Romantic Streets|Experience the romantic details of Shanghai, the Magic City
All the romance and details of the Magic City are hidden in various small streets. Life advice, when you come to Shanghai, you must check in these streets, which are very suitable for citywalks!
It is said that "where there are plane trees, there is Shanghai". Although the plane trees in Shanghai are not particularly tall, the unique multiculturalism, ubiquitous bicycles, and fashionable streetwear, combined with the stylish old houses and specialty shops, give these cities a different flavor. These streets are basically covered by plane trees, so even if you don't use an umbrella, you won't get sunburned. It's really comfortable to go shopping and take pictures.
【Recommended Streets】:
1⃣.South Shaanxi Road - Marler Villa🕌
You must go to check in at Marler Villa, the fairy tale castle in the city center is really dreamy, and it's really photogenic. You need to consume inside the castle to visit, if you don't want to consume, you can take pictures outside.
📍Address: No. 30, South Shaanxi Road, Jing'an District.
(The garden castle is outside the villa, it's free)
2⃣.Changle Road - Fumin Road - Julu Road
These three romantic and petty bourgeois streets are collectively referred to as Jufuchang, which are the three most popular check-in streets for people over the years. The small western-style houses, coffee shops, restaurants, buyer's shops and small pubs on both sides of the road are really comfortable to stroll under the plane trees. It is said that coming here is equivalent to coming to Shanghai's nightlife.
📍Address: Exit 7 of South Shaanxi Road subway station, walk about 700 meters, it's hard to stroll all the way, these streets are all next to each other.
3⃣.Wukang Road.
A treasure route with a strong cultural atmosphere! You must go to check in at the popular Wukang Building, the exterior looks like a ship. Check in historical buildings and treasure shops all the way.
📍Address: No. 1850, Middle Huaihai Road, Xuhui District (Wukang Building). 🚇About 400 meters walk from Exit 7 of Jiaotong University subway station.
4⃣.Anfu Road.
The short Anfu Road of more than 900 meters mixes the styles of many countries, half old-fashioned, half modern. This is the center of trendy people and internet celebrities' street photography, comparable to the popular streets of Taikoo Li and Zhongguancun, every corner reveals the romance of Shanghai.
5⃣.Wuyuan Road
This quiet and particularly lively street is the location of many movies. There are many historical buildings, the China Welfare Institute, Zhang Leping's former residence, and even the popular coffee shop around the corner is very special!
6⃣.Sinan Road
The commercial area composed of small French-style houses is simply too photogenic.
There are many beautiful Haipai bungalows in the Julu Garden, including several Nordic style houses. There is also a large green lawn in the middle, which is matched with the road outside, petty bourgeoisie and foreign style. There are several high-end hotels in it. The quality of the dishes, the dining environment and service etiquette are very high-end. Of course, the price is not expensive, but there is a "croaker restaurant" double package cost-effective, cheaper than its other branch on the Bund. There are many small restaurants along the road outside, the environment is worse, but it is quite distinctive. Going north a little further, there is a brand hall, which is also a beautiful bungalow. It is recently renovated and temporarily completed.
Recently, Jing'an District has implemented an upgrade and transformation of Julu Road (Fumin Road - Changshu Road). The obvious characteristics after the upgrade are the floor landscape at the intersection of Fumin Road and Changshu Road, Julu Road, and there are flower beds and benches along the street and store signage. The upgraded Julu Road (Fumin Road - Changshu Road) is the icing on the cake for the old Haipai buildings and high-value shops.
Walking on the Julu Road (Fumin Road - Maoming Road section), I saw that the bungalows and buildings were dressed up with flowers, and the history was heavy and modern fashion was introduced and new, integrated.
Visit Julu Road and encounter the tide to play landmarks -FOUND158. Julu Road-Chengdu South Road-Yan'an Middle Road-Ruijin Road is a rectangular plot surrounded by spring gardens in Yanzhong Square Park. It is shaded by trees, grasses flying, flowers are like flowers, and there are few people. In the center of the park, an elegant European-style pavilion + a circle of colorful stone fences, in which a sinking square, there is no cave. The underground space of the fish-shaped sinking square atrium + park has created a FOUND 158 covering an area of 1.4 10,000 square meters, known as the urban back garden of Huaihai Road, the earliest and only nightlife street in Shanghai. More than 30 shops, gathered in the bar clear bar party hall, theater restaurant hairdressing shop, light fans, dazzling...Whenever the sun is setting, foreigners, tide coffees come, taste food, taste foreign wine, listen to jazz, watch magic, jump to the dawn. Under the bright warm sun, I entered the main entrance of the park at No. 158 Julu Road. It seemed so quiet during the day. The twin pink spiral ladders, or white or colorful European-style columns, the various door decorations, the forest of dining tables and seats... You can vaguely think of the dimness of the night.
Shanghai has 64 "never broadened" streets, Julu Road is one of them, it is a street across Huangpu District and Jing'an District, from Jinling intersection to Changshu Road, a total length of 2290 meters. The greenery is like a cover, and the road is mostly sloped roofing British houses, which render this rich British style. The garden house and the new Haipai style are mixed with different styles and different charms, which give the road a unique atmosphere and temperament. It carries the legend of modern times, but also the warm and moving atmosphere of fireworks, and each generation has different memories of it. The former name of Rue Ratard was built by the Shanghai French Concession Public Council in 1907, which was a cross-border road construction character, named after the French Consul in Shanghai. In 1943, Wang Jingwei's regime changed its name to Elk Road when it received the concession. In 1966, it was renamed Julu Road. Julu Road is traditionally a residential area along the road, and famous residences include Liu Jisheng Residential (now Shanghai Writers Association), No. 889 Asia Fire Oil Company Residential, No. 626 Simingxuan, etc. 675 Julu Road, the beautiful house where the Shanghai Writers Association is located, is the "coal king" and "match king" during the Republic of China - the love nest of Liu Jisheng and his wife. In 1931, Liu Jisheng gave this 4000 ㎡ garden villa to his wife Chen Dingzhen as a gift for her 40th birthday. The building is known as the "Garden of Love" because of love. The entire house was designed by legendary architect Dak and has a renaissance classic style. The courtyard also has the "most beautiful fountain" in Shanghai, with statues of Greek Princess Psyche and Cupid of Love in the center. On the shade of the giant deer road, located in the low-key "writer bookstore" (Julu Road 677), as the exhibition venue of the writer bookstore, is known by literary lovers as the "the most likely bookstore to meet the writer", and writers share meetings and sign books frequently.