China beach holiday

DM2007

anyone ever been on a chinese beach holiday?

anyone recomend it?

any tips?

where is best to buy such a holiday?

fancy 10 days/2 weeks on the beach and a few days in beijing.

Teahfc

GMTV were on about it this morning, Try there web site

sloppychops

My Travel have beach hols in China,flying from either Gatwick or Manchester.

https://www.mytravel.com

finallydebtfree!!

I think airtours may have one. I know when I was looking at my trip to china the travel agent gave us a brouchure that was for a 14 day trip staying on hainan (?) island and then 2 or 3 days in beijing. there were optional trips to xian and hong kong, ill see if I can find it online and post a link

finallydebtfree!!

heres one, havent had chance to look through it though

http://www.airtours.co.uk/AniteNextPage.asp?p=SPECIFICOFFER_60741

at the bottom of the page they have trips which include beijing,

hope this helps

sloppychops

finallydebtfree!! wrote:

I think airtours may have one. I know when I was looking at my trip to china the travel agent gave us a brouchure that was for a 14 day trip staying on hainan (?) island and then 2 or 3 days in beijing. there were optional trips to xian and hong kong, ill see if I can find it online and post a link

Airtours are part of the My Travel group which i also posted above.
Never even considered China before for a beach hol but it does look lovely.

mixu

Hainan Island is the current flavour of the month for beach holidays in China — the "Hawaii of the Far East". There are plenty of international hotel chains opening up in China so you can expect Western standards (if that's what you want!). Several UK operators are offering holidays there now...

Sam_Bee

Hainan is not what i'd call a typical Asian Beach Destination. It is popular with rich Chinese, golfers and has a number of big, brash hotels to fit.

It's not particularly pretty, or charming, and can get overrun. But as one of China's main beaches (they don't have that many) it is being promoted (Miss World was held their recently!).

In all honesty, if you want a decent beach holiday i'd tie in Thailand to your trip. You could use Air China to fly to Bangkok to have your stopover in Beijing (be wary - you will need a multi-entry visa) or open jaw Beijing and Bangkok with BA, and get a flight inbetween the two.

But just seeing Beijing would mean missing out on a lot, China has so much more to offer - including Shanghai, one of my favourite cities in the world.

finallydebtfree!!

i am travelling with travelsphere to china in september, they have quite a few organised tours to china. we are doing an 18 day trip including various places including beijing, shanghi, xian and many more also spend the last 2 days in hong kong

Voyager2002

I must say, China is not a good place for a beach holiday. True, Hainan has been developed as a beach resort (it also has a reputation as a centre for sex tourism). But that is mainly because Chinese people have difficulty in getting visas for foreign travel, and are now in a position to pay for beach holidays. If you are willing to take a long-haul flight, then there are many places with far better beaches.

DM2007

so for a 2 week honey moon - 12 days in thailand and 2 days in shanghi/beijing.
who flies in between thailand and china?
where is the best place to go in thailand?
dont know the area at all?
where is the best place to go for a honeymoon! we want some decent shopping mixed with a good beach
major - beach
minor - shopping

or 3/4 of 2 weeks on the beach, 1/4 of 2 week in the shops.