Our 4th time in Sanya and we decided to try Haitang Bay again because on the reviews and pictures of this Sofitel. Even though swimming in the sea is not allowed by the authorities in Haitang Bay, I really enjoyed this resort and the leisure it offers, specially the swimming pool area.

We got a premium sea view room (I strongly recommend sea-view room) which was beautifully decorated and very spacious. The small balcony was a nice plus. The bed was very comfortable and AC working as it should.

Since the day before my arrival I was contacted by Michelle who I added on wechat, I really like this kind of service as it provides easy and quick assistance if necessary. She was also very attentive and took care of us all the way. Check-out was super fast, all we did was dropping the room key and later received the billing by mail.

The breakfast was nothing less than I would expect from this level of hotel in terms of offer, but I really enjoyed the quality of the food and layout of the room.

What I enjoyed most in the hotel was the swimming pool areas. The actually have 2 different pools, a big one close to the rooms and another one close to the beach. Both of them offer different kind of areas to enjoy, for example the bigger one offers a bar area, a separate kids area, and quite a few smaller more private areas where you can have a chair or sofas. You can also find hammocks laying around the hotel grounds.

An important comment to make is that during peak season the hotel offers helicopter tours, so there will be a lot of take-off and landing during the day. It did't bother us much though.

This is a great resort for families and couples with separated areas, pools, etc depending on who you are with and what you want out of the trip. This hotel's layout as a resort is one of the best I've encounter and highly recommend. You won't be disappointed.

I've stayed here twice now and found the staff to be fairly nice. The ladies in the executive lounge were extraordinarily attentive and some of the best I've encountered at a Sofitel, but super stringent and not very friendly if you show up a few minutes before closing, expect to be cut off. Too bad for later checkins.

I would give this place five stars, but the last day of the second stay, they let some massive DJ party happen on the hotel grounds which is fine, it ended around 1030-11pm, but what I found pretty annoying was the security guards. You can't sleep with the noise, but they'll sure the hell try to kick you out of the pool and keep you out which seems a bit ridiculous in context of the ongoing noisey event.

Otherwise, everything was pretty good, I'd definitely come back.