Atlantis Sanya

Atlantis Sanya is China’s first and only Atlantis resort, located on the southern tip of Hainan Island facing the South China Sea. Specifically, the massive resort sits on Haitang Bay alongside several other luxury hotels, but visitors aren’t likely to mistake this dazzling property with another. For one, the sheer size of it — the campus is spread out over 130 acres — dwarfs others, as do the countless activities travelers have come to associate with Atlantis resorts. There are impossibly tall twisting waterslides, marine mammal encounters, underwater guest suites, gigantic displays of aquatic life, pretty pristine pools, an AHAVA Spa, 21 different restaurants and a 52-story tower shaped like a sail. Notice the aquatic theme? That’s no coincidence. The luxury resort leans heavily on sea-inspired imagery throughout, with design materials (silver leaf, mother of pearl) meant to glisten like water, ceiling panels that look like waves, green and gold marble floors, and the lobby’s giant wall of glass panels that open like fish gills.