Best Shopping Markets and Streets in Guilin

Noted as one of the most visited cities in China, Guilin is centralized in day markets and night markets where visitors are able to go shopping as well as eat in Guilin. Among them, Zhongshan Zhong Lu Night Market, Guilin International Tourism Commodity Wholesale City and Guilin Central Plaza and Zhengyang Pedestrian Street are the most popular.

Shopping Markets and Streets in Guilin

Zhongshan Zhong Lu Night Market

Known as a highlight among the night scenes in Guilin, Zhongshan Zhong Lu Night Market is a bustling pedestrian night street where concentrates all kinds of commodities dominated in tourism souvenirs and various local snacks. Stalls in the street extend from the Guilin Department Store to the Nikoniko Company, selling handiworks, local products, small wares and folk snacks. Every night in the street, you will find a buzzing area where is crammed with locals and tourists.
Location: Zhongshan Zhong Lu, Guilin.
Opening Hour: 7:30pm-2:00am
Recommended Items: fermented bean curd, chilli sauce, dried beancurd sticks, Three Flower Wine, painting fun of Yangshuo, jade carving, bamboo carving, and awn weaving handiwork.

Guilin International Tourism Commodity Wholesale City

As the largest wholesale and retail market for tourist commodities in southwest region of China, Guilin International Tourism Commodity Wholesale City is a blend of product processing, production and marketing, covering an area of more than 6.7 hectares. It has collected thousand kinds of delicate handicrafts from both home and abroad, including the agate and bloodstone from the northeast of China, double sided embroidery from Hangzhou, jewelry and jadeware from Southeast Asia and the local wood caving, root carving and calligraphy &painting.

Location: No. 36 Huancheng South 2nd Road, Wayao Industrial District, Guilin.
Recommended Items: jadeware, wood carving, dark-red enameled pottery of Yixing, xylograph, Su Embroidery, Guilin stones.
Bus Route: take public bus No.56 and 11 and get off at Wayaokou Station, or take a taxi from central plaza (CNY 10).

Guilin Central Plaza

Reputed as “the Parlour of Guilin”, Guilin Central Plaza is the largest multi-functional square for mass rally, relaxation and shopping. The underground of the plaza has been the biggest underground commercial street in Guilin where scatters hundreds of clothing shops. In the center of the plaza stands a stone tablet inscribed with “Guilin’s scenery is the best in the world”. At night, all kinds of colored lights are changing in air, making the night of the plaza more charming.
Location: No. 36 Huancheng South 2nd Road, Wayao Industrial District, Guilin.

Zhengyang Pedestrian Street

Zhengyang Pedestrian Street is a 666 (666 is one of the luckiest number in Chinese culture) meters long and 13 meters wide commercial street, stretching from South Binhu Road to East Jianfang Road. Also known as one of the attractions in Guilin, it is an archaized street which combines the folk architecture and classic European buildings, selling everything from jade and teapots to clothing, woven, jewelry, souvenirs, as well as minority handicrafts and embroidery.
Location: Zhengyang Road, Xiufeng District, Guilin.
Opening Hour: All Day
Recommended Items: local specialties, clothes
Bus Route: take public bus No.10,11,14.

Shopping Malls in Guilin

Wang Cheng Department Store

Wang Cheng Department Store is a popular shopping mall among local citizens and tourists where provides with everything. The 7 floors (2 basements included) contain basically everything used in daily life. B1 is for food and enamel hardware; B2 is a furnishings center; F1 deals in home electric fittings, cosmetics and medicine; F2 is available to cloth, shoes and hats; F3 is major in timekeeper and stationery; F4 is the clothing paradise for women; F5 is equipped with a kids’ playground. It really deserves to be a shopping center for people.
Location: No. 11 Jiefang Dong Lu, Xiufeng District, Guilin

Niko Niko Do Shopping Mall

Noted as the only joint venture company built by Guilin Business Head Office and Japanese Kumamoto, Niko Niko Do Shopping Mall is the biggest shopping mall in Guangxi Province which has engaged in nearly 50,000 kinds of commodities. From the first floor to the eighth floor, customers can find food, costume, shoes, cosmetics, daily goods, household appliance, etc. Besides, various kinds of local specialties are sold in underground floor. Well-equipped facilities including bookstore, cafe, salon, food street and entertainment center in the plaza have make Niko Niko Do Shopping Mall an ideal shopping venue.
Location: No.37 Zhongshang Road Middle, Guilin.
Opening Hour: 9:00am-9:30pm
Bus Route: take bus No. 1, 3, 4, 10, 15, 19, 22, 24, 25, 29, 30 and 51.

Tips:
1. Make sure to buy jewelry in the store where hangs the brand of “issued by nation” in case of buying a fake good.
2. Some cheap ornaments are available near the Millstone Mountain Wharf, do remember to bargain.

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