Shopping Centres Tours – Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China

Shopping Centres
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There are several large suburban style shopping centres around the perimeter of the city centre, and they are all very similar to each other. Usually the ground floor has clothes and household goods. The escalators, which usually take you up to the supermarket, often seem as if they are hidden in the back corner. Some of them also have a car park on the third floor.
 
If you enter the main shop with a bag you will need to cloak it in one of the lockers. These can be a little disconcerting the first time. The lockers are free. First find the keypad and press the red button with the light at the bottom. Immediately a small flimsy ticket will emerge and attempt to float away (shouldn't some things be a bit of a challenge?); a locker will pop open where you can store your bag. When you return you can either punch the number from your ticket into the keypad, or (if you have kept your ticket nice and flat) you can hold it up against the slot where a glowing red light will read the bar code.
 
Besides the major department store, there are lots of smaller Chinese stores, a KFC and/or a McDonalds, and a food court at Carrefour with an amazing variety of tastefully displayed choices. Meal choices are clearly visible as plasticized models, and customers are strangely directed to the central counter to buy a token for the amount they prepare to spend on their meal.
 

  • Carrefour  (Jialefu, 家乐福) is in the south part of th city, within walking distance of the city center. Bus number 81, which runs along Zongshan Lu, will take you to Carrefour. The bus is often a double-decker (to add to the fun).

 

  • Auchan (Oushang, 欧尚) shopping centre is just southeast of the city centre, but probably a little too far to walk.  Buses 65 and 30 both go east along Xue Qian Jie and then south past Auchan.

 

  • RT Mart (Tianrenfa) is across the Grand Canal, just west of the city. Many buses stop there including the 20 from Ren Min Lu, the 204 from the western side of the ring road, Jie Fang Xi Lu), the 27 from Xue Qian Jie, which takes a loop to the north then come south past the shopping centre, and the K82 from the railway station).

 

  • Trust Mart (Haoyouduo, 好又多)is just north of the Central Business District on Bei Da Lu (big north road, 北大路), which is the continuation of Zhong Shan Lu once it passes outside the ring road (Jie Fang Lu). It is not far to walk if you are in the north half of town. Otherwise the number 85 bus goes there along Zhong Zhan Lu.

 

  • Metro (麦德龙 or ’Mai De Long’) is a little different. It is bigger than the others, a lot further from the city centre, and only "for professional shoppers" - which means you need an ID card (with your photo on it) to shop there. However, if you are employed in Wuxi or have been here long enough to know people with a Metro card, then its not too difficult to obtain a card yourself. Metro offers a solid selection of "Western" products (often in bulk quantities!) that are not available in other stores, and can also boast reasonable prices. They also have household goods, clothes, electrical appliances, and much more. The number 42 bus goes from Xue Qian Jie, starting in the alley behind Ba Bai Ban and heading east, and, despite the distance, the half-hour trip only costs the usual 1 or 2 yuan.

 

  • Baoli ( ‘Bao li Guangchang’) is another shopping centre with a sizeable supermarket. It is located along the ring road in the north end of the city. Reach Baoli by heading east along Ren Min Lu and then left into Jie Fang Bei Lu, which is the route taken by the number 10 and number 211 buses.

 

Then there are a couple of large supermarkets in the city centre where you can buy both Western and Chinese goods.

  • Parksons (百盛 or ’san yang bai sheng’) is located at the corner of Zhong Shan Lu and Ren Min Lu. The supermarket can be accessed by going down the steps on the Ren Min Lu side of the building. There are a lot of Western delicacies available, but Parksons is generally expensive.

 

  • Home Mart (or ’Hao Mai De’) is further north along Zhong Shan Lu on the next corner opposite the Sheraton Hotel. Home Mart offers a wide range of products, including many Western goods, on three floors.
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