Huaihai Road
★★★★
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Huaihai Middle Road, Huangpu District
Description
Huaihai Road is a commercial street as famous as Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street. It is divided into three sections: Huaihai East Road, Huaihai West Road and Huaihai Middle Road. Among them, Huaihai Middle Road is prosperous, with many department stores, and has the reputation of "Oriental Champs-Elysees". Walking on the neon-shining streets at night, you can even feel the unique fashion atmosphere of the magic capital. Different from Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street, which symbolizes Shanghai's commercial history, Huaihai Road Commercial Street is full of fashion and style. There are both large department stores, fashionable petty bourgeoisie brand clothing stores, as well as various specialty stores and restaurants and beverage stores. On Huaihai Road, you can enjoy shopping and delicacies. If you are tired of shopping, you can take a rest in the green space in the middle of the street or go to the movies. The eastern section of Huaihai Middle Road (Xizang South Road to Chongqing South Road) is home to many office buildings, as well as Pacific Department Store Huaihai Store, Shanghai Times Square, Hong Kong Plaza, Shanghai Plaza and other commercial buildings, as well as computer plazas such as Bainaohui and Cyberspace. From here, it is only 400 meters to the People's Square to the north, and more than 300 meters to the south to reach the famous scenic spots such as the "National Congress of the Communist Party of China" and Xintiandi. Department stores in the middle section of Huaihai Middle Road (South Shaanxi Road to Chongqing South Road) are relatively concentrated. There are fashion department stores such as Parkson, Paris Spring, Erbai Yongxin, Huating Isetan, etc., where you can buy various popular commodities and brand clothing. Shanghai women's products store, ancient and modern bra company, national local specialty food company and other stores, as well as many high-end brand stores and flagship stores. So if you come to go shopping, most of them are in this section. You can take Metro Lines 1 and 10 and get off at South Shaanxi Road Station. From the west section of Huaihai Middle Road (west of South Shaanxi Road) to Huaihai West Road, the commercial atmosphere gradually disappeared, replaced by many residential quarters and old houses, as well as the Shanghai Library and other scenic spots. Huaihai East Road is relatively short, but it is connected to Renmin Road, and it is not too far to walk to the Chenghuang Temple tourist area, which takes about 15-20 minutes.