Phoenix Island: photos, hotels, attractions

The legendary bird Phoenix is reborn, according to legend, from the fire (or from the ashes). But there are exceptions. The island of Phoenix (China) appeared, as the goddess of beauty Aphrodite, from the sea. The man-made education of the Middle Kingdom is ready to outdo the famous landmark of the United Arab Emirates. Rather, to combine two futuristic masterpieces of the UAE - the archipelago "Palma" in Jumeirah and the hotel "Parus".

The largest in the history of China (after the construction of the Great Wall) the project was launched in two thousand and eighth year. What came of this? The answer to this question you will learn from this article. We will tell about the man-made island everything that is known at the moment. After all, construction is still not finished. But the greatest attraction of South China already attracts a lot of attention of tourists, and its photo is decorated with guides to the region. Let's do a virtual tour of the man-made island with such a sonorous name - Phoenix.

Where is

South China is famous among holiday makers around the world Hainan. It is a natural island, the second largest in the country after Taiwan. He is known for being the only one in the Middle Kingdom in the tropical climate. Therefore, Hainan is often called Thailand in miniature or Asian Hawaii. This island is a favorite place for Russian tourists, especially from the eastern regions of Russia. A short flight allows them to escape from the harsh Siberian frosts and to warm the bones on the amazing sandy beaches of Hainan. Arrivals accept the airport of the city of Haikou - the capital of the province. In the south of the island there are many resorts. And the most brilliant of them is Sanya. Get to it from Haikou Airport by bus is not difficult. Here off the coast of Sanya and began to erect in 2008 the island of Phoenix. Already in May of this year, with the barely emerging embankment, the Olympic flame of the twenty-ninth Games began its journey through the planet. Perhaps with this the name "Phoenix" is connected. Although the Chinese also believe in a mythical bird. The island's local name is Fenghuang Tao.

How to get there

Phoenix Island (Sanya) is connected to the coast of Hainan by a bridge of three hundred and ninety-five meters in length. You can cross this distance by taxi. In the future, the possibility of a ferry crossing is being considered. A cheaper option is possible for today - city buses. From the Dadunhai bay on the man-made island follows the route number 25, and from Sanyavan - No. 26. Buses take passengers to the beginning of Fenghuang Tao ("Phoenix"). To get to the island of the dream, you need to pass a security screening at the checkpoint. After the checkpoint clients of Phoenix hotels expect electric cars. All types of transport, running on gasoline, are prohibited on an ecological island. However, the purity of the surrounding water area can be questioned. After all, an ambitious project for the construction of Phoenix included the construction of a port for ocean liners. Nevertheless, the man-made island remains the greatest attraction of Sanya and Hainan in general. After all, such a futuristic architecture you will not find anywhere else, except in Dubai.

Phoenix Island (Hainan)

The project was approved in 2007. The bulk island, barely towering above the waters of the South China Sea, was to have an ideally oval shape, one thousand and one hundred and three hundred and seventy meters wide. Therefore, the area of Fenghuang Tao is incomplete four square kilometers. However, such a tiny patch of land, reclaimed from the ocean, is literally "crammed" with various elite and futuristic buildings. The total building area at the moment is three hundred ninety-three thousand square meters. As in the Palma Archipelago in the Emirates, Phoenix Island in China has the most expensive housing in the country. In addition to private apartments and luxury hotels with seven stars, on the mound there are luxury boutiques, restaurants, park areas and playgrounds. A real decoration of the island is the fifty-meter-high sculpture of Phoenix, a fairy bird that, according to Chinese mythology, brings luck and longevity. It rises on a separate island on the southern promontory of the mound.

"Filling" of Phoenix

It is not necessary to be a client of one of the luxury hotels, apartment tenants or ocean liner passengers to get acquainted with this most key tourist attraction of Hainan. But first it is worth taking a picture of the island of Phoenix from afar, from the Sanya embankment. It seems that from the bottom of the sea a two-hundred-meter building grows, resembling the famous hotel "Parus" in Fujairah. As in the Emirates, this high-rise building houses a hotel with a seven star rating. The hotel is surrounded, like the younger twin sisters, with five 28-storey houses. The cost of housing in them reaches twenty-four thousand dollars for one square meter! Do you think the apartments are empty? By no means. For those who like to live closer to the land on the island, lower buildings are also built - six ultra-lux cottages. Infrastructure on Phoenix allows the islanders not to feel the lack of anything. There is a park with an intricate name "The Deer wrapped its head". It is located immediately near the bridge leading to Sanya. It is supposed to build an amusement park. There are private schools and colleges, sports clubs, restaurants, shops on the island.

Phoenix Building

The architectural company "MAD Studio" directed the works on the arrangement of the man-made embankment, which promised to finish them by the year two thousand fourteen. However, the results of the implementation of a bold design project were submitted to the court of the general public ahead of schedule. At the opening of the island on December 1, 2011, rich people from all over the world gathered. And in the evening a salute was given that he was remembered for a long time by the residents of Sanya. But the work is not yet complete. The island of Phoenix continues to settle and decorate. A conference hall, a harbor for yachts and other grandiose buildings are being built.

What to see on Phoenix

What is remarkable about Phoenix? The buildings on it represent an amazing combination of ancient Chinese architecture with a futuristic style of high-tech. The buildings are dominated by bizarre curved lines. The coloring of buildings is such that it seems as if the sea is connected to clouds in them. It is not necessary to leave the island of Phoenix with the onset of darkness. A photo of the high-rise buildings LED lamps illuminated by a million is the hallmark of this man-made landmark.

Phoenix Island (Sanya): hotels

Looking for a budget hotel on this prestigious land site is a useless occupation. Futuristic project costs the government of China and foreign investors more than five billion yuan, which is seven hundred million US dollars. Given the small area of the man-made island (less than four square kilometers), one can only judge how expensive the land is on this mound. You can only list boutique hotels on Phoenix. These are Jing High Branch, Saving Beauty, Shenyang Apartment, Sanya President Resort, Xinchen Xi Holiday Hotel, Sanya Skyview Luxury Apartment and Phoenix Island Royal Menzon. However, the prices for them are much higher than in similar hotels in Hainan.

Evening Phoenix

Vacationers Sanya with sunset go to the embankment of the city. Their goal is not at all admiring the sunset, although here he is also insanely beautiful. After all, one of the attractions, which is famous for the island of Phoenix, is its illumination. The American company "Daktroniks" has developed special panels that were mounted in the walls of buildings from the outside by the latest technology "propixel". Thanks to this, tenants of elite hotels and private apartments absolutely do not experience discomfort from the riot of lights. And the surrounding people admire the video compositions replacing each other. To admire the play of lights is best from the Sanya embankment. But a good show opens from the terraces of elite restaurants on the island of Phoenix.