Yuyuan Old Street
Yuyuan Old Street
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Neighbourhood: Xiaodongmen
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- Yuyuan Garden • 8 min walk
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AnaFerreira2015
Sao Domingos de Rana, Portugal105 contributions
Dec 2019
Unforgettable experience, the atmosphere is phenomenal, lots of shops and restaurants, the hard part is not stopping at all. Since the route is outside, it is advisable to go when it is not raining. But if it happens, there are plenty of places to take shelter, to taste unique delicacies for example.
Written 12 February 2020
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Traveller_Oldie
Charleston, SC279 contributions
Jan 2020 • Family
If you don’t like crowds - DO NOT VISIT, but it is a wonderful mix of all types with a great vibe. Well worth visiting, but find a spot to sit amd watch the crowds hussle through. Many interesting little shops, but quite touristy. A stop at the famous Dumpling shop is a must.
Written 26 January 2020
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Jo-Ann
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia17,192 contributions
Oct 2019 • Couples
Lovely visit but crazy crowded so have patience! Good food here. Plenty to shop. Everywhere is beautiful.
Written 22 October 2019
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Vigswam
Singapore, Singapore1,042 contributions
Dec 2018 • Family
Kids woke up late - tired from the whole day at Disneyland the day prior. Got freshly steamed Xiaolong Bao (steamed dumplings) from the market next to our residence for breakfast and decided to walk a general direction towars Yu Yuan gardens. Quite easy to navigate and we got here in about 20mins. Pretty much a touristy shopping area selling traditional stuff. Quite a few snacks and eats to try in this area and quite a few souvenior stuffs. Coming from asia myself, their a many cheaper places to buy the stuff. But, a nice place to just walk and shoot photos.
Written 7 December 2018
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DisKoverZ
Brussels, Belgium23 contributions
Apr 2012 • Friends
Old Street District in Shanghai is very beautiful, rather than the Shanghai you've seen so far, this is a bit of true China. There is a museum which was one of the first builded temples in Shanghai.
There are a lot of shops where you can get your Haggling XP up. A couple of tips here, don't buy SD-cards, the seem so so so SO real but they are not. I bought one and broke after two times using it.
Then another VERY IMPORTANT TIP, there is a metro station close to Old Street called Yuyuan Garden. This is an important meeting point of tourists who are coming from Old Street. There is a Chinese guy and a little Chinese Girl whom speak very good english. They will ask you to take them a picture and there it all starts. They will ask were you come from, say an easy phrase in your home language and start a whole conversation with you. They will tell you that there is a CHINESE TEA FESTIVAL not so far from here. Every time they will tell a different story about them, one time they are teachers, one time they are a couple, one time there are brothers.
Don't take it, they will bring you to three roads further and let you enter in a room where teas are served at VERY HIGH PRICES !! I still remember you had to take 6 teas of each 58 RMB, so in total 360 RMB per person, which is an awful lot of money for them. I hope this is useful to you guys because I've had this situation and they really play it very well, specially cause they speak English so well, until you get in this room, which everyone expects a tea festival to be something big OUTSIDE. Ah and they will also ask you 6 times if you can speak Chinese just to be sure that they can speak with each other without you understanding.
But apart of this, Shanghai's very nice and you have to enjoy every bit of it !! ^^
There are a lot of shops where you can get your Haggling XP up. A couple of tips here, don't buy SD-cards, the seem so so so SO real but they are not. I bought one and broke after two times using it.
Then another VERY IMPORTANT TIP, there is a metro station close to Old Street called Yuyuan Garden. This is an important meeting point of tourists who are coming from Old Street. There is a Chinese guy and a little Chinese Girl whom speak very good english. They will ask you to take them a picture and there it all starts. They will ask were you come from, say an easy phrase in your home language and start a whole conversation with you. They will tell you that there is a CHINESE TEA FESTIVAL not so far from here. Every time they will tell a different story about them, one time they are teachers, one time they are a couple, one time there are brothers.
