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Shopping in Shenzhen www.SZCITYGUIDE.com SHOPPING IN SHENZHEN 深圳购物 Diwang SightseeingDiwang Building -Credits 韦洪兴 深圳购物 !"#$%&’ '"(), *"+,#& of With Shenzhen’s Finest Cuisine writers, hundreds of interviews, you’ll explore Shenzhen’s most exot- 8 thousands of steps, and an in- ic restaurants. Dreaming of becom- credible adventure, that’s Shopping in ing a chef? Give it a try at the world Shenzhen’s recipe. famous Chef Martin Yan’s Culinary As early as we jotted down the plan Art Center. S that later would become the frame- HOPPING work of this book, we decided that Want to stay overnight in Shenzhen? it should not just be another shop- Shenzhen’s Best Hotels will give ping directory, but a real guidebook. you good advice. It not only includes -at meant: colorful maps, directions price guides, directions in English and IN and addresses in both English and Chinese district by district, and col- S Chinese, and insightful information. orful maps, but also reviews by pro- HENZHEN To achieve this goal, we conducted fessional travel writers with detailed interviews with both Chinese and ex- hotel information and practical tips. patriates and invited them to advise future readers. If you argue that life is not only www. What will you .nd in this book? -is about shopping, eating and sleep- guide breaks new grounds by doing ing, we have what you need: A day SZ C something for shoppers that’s never in Shenzhen will take you from your ITY G been done before: it does not have ads, room to Shenzhen’s theme parks, art UIDE cuts through the bull and show you centers, museums and temples, or sim- .com exactly “what you need to know.” ply to a peaceful family promenade in one of the numerous Shenzhen’s parks. Shopping in Shenzhen will not only bring you to expatriates’ pre- What’s more? Well, the best is to ferred shopping places, but also to come. If you thought that Shenzhen places foreigners never dare to go. was just an industrial city where you’d Rest assured, not that it’s dangerous, come and go to do business, a city but rather because of the language with nothing much to see, Splendid barrier; little English is spoken there, Shenzhen will bowl you over. if any at all. With our tips you should be able to get around easily even I truly hope you will enjoy this though you’re not /uent in Chinese. If Shenzhen City Guide as much as we you don’t speak Mandarin at all, don’t did writing it. panic, jump to Tracy’s Chinese Corner page 128 to pick up the keys that will QAdriano Lucchese 唐毅德 lead you to the best bargains. www.LonelyWriters.com 瓏玲作家 i 深圳购物 Shopping in Shenzhen Shopping in Shenzhen 1 HENZHEN Shenzhen Essential 6 S Shopping at Luohu Commercial City 8 IN Dongmen 1001 Shopping Streets 42 Electronics & Women’s World at Huaqiang Bei 66 HOPPING Shopping along the Metro line, and beyond... 96 S Furniture and Home Décor 112 .com Stationery Malls 118 UIDE Jewel Shopping Streets 119 G ITY C Shopping in Zhuhai, Antiques in Zhongshan 120 SZ Shopping in Dongguan, Houjie, and Humen 122 www. Shenzhen Souvenir line 126 Tracy’s Chinese Corner 128 Shenzhen’s Finest Cuisine Shenzhen’s Finest Cuisine 146 Chef Martin in Shenzhen 147 The Shenzhen Food Guide 152 i 深圳购物 ii Shenzhen’s Best Hotels S HOPPING Shenzhen’s Best Hotels 174 Hotels in Luohu 178 IN Hotels in Nanshan 180 S HENZHEN Hotels in Futian 188 Hotels in Bao’an 191 Hotels in Yantian 192 www. SZ C ITY G UIDE A Day in Shenzhen .com A Day in Shenzhen 196 Getting There 208 Splendid Shenzhen Splendid Shenzhen 220 General Index 254 ii www.SZCITYGUIDE.com SHOPPING IN SHENZHEN 深圳购物 Shopping inShenzhen Shopping Shopping in Shenzhen in 深圳购物 1 深圳 Shenzhen Essential 6 精华 罗湖 Shopping 8 商业城 at Luohu Commercial City S HOPPING 东门 Dongmen 42 老街 1001 Shopping Streets IN Electronics & Women’s World 66 S 华强北 at Huaqiang Bei HENZHEN 地铁站 Shopping along the Metro 96 购物 Line, and beyond... www. SZ 家居 Furniture & Home Décor 112 C ITY G UIDE 118 文具 Stationery Malls .com 珠宝 Jewel Shopping Streets 119 珠海 Shopping in Zhuhai 120 中山 Antiques in Zhongshan 东莞 Shopping in 122 购物 Dongguan, Houjie & Humen 纪念品 Shenzhen Souvenir Line 126 汉语角 Tracy’s Chinese Corner 128 深圳购物指南 1 2 Shopping in Shenzhen, an overview Shopping in Shenzhen, an overview 深圳购物 tion? All are some of the questions we heard hundreds of times while conducting interviews for Shopping in Shenzhen. Here you go. In short, if you want to follow the crowd, head HENZHEN o' to Luohu Commercial City S 罗湖商业城 (LCC). &ere is IN not a single person we