of the nearby Russian restaurants were best value, excellent food at reasonable prices.Outside the hotel there were two good size swimming pools. They were very popular while we were there because the beach was closed for 4 days because of a typhoon warning. But we usually managed to find some loungers, they was not enough umbrellas for shade sometimes, but we just dragged the loungers under some nearby trees. No swim -up bar, but there is a guy selling drinks alongside the pool. Shopping in Dadonghai is OK, but we learnt that Sanya City is better for shopping, so we walked there one rainy day - took approx 30 minutes. But we soon found that taxis to downtown Sanya are cheap and stop close to the hotel. Also if you walk for approx 10 minutes to Yuya Road, you can get regular buses to other tourist attractions ( Yalong Bay etc ). So Resort Intime is in an excellent location, with beach right outside, also bars, restaurants, shops, groceries, taxis etc all right outside. We even found a Starbucks about 5 minutes down the road. We enjoyed our stay at Resort Intime, and would happily...

We were returning customers to this hotel, having been there once before during the times of Covid. The last time we gave the hotel 5 stars, this time I feel I can give it 4. For the following reasons. The location and cleanliness were very good. Close to shops and rooms cleaned each day. We did ask to be re-roomed after the first night, as the room we were first in had a bad smell, like drains, however the staff member known on Wechat as "You are my Sunshine" was very quick to assist and upgraded us without questioning to a better room. I would say he was a very good staff member. Last time, more staff spoke English, however on our arrival, the women at the counter assumed we were Russian, in fact, most staff members did, and when we asked if there were any English speaking staff to help us, many staff (including those that arrange excursions and work in the restaurant) simply shook their heads or outright walked away. Thankfully, my broken Chinese got me through most of it, but I would recommend for the future, as more travellers come, they have at least one person there to speak Russian or English. Another issue about facilities. There are 2 pools, but I never saw the adult pool to be open, only the baby pool. And the private beach was unfortunately manned by lifeguards who wouldn't allow people to swim in the small waves of the ocean (I understand safety is important but they were blowing whistles for adults who were only paddling up to their ankles.) In future, in peak times, I'd suggest having both pools open, especially if the ocean is off limits. This said, there was always a sunbed avaliable. The breakfast was nice, with a good selection to suit all, and it continued until past 11am, which was helpful. If you want to watch TV, they have a large screen, but take a cable to hook up your computer unless you want to pay to mirror your phone through an app。In general it was a pleasant stay, there are things to be improved, but I've stayed...