Wal-Mart Supercenter
Daguang Branch (大观分店):
1-3/F, E1 & E2 Blocks, Daguan Commercial Town, North Wing, Wuhua District
五华区大观商业城北面E1-E2座1-3层
+86 (0)871 5386208, 800-889-8002 (Toll Free)
Daguang Branch (大观分店):
1-3/F, E1 & E2 Blocks, Daguan Commercial Town, North Wing, Wuhua District
五华区大观商业城北面E1-E2座1-3层
+86 (0)871 5386208, 800-889-8002 (Toll Free)
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Jida Branch(集大分店):
No. 188 Huancheng Road East, Panlong District
盘龙区环城东路188号
+86 (0)871 3397405, 800-889-8383 (Toll Free)
International Trade Center Branch (国贸中心分店):
No. 289 Chuncheng Road, Guandu District
官渡区春城路289号
+86 (0)871 3573470, 800-357-3470 (Toll Free)
Lin Yu Branch (霖雨路分店):
2-3/F, Zhonghui Commercial Center, intersection of Beijing Road Extention and Linyu Lu.
北京路延长线与霖雨路南侧交叉口中汇商业中心地上第二层及地上第三层
+86 (0)871 5817762, 5817764
Xing Yuan Branch (兴苑路分店):
No. 525 Zhangjia Cun, Xingyuan Lu, Xishan Dist.
西山区兴苑路张家村525号
+86 (0)871 8228182, 8228500
While the author is left with a bad taste in his mouth for even suggesting to go to Wal-Mart, Kunming’s lack of comprehensive supermarkets leaves few options (besides Carrefour) for anyone in need of a ’supercenter’s’ convenience. Some western goods that are not easily found in the average Chinese shop are stocked at Wal-Mart (i.e. cheese, sugar-less breads, condiments, etc.), but most products are geared towards the Chinese customers as there are much more of them.
A few good things about Wal-Mart:
1) Standard prices (no worrying about a "laowai price" here)
2) Wal-Mart accepts western credit cards (Visa, Mastercard, Amex should all work)
3) Convenience.
Some bad things about Wal-Mart:
1) Way too crowded. You thought the streets were bad... well if you did not have a headache before entering Wal-Mart, you certainly will leave with one
2) Wal-Mart is evil.
How to get to the Daguang branch: The Daguang branch of Wal-mart is located just south of Dong Feng Xi Lu near it’s intersection with Renmin Xi Lu. There are a lot of mobile phone shops on Dong Feng Xi Lu in this area, and Green Lake Park is close by.
Xinjiekou
Xinjiekou is the right in the heart of Nanjing city. It is the center of commerce as well as the busiest shopping area in the city. For those who cannot resist shopping...
Xinjiekou is the right in the heart of Nanjing city. It is the center of commerce as well as the busiest shopping area in the city. For those who cannot resist shopping for clothes, head directly for Xinjiekou. Busy markets with affordable clothing such as Fashion Lady co-exist with high-class department stores such as Gold Eagle and Deji Plaza.
Xinjiekou is the third best area to eat in Nanjing. Hunan Road and Confucius Temple barely edge out Xinjiekou, relegating it to third place. Still, being third in Nanjing says a lot. Xinjiekou could take first place if it wasn’t for the lack of variety created by a lower density of restaurants. Western chain restaurants such as KFC and Pizza Hut don’t help Xinjiekou’s reputation either. However, on the border of Xinjiekou is Mingwa Alley, which is one of Nanjing’s best alleys to track down tasty snack vendors.
View of Xinjiekou from Yuhuatai - No, that is not much more pollution than the average Chinese city.
Getting To, From and Around Xinjiekou
The main intersection and subway station of Xinjiekou is situated between Zhongshan Road (中山路) from the north, Zhongshan Nan Road (中山南路) from the south, Hankou Road (汉口路) from the west and Zhongshan Dong Road (中山东路) from the east. The bulk of the activity in Xinjiekou takes place within 300 meters to the east and west of Zhongshan Nan Road.The subway always runs efficiently. Xinjiekou sits along the middle of Subway Line 1 which runs on a north-south axis under Zhongshan Road and Zhongshan Nan Road. Within a few years Subway Line 2 will also run through Xinjiekou Subway Station. All of Xinjiekou proper is located within walking distance of Xinjiekou Subway Station.
During rush hour above-ground traffic becomes much too crowded. Traffic on the main streets generally slows to a crawl and finding an empty taxi is difficult as well.