met in Shenzhen or Hong Kong that didn’t know about LCC. Even though all you can dream is HOPPING S gathered into a single 5-)oor building, it is still di(cult to *nd your way around. If you’ve .com been there, you know what I UIDE G mean. To make your experi- ITY C ence easier, we have gathered SZ ! "# #$"% that each year mil- hundreds of tips, organized )oor by www. lions of shoppers come and go )oor and shop by shop into a single Ito Shenzhen. &e city that was section. We have also laid out colored some years ago an industrial area has )oor maps with color codes and stall rapidly developed into a Mecca for numbers for you to go straight to the shoppers. designated area. For ultimate experi- Shenzhen has to o'er in terms of ences, we have also included blank shopping most of what any big city )oor maps to jot down your best *nd- does, and in some areas, even more. ings. Don’t forget to report them at Even though the city is more and www.szCityGuide.com! more foreigner-friendly, there are still Here it’s becoming more interesting. di(culties for foreigners to do shop- If you’re more adventurous, take the ping in and around Shenzhen. MTR at Luohu Train Station, get o' 2 Where to go? What to buy? How to stations later, at Laojie Station - 老街 make myself understood? How to get 站. Leave the commercial building via the best bargain? What bus should I Exit A. You will be soon in the thick of take? What’s the nearest Metro sta- it. &is huge place is called Dongmen 2 Shopping in Shenzhen 深圳购物 Shopping in Shenzhen, an overview 3 shopping streets 东门老街. If you are very reasonable prices. &e choice is accustomed to LCC and think that’s huge with top quality. all there is in Shenzhen, you will be If you have time to venture out of greatly surprised. At Dongmen, you Shenzhen, go to the underground S see mostly Chinese shoppers. Barely Gongbei Port Plaza 拱北口岸广场 HOPPING any foreigners dare to go shopping in at Zhuhai 珠海, which o'ers bargains Dongmen. Why? Probably because galore in clothes, shoes, handbags and there are no maps, no street signs in outdoor sporting equipment. English and the sta' in the shops don’t Love antiques? Zhonshan Antique IN speak English. But consider this: pric- Market 中山华财古玩城 is a place S es are generally lower than in LCC, where hundreds of stalls o'er beauti- HENZHEN quality tends to be higher, and there ful pieces of furniture or objects-d’arts are virtually no touts in Dongmen. ranging from hand-painted jewelry Armed with the 3D Dongmen map we boxes to large ornate armoires. drew for you and with Tracy’s Chinese If you have heard of places around www. Corner section, you should have no Shenzhen where you can purchase problem *nding your way around pieces of furniture, leather goods, SZ C and getting the best bargains. Give and clothes at very low price, then it ITY G it a try! is undoubtly Dongguan, Houjie and UIDE If you’re interested in electronics, Humen 东莞、厚街,虎门. .com head o' to Huaqiang Bei 华强北. It’s When your family or friends ask you 5 only stations away from LCC. Get to bring a souvenir from Shenzhen o' at Huaqiang Lu 华强路 via Exit A, what do you say? Well, we’ve got what turn le+, follow the crowd, go up the you need, check out the brand new escalator and keep going straight. You Shenzhen Souvenir Line created by will soon hit Huaqiang Road 华强路. the lovely Sheirley. Look up and you’ll see Saige/SEG 塞 Ok, now that you’ve got essential 格, the most famous electronic mar- tips, addresses and directions in both ket and also the highest steel tube con- English and Chinese, wouldn’t it be crete buiding in the world. handy to have a colorful map with all Want to shop for home décor? Head that on it? Check out the Shenzhen to the 4 Dragons Home, also called Essential map, page 6. Light Industrial Products district. Hundreds of small individual shops QBrought to you by are gathered into 2 large buildings. Adriano Lucchese 唐毅德 &ere, you will *nd home décor at www.LonelyWriters.com 瓏玲作家 深圳购物指南 3 4 Contents Shopping in Shenzhen’s Contents 深圳购物 Shopping in Shenzhen, an overview 2 Shenzhen Essential 6 Luohu Commercial City 8 Shopping on the 1st Floor 11 Shopping on the 2nd Floor 13 rd HENZHEN Shopping on the 3 Floor 15 th S Shopping on the 4 Floor 19 IN th Shopping on the 5 Floor 23 Luohu Shopping Index 24 The Shenzhen Silk Road Fantasy for Women 26 Write down your own !ndings 29 HOPPING S Tea World in Luohu 38 Massage in Luohu 40 .com Dongmen 1001 Shopping Streets 42 UIDE G Dongmen 3D Shopping map 44 ITY Shopping at Dongmen 46 C SZ Fashion 47 www.