Tianhe Rd.

Here Grandview and Teem are the top largest shopping malls in the city and Grandview even the No.1 in South East Asia. They are only about 300 meters away from each other along Tianhe Rd. in the north and Tianhe Nan 1 St. in the south. A Galaxy of stylish apparels, shoes, jewelleries, watches, food, furniture, home items, mobile phones and so on attract tens of thousands people to walk in through the MTR station just underground and developed bus and road system around everyday.

You can spend a day there, fascinated and experiencing with the brands like Levi's, Swatch, Shiseido, Swarovski, Le Saunda, Haagen Dazs, Starbuck and stores like Watson’s, Manning and Jusco in these sharply decorated malls.

Between Teem and Grandview is Hongcheng Plaza, a similar modern mall with relatively lower pricing for your additional choice.

Out of the grand arcades you can walk at ease into the Tianhe Nan Yi Rd. in the south and further into the roadside Liuyun Circle. You will be greeted and obsessed by the little shops of original wears and home items, chocolates workshops, cafes and bars in the tree-shaded communities, full of life and taste. The bargainable price here is as attractive as the goods.

North to the Teem Plaza stands the seven-floor Guangzhou Book Center, the biggest place for wide range of books., including some bargain-priced art books in English.

Places:

Teem Plaza

Grandview Mall

Hongcheng Plaza

Guangzhou Book Center

Taojin Bei - Huanshi Dong Intersection

"Golden Triangle" of top-notched profile and quality.

(Friendship Department Store- Nanfang International Shopping Mall- La Perle Plaza)

The three closely-located arcades lie in the Huanshi-dong CBD, which is packed with top office buildings, hi-end hotels and communities where many foreigners and rich or powerful Chinese live. They boast premium luxury merchandise for dear price, mostly genuine foreign costumes, leather wares and cosmetics like Chanel, Pierre Cardin, Louis Vuitton and so on.

Places:

Friendship Department Store

Nanfang International Shopping Mall

La Perle Plaza

Nearby Stores:

Dong Shan Plaza (Xindaxin)

Garden Hotel Shopping Arcade

Zhongshan San Rd.

The shopping circle is located in Zhongshan-4 Road, east to Beijing Street.

China Plaza is well-received for the fashionable garments and accessories, home items and furniture the stores and outlets inside feature. Many of them are original and up-to-date while some are local designers' signature works.

JUSCO, a Japanese department store, gives you a wide range of quality goods for your needs at the second and third floors.

Its basement leads to the underground Update Mall, which is the biggest and highest-profile subway mall in China. It expands to the Lingyuanxi station and is crammed with vogue brands of wear,Salon and cosmetics.

Mobile phone is another shopping focus of the circle. Lingyuan-xi Street, northwardly opposite to the China Plaza, is the biggest market of this kind in Guangzhou. You can find almost all sorts and brands of mobile phones and accessories that are available in China at the specialty franchises and stores lined along the west side of the street. The 4th Floor of China Plaza is another cellulars world to match Lingyuan-xi.

West to the main entrance of China Plaza you have the "Mouse Street" (Laoshu Jie). It is also known as "women's street" (Nu Ren Jie), where Guangzhou's modern ladies hit the rails with cost-effective price. Hundreds of tiny stores sell locally produced, Japanese-brand clothes, shoes, and accessories. It's cheaper than Beijing Road, but more crowded. Bargaining is essential.

Open hours is 10:00 am -6:00 pm.