Bo'ao (博鳌; Bó'áo) is a town on the east coast of Hainan in China.
Boao, the seat of the Boao Forum for Asia, has its share of luxury hotels. Tourist facilities are well developed, with heavy overseas Chinese investment.
- Bo'ao Forum, +86 898-62691509. This is a meeting place for Asian heads of state, which is a popular tourist attraction for Chinese tour groups. Of little interest to the average foreign tourist.
- Yudai Beach, Located on a thin peninsula at the mouth of the Wanquan, Longgun and Jiuqu rivers (Catch a ferry from the Bo'ao Forum Establishment Site.
- China (Hainan) National Museum of the South China Sea, Museum Road, Tanmen Town (潭门镇博物馆路) (about 9km north of Bo'ao in the fishing port of Tanmen; catch bus no. 13 from Bo'ao Station, the bus also stops at the Bo'ao Forum site, +86 898 62605666. 9AM-5PM, no entry after 4PM, closed on Mondays. Free.
Bo'ao Forum, +86 898-62691509. This is a meeting place for Asian heads of state, which is a popular tourist attraction for Chinese tour groups. Of little interest to the average foreign tourist.
Yudai Beach, Located on a thin peninsula at the mouth of the Wanquan, Longgun and Jiuqu rivers (Catch a ferry from the Bo'ao Forum Establishment Site.
China (Hainan) National Museum of the South China Sea, Museum Road, Tanmen Town (潭门镇博物馆路) (about 9km north of Bo'ao in the fishing port of Tanmen; catch bus no. 13 from Bo'ao Station, the bus also stops at the Bo'ao Forum site, +86 898 62605666. 9AM-5PM, no entry after 4PM, closed on Mondays. Free.
- Boao Golf & Country Club, +86 898 62779659. It is surrounded by mountains, river and ocean. The course is built totally upon the original landscape. The natural plant and surroundings have been kept unchanged.
Boao Golf & Country Club, +86 898 62779659. It is surrounded by mountains, river and ocean. The course is built totally upon the original landscape. The natural plant and surroundings have been kept unchanged.
There is a duty-free store at the Bo'ao Forum site.
Boao has everything from five star dining, ocean front seafood dining to local eateries featuring Chinese cuisine from nearly every province. The main street of Boao is lined with outdoor restaurants and fruit sellers serving until the wee hours of the night.
Boao is surrounded by fields of pineapples. Sample a peeled pineaple on a stick for only ¥1. A tropical island, visitors to Hainan can eat fresh fruit all year round.
- Aozhuang, +86 898 62777123. One of Boao's best dining experiences is found not in a high-class restaurant but at a local seafood restaurant right on the beach near the town of Boao. The restaurant is an open air restaurant looking east towards the South China Sea. While the food is delicious, with superb local seafood and fresh vegetables, the biggest attraction is the location. To relax on a balmy evening over a cold beer, looking out over the beach and listening to the sound of the surf at evening fall, until all you can see is the lights of the fishing boats out at sea, it does not get much better than this.
Aozhuang, +86 898 62777123. One of Boao's best dining experiences is found not in a high-class restaurant but at a local seafood restaurant right on the beach near the town of Boao. The restaurant is an open air restaurant looking east towards the South China Sea. While the food is delicious, with superb local seafood and fresh vegetables, the biggest attraction is the location. To relax on a balmy evening over a cold beer, looking out over the beach and listening to the sound of the surf at evening fall, until all you can see is the lights of the fishing boats out at sea, it does not get much better than this.