Beijing Travel Guide - Shopping

Wangfujing Shopping Street locates in the Dongcheng District of Beijing. It is the most famous shopping street and it is now considered to be the central heart of the city. Wangfujing is quite easily accessible from all areas of Beijing. It is a fairly long and it considered to be the most longest pedestrian street in China. A walk from end to end would take you around 30 minutes, and that's without looking at any shops.

The street has two major shopping malls. One is OrientalPlaza, sprawling a further 2 blocks to the east. The other is Wangfujing Bookstore which is the biggest book store in Beijing and it has probably the largest outdoor TV screen in Beijing. Except these two big stores, Wangfujing Street is also home to a number of large department stores, souvenir stores, and whole side streets full of food stalls, Chinese painting stores and other goods

At night, when Wangfujing Street turns on its ever increasing number of neon advertising signs, even more crowds flock to soak up the atmosphere.Most shops stay open till around 9pm and sometimes an impromptu night market

There are also many modern hotels in Wangfujing Street, such as CrownePlaza, The Peninsula Hotel, Wangfujing Grand Hotel and so on. Many of tourists choose to stay in the hotels in Wangfujing Street.

Getting to Wangfujing Street is pretty easy. You can take the subway and get off at the Line 1 Wangfujing station. It is one stop east to the Tiananmen Square. Alternatively, call a Taxi, and. Show the following to the driver.