Don't take it, they will bring you to three roads further and let you enter in a room where teas are served at VERY HIGH PRICES !! I still remember you had to take 6 teas of each 58 RMB, so in total 360 RMB per person, which is an awful lot of money for them. I hope this is useful to you guys because I've had this situation and they really play it very well, specially cause they speak English so well, until you get in this room, which everyone expects a tea festival to be something big OUTSIDE. Ah and they will also ask you 6 times if you can speak Chinese just to be sure that they can speak with each other without you understanding.
But apart of this, Shanghai's very nice and you have to enjoy every bit of it !! ^^
Written 22 April 2012
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habib
Tehran, Iran350 contributions
Mar 2019 • Family
Many many markets , poor goods and so expensive
Just rest , looking and take selfie ,,,,,,
If you want buy any gifts ask for 60/70% discount
No any place roost ,
Just rest , looking and take selfie ,,,,,,
If you want buy any gifts ask for 60/70% discount
No any place roost ,
Written 15 March 2019
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Zxiao
Shanghai, China111 contributions
July 2017 • Family
Yuyuan street is so many things to see, and old buildings and many shops to see this place is crowded but i guess for curiosity but for me nothing special..
Written 16 July 2017
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PM92120
Montrouge, France171 contributions
Oct 2014 • Friends
I went to Yuyuan old street with some friends last week. The view at night was quite spectacular with lights on and the hustle bustle adds to experience of visiting something truly chinese. For those who wished to get some souvenirs, I would not recommend getting them here as prices were really quite high. Sales persons are quite rude and brash. They are above scolding you or even insult if you don't buy their goods. We bought some chinese snacks from one of the shop in very nice packaging. I thought that it would make a nice present for people back home. Upon arrival in France, I was horrified to find that the goods have all passed their "best by dates"!!!!! I was really quite upset by this. They managed to cover the best by dates of their snacks by packaging them in larger flowery bags so the dates are not visible from outside. So be careful when buying goods especially snacks etc. Look carefully at the expiry dates. Those vendors were really unscrupulous. Still, it was a good experience and worth a visit.
Written 24 October 2014
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Donna H
calgary2 contributions
May 2012 • Solo
I have traveled the world on my own and consider myself an experienced and savy traveler but I got sucked into this scam. I was approached twice on Old Street in one day, then again twice next day but the only time I actually got sucked in was just off the Bund. However, my caution goes to everyone in the high profile tourist areas.
They target westerners, likely those travelling alone. We get sucked in because they are friendly, non threatening and cheerful. It starts with two young people or a family asking you to take their photo...so of course you stop and take their photo. Then when you walk over to return the camera, they engage you in conversation (in excellent English) ..where are you from, where have you been in China. They tell you they also are traveling and have been some of the places you have been, they tell you how fortunate you are that you are from a country that allows you the freedom to experience the world, they commented on my blonde hair, blue eyes, white skin...all complementary, cheerful and chatty. They walked with me a bit and then said they were attending a cultural event, why didn't I join them. Because I liked these girls (who said they were from a smaller town but in Shanghai studying English) I went with them. We were walking to this "event" only a few blocks away and there was one girl on one side and another on the other side...chatting, chatting chatting about everything. I was so focused on listening to them I wasn't really paying attention to what we were doing. This was all good until we walked into a small building, into a smaller room and sat down. At that moment I thought.."opps, maybe should not be here". We were apparently there for a tea ceremony and to try all these various teas of China. They handed me a menu with prices (of course in Chinese) and said something about..drink a few teas and the room is free. As we tried teas..I was thinking...I hope the water is purified, its really hot in here..I wonder if these cups were sterilized etc. So we kept drinking tea, they kept chatting and chatting. Then the girls said I could purchase some tea..so I picked one. Then the bill came...980 RB which is about $150 Dollars. WOW- I didn't have enough money to pay this so they suggested we go to the ATM- but I didn't have an ATM card. These girls spent a lot of time discussing options for paying the whole 980 RB when I only had 700 RB with me. They would not take a credit card so I got away with paying 700 RB, about $115. This whole thing could have gone all kinds of bad..but ended up costing me $115 for 50 grams of tea and a travel experience to share. Beware of this scam..I was amazed that I got sucked in and it could have ended up even worse than having 50 grams of very expensive tea.
