Shangxiajiu Pedestrian Street
上下九步行街 · Shàngxiàjiǔ Bùxíngjiē
The old Xiguan shopping street, lined with Guangzhou’s largest surviving run of arcaded qilou shophouses and famous old teahouses.
No booking needed1–2 hours
Tip
Eat your way along it: dim sum at Taotaoju or Lianxianglou, then double-skin milk at Nanxin. Yongqing Fang is a short walk away.
- Opening hours
- Open all day; shops about 10:00–22:00. To be confirmed
- Price
- Free
- How to book
- No booking needed.
- Getting there
- Changshou Lu (Line 1), Exit A; or Hualinsi (Line 8) To be confirmed
- Address in Chinese
- 广州市荔湾区下九路
Photo: 钉钉 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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