Shopping in Guǎngdōng
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Grandview Shopping Mall
Those with modern tastes might want to head to the Tianhe area, with its fashionable shopping plazas. Grandview Shopping Mall - the largest in Asia - is Guǎngzhōu's newest shopping mall.
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Dàfēn Village
You shouldn't miss Dàfēn Village in Bùjí, Lónggǎng district. Even just walking around is an eye-opening experience. With 600 art-packed stores and 8000 skilled artists, this village generates thousands of freshly painted Van Goghs and any famous masterpiece you can imagine, every week. Bus 306 from Luóhú takes you to the village in an hour. A taxi ride costs around Y50.
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Luóhú Commercial City
This overrated covered market greets visitors as they emerge from customs and immigration. You'll find five storeys of shopping insanity, with corridor after corridor of stalls selling knock-off handbags, clothing, wigs, knick-knacks, massages and DVDs.
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Beijing Lu
One of Guǎngzhōu's favourite shopping spots, Beijing Lu , a 300m pedestrian street crammed full of shops big and small, selling virtually everything imaginable. It's easily reachable from the Gongyuan Qian metro stop. It gets really crowded on the weekends, but that's part of the fun.
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Jian Fu Mei Health & Beauty Centre
At Jian Fu Mei Health & Beauty Centre in Luohu Commercial City, you'll pay around Y88 to around Y100 for a massage and from around Y90 for a facial. The place is a bit decrepit but the massages are great value. The new branch at the south wing basement has a slightly cheaper rate.
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Up Down Nine Street
A pedestrian shopping street with a bit more character is Xia Jiulu/Shang Jiulu . It's in one of the oldest parts of the city, where the buildings retain elements of both Western and Chinese architecture. It's a good place to look for discounted clothing.
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Běijīng Lù
One of Guangzhou’s favourite shopping spots, this is a 300m pedestrian street crammed full of shops, big and small, selling virtually everything imaginable. The weekends are crowded here, but that’s part of the fun.
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Mang Bing Massage Centre
In addition to shopping, Shenzhen offers all sorts of body perfecting services, from massage to manicure. Try Mang Bing Massage Centre, where you can expect to pay between around Y45 to around Y120 for an hour's massage.
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Huaqiang Bei Commercial St
For electronics, Huaqiang Bei is a living, breathing eBay, with shops and malls for blocks on end selling the latest tech gadgets, hi-tech audiovisual equipment and computer components at rock-bottom prices.
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Dōngmén Market
Another chaotic market popular for tailored suits and skirts, and cheap ready-to-wear clothes, with competitive prices. Be extremely careful of pickpockets. By metro, get off at Laojie station and leave from exit A.
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Wong Kong Oil Painting and Art Plaza
Near the entrance to Dafen Village, this is the founding shop of this mass production painting kingdom. Bus 106 from Luohu takes you to the village in an hour's ride. A taxi ride costs around Y40 to Y60.
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Tianhe Computer Markets
A supersized version of Huaqiang Bei St in Shenzhen. Tons and tons of electronics and gadgets are sold in shops and malls straddling a few kilometres of the east end of Tianhe Lu.
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Xīguān Antique Street
This street in the Xīguān area has shops selling everything from ceramic teapots to Tibetan rugs. Even if you're not interested in loading up your pack with ceramic vases, it's still a wonderful place to wander and browse.
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Fāngcūn Tea Market
Tea connoisseurs will not leave this market in Fāngcūn empty-handed. This is a sprawling market with block after block of tea shops/malls selling tea and teawares on Fangcun Dadao. Most target wholesale traders but retail is often possible. Take exit C at the Fāngcūn metro stop.
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Teem Plaza
Those with modern tastes might want to head to the Tianhe area, with its fashionable shopping plazas, Teem Plaza and Grandview Shopping Mall.
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Huaqiang Electronic World
On Huaqiang Bei Commercial Street; another electronics giant due to open early in 2008 to compete with the SEGs.
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SEG Electronics Market
This a behemoth with eight floors crammed with tiny booths selling computer components at rock bottom prices.
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Foreign Languages Bookshop
You'll find a few English classics here, though the store is mainly for Chinese students learning English.
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Haizhu Square
Haizhu Square has always been a popular spot for discounted clothing and other merchandise.
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Huale Lu
For clothing, try the trendy boutiques on Huale Lu , behind the Garden Hotel.
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Tangning Bookstore
Has a small selection of contemporary novels written in English.
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Wende Lu
Fine-art enthusiasts shouldn't miss the less touristy but equally interesting Wende Lu, east of Beijing Lu. An array of shops and galleries abound along the road, selling calligraphy, paintings and antique books.
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Shangxia Jiulu
Literally 'Up Down Nine Street', this pedestrianised shopping street in one of the oldest parts of the city, where the buildings retain elements of both Western and Chinese architecture, is a good place to look for discounted clothing.
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Huáqiáng Běi
On the western edge of Luóhú district is Huáqiáng Běi (华强北), a living, breathing eBay for those on the hunt for electronics. The area abounds with blocks of buildings crammed with tiny booths selling the latest tech gadgets and computer components at rock-bottom prices. Take exit A at Huáqiánglù station.
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