Yingkou Sanhe Hot Spring Hotel
Hot spring soaking at a budget rate, far from Ganjingzi
About this hotel
The hot spring is the whole story here, and it is a genuinely good reason to book if the trip has a spare day in it. The property sits a short taxi ride from Shanhai Square, well outside the Dalian city grid and a long run from both Zhoushuizi International Airport and the Ganjingzi sports complex. That distance is the honest headline: this is not a matchday base in any practical sense, and a fan trying to reach an evening fixture at Dalian Sports Center from here will spend most of the day travelling. What it is instead is a cheap, restorative stop for anyone driving the coast, with soaking pools that cost a fraction of what the equivalent would in the city. Fans staying here should build the trip around the spring rather than the stadium, and treat any event as a long excursion rather than a short hop.
- Hot spring on site
- Very low rate
- Far from the complex
- Drivers only
Our take
This suits road-trippers and anyone stringing several northeast fixtures together who wants a cheap recovery night between them. The hot spring at this rate is real value. Supporters coming specifically for an event at Dalian Sports Center should not book it, because the distance is severe, there is no metro option at all, and the return after a late finish would be an expensive and long piece of driving.
- Only book this one if you are driving, there is no useful public transport link to Ganjingzi
- Use the hot spring on a rest day rather than a matchday, it deserves an unhurried afternoon
- Fill the tank before you set off west, the run into Dalian is long and the return is longer
Why we love it
- Hot spring soaking at a genuine budget rate
- Quiet nights well outside the Dalian traffic
- A short ride from Shanhai Square for an evening walk
- Good recovery stop on a multi-fixture road trip