They target westerners, likely those travelling alone. We get sucked in because they are friendly, non threatening and cheerful. It starts with two young people or a family asking you to take their photo...so of course you stop and take their photo. Then when you walk over to return the camera, they engage you in conversation (in excellent English) ..where are you from, where have you been in China. They tell you they also are traveling and have been some of the places you have been, they tell you how fortunate you are that you are from a country that allows you the freedom to experience the world, they commented on my blonde hair, blue eyes, white skin...all complementary, cheerful and chatty. They walked with me a bit and then said they were attending a cultural event, why didn't I join them. Because I liked these girls (who said they were from a smaller town but in Shanghai studying English) I went with them. We were walking to this "event" only a few blocks away and there was one girl on one side and another on the other side...chatting, chatting chatting about everything. I was so focused on listening to them I wasn't really paying attention to what we were doing. This was all good until we walked into a small building, into a smaller room and sat down. At that moment I thought.."opps, maybe should not be here". We were apparently there for a tea ceremony and to try all these various teas of China. They handed me a menu with prices (of course in Chinese) and said something about..drink a few teas and the room is free. As we tried teas..I was thinking...I hope the water is purified, its really hot in here..I wonder if these cups were sterilized etc. So we kept drinking tea, they kept chatting and chatting. Then the girls said I could purchase some tea..so I picked one. Then the bill came...980 RB which is about $150 Dollars. WOW- I didn't have enough money to pay this so they suggested we go to the ATM- but I didn't have an ATM card. These girls spent a lot of time discussing options for paying the whole 980 RB when I only had 700 RB with me. They would not take a credit card so I got away with paying 700 RB, about $115. This whole thing could have gone all kinds of bad..but ended up costing me $115 for 50 grams of tea and a travel experience to share. Beware of this scam..I was amazed that I got sucked in and it could have ended up even worse than having 50 grams of very expensive tea.
Written 17 June 2012
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stephenjayklein
Punta Gorda, FL157 contributions
Sept 2015 • Couples
This is the Chinatown of Shanghai as urban renewal is changing the look of the city. The government has kept this area looking like the past and it is full of people visiting and shopping .
Written 29 September 2015
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How late are the shops open? I will be visiting in late September.
Written 25 August 2018
stores are usually souvenir shops and gifts, are closed when tourists do not come, they close around 22-23 o'clock
Written 26 August 2018
Hi
On the main square of this street , just opposite the Haagen daz ice cream shop there is a very big and known Chinese shop for Chinese medicines , special teas ,special plant roots and pharmaceuticals. Does anyone know the name of this shop ?
Written 24 May 2018
Lew KF Y
Mauritius
I' m going next year ,where can i eat some nice dim sum ?Tks..
Written 11 November 2017
Hi Lew,
There are many Dim Sum in Yuyuan, mainly streetfood and in some of them you can be seated. Ding tai fung is a good place to go :). Just keep in mind that yuyuan is a touristic place so it tends to be a bit more expensive than other places.
Written 11 November 2017
Do you have to pay to visit this place ?
Written 5 March 2017
no at all I went there last year in February twice and at June twice as will its free day or night if you want to go for shopping go at the period from 8:00AM to 7:00 PM if you want to go for just hanging out go at night its stunning at night but no shopping except restaurants, groceries and coffee shops like Star bucks. that for the Yuyuan bazaar if you meant Yuyuan garden beside the bazaar I have no clue I have nevere been to this garden
Written 5 March 2017
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