Sunsets in Sanya
by sarahsmithson
Sep 27, 2024
When a Spanish estate meets a tropical island, the JW Marriott Sanya Haitang Bay Resort is born from a romantic collaboration between architecture and nature. With a Moorish courtyard at its heart, the designer uses warm yellow sandstone walls, glazed blue ceramic tiles, and openwork windows to construct a progressive spatial poetics. The entire building is only 4 stories high, making the sea view no longer the preserve of high places. Looking back from the lobby, the waves lapping the shore can be seen through the triple arch; when the gauze curtains of the garden pavilion flutter in the breeze, the distant sails happen to slip into the gaps in the line of sight; even the windows in the guest room bathrooms cut the coconut groves and the sea into dynamic decorative paintings.
The guest rooms are like "mobile Spanish aesthetics showrooms," with a minimum area of 68㎡. Under the high ceilings, the dark brown teak floors and the off-white linen curtains create a balance of warm and cool tones. Custom-made hand-woven carpets restore Andalusian patterns, and the walls at the head of the bed are outlined with raised plaster lines to create a religious dome-like arc, while the intelligent control system hides contemporary luxury in the classical texture. The 180° sea view suite extends the terrace into a private oasis: an open-air bathtub is surrounded by bougainvillea bushes, a hammock on the teak deck faces Wuzhizhou Island, and in the evening, lying on a custom-made wide recliner, watching the sunset burn the clouds into orange-red, you will know that "low-rise sea view" is the true meaning of an island vacation.
JW Kitchen Restaurant completes a geographical journey through cuisine. The breakfast buffet features a "Mediterranean meets Hainan" theme: Spanish cold soup with Lingshui sour noodles, freshly opened oysters with sherry vinegar and Hainan kumquats, and almond croissants and coconut bomba cakes on the dessert table. At dinner, the open kitchen transforms into a culinary theater: Argentine red shrimp grilled by the chef on the spot are drizzled with Sanya rattan pepper oil, a cold cut platter of 5J ham and Ledong mango, and the signature seafood paella replaces the traditional mussels with Hainan mangrove crabs. The wine list holds surprises, and a glass of Rioja red wine with a smoky aroma is inexplicably in tune with the rhythm of the tides outside the restaurant.
Before leaving, don't miss the "Manor Time Capsule" experience: hand-copy Spanish poems in the Baroque-style library, or make souvenirs with the hotel's homemade guava jam and coffee beans. This resort estate, which rejects the height of extravagance, uses space, cuisine, and design details to write a Nanyang version of *Don Quixote*.
📍Name: JW Marriott Sanya Haitang Bay Resort
🔎Address: No. 32, Haitang North Road
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