The Fontain Resorts - Fountain Suites and Golden Beach

We will be travelling to Shenzhen in late December of this year. We have booked the The Fountain Resort Suites in the city of Shenzhen. We are contemplating switching to the The Fountain Resort Golden Beach on Dapang? Bay. Has anyone stayed at either of these resorts?

The Fontain Resorts - Fountain Suites and Golden Beach

Correction: The ';Fountain'; Resorts.

The Fontain Resorts - Fountain Suites and Golden Beach

Hi Gail

Just back from 1 week in HK, been to many places however this was the biggest rip off , with poor quality, and thieves everywhere.

Not even worth the experience, nor the cost of the visa. Camera discs were corrupt, DVD%26#39;s did not work, shoes and bags fell apart.

Best shopping proved to be markets parallel to Ladies market, in Mongkok. About 5 mins walk from Ladies market

Also good quality in mall, next to Big Buddha, with factory outlets such as Nike, Adidas, jeans , bags etc.

Your choice but Shenzhen proved to be an expensive learning experience for our family.

Safe travelling ( only if you miss the above)

Regards

BW

Oh, no! I%26#39;d better do a little more research before I venture forth. Thanks for the info.

Do not worry Gail.

Go ahead with your plans. I do not know what deal beaverwillows got.

Do some research on this site, from other travellers, or check out my posts.

When you buy things you get what you pay for. Do you want quality you pay a bit more. But then only about 50% of the price in the west. Do not go for the cheapest things. I buy my DVD at Wal-Mart or at the library (bookstore) latest releases for about 22 Rmb. But you need to have a region free DVD player at home. China is region 6 You can switch the language to English, with a bit of guesswork in the menu.

Thieves? I feel confident to sleep on a park bench in Shenzhen. I am only afraid of the polis, it is not allowed. And I do not fit in with my 6 foot, blond hair and big nose.

Shenzhen is as big as NY 9.6 million. Things happen in big cities. But I think it is safer here than in many other places. Normal precaution .

I have been to Shenshen 10 times in the last 2 years 9 month total.

Happy travel :-)

We have stayed at the Golden Beach resort. It looks really beautiful and is beautifully landscaped. It is on the hillside about 30 minutes above the beach. Not within walking distance. There is a bus that costs about 5RMB that stops outside the resort that will take you to Xiao Mei Sha beach or Da Mei Sha beach. I recommend Da Mei Sha for its many ammenities.

The resort has no ATM. Could find no ATMs that accept US debit/credit cards that worked until we drove back to the airport which is about an hour and a half away. None of the employees at this resort speak any English. Only some Mandarin and mostly Guangdong dialect. Although they are sweet and very willing to help if you don%26#39;t speak Chinese don%26#39;t bother. They have a very nice restaurant however many of the dishes listed in the menu are not available. ;-)

This is a typical Chinese resort. They haven%26#39;t quite caught on to the sort of services that Westerners expect. This will change with the rapid rate of growth in China. Actually, I think that Shenzhen is much larger than 9.6 million. More like 20 million.