AP Plaza is Pudong's biggest "fake market", located underground in Metro Line 2's Science & Technology Museum station. The northern half of AP Plaza, called Xinyang, is a collection of stalls, touts, and greedy salespeople out to rip-off unsuspecting tourists with... Read more
The famous Shanghai "Fabric Market" is home to hundereds of tailors and seamstresses, and is the city's prime destination for bespoke clothing garments. If it can be stitched and sewn, they can do it for you at the South Bund Fabric Market. Payment is mostly in... Read more
Qipu Lu -- "cheap" street -- is a series of malls crammed, jammed, and stuffed full of cheap, cheap, cheap clothes, with some fakes for good measure. It's ground zero for young local shoppers, and pretty much hell for everyone else. Aggressive touts, swarms of... Read more
The six-story market is the place in Shanghai for all your photography needs, whether you're a novice or a pro. The first two floors are packed with shops selling big brand names, the other floors are good for second hand cameras, specialist equipment, accessories,... Read more
Tourist destination with markets selling everything from tea, antiques, Chinese seals, souvenirs and toys to everyday items and clothing. Toys, Christmas decorations and random weirdness can be found in two of the buidlings surrounding the main Yu Garden. Read more
The Avocado Lady is not an urban myth, but to many expats is one of Shanghai's urban legends. Her store is ever gaining in size and produce, what she doesn't have she can order. Her store is regularly stocked with fresh mints, herbs, tropical fruits, cheese, olive... Read more
This market in Hongqiao sells more than an assortment of flowers and birds. They also have a hodgepodge collection of furniture, housewares and art. Read more
Tianshan is a giant multi-level complex devoted to tea. The market hosts around 150 stalls selling thousands of varieties of leaves. Walk into almost any of these shops and soon enough you'll be sitting with a small cup, infusion after infusion being poured out for... Read more
This street has stores selling all kinds of musical instruments, mostly pianos and drums Read more
Lesser known than its South Bund counterpart, Shi Liu Pu Cloth Market houses an array of tailors and seamstresses, ready to whip up commissioned clothing in a week or so. Smaller in size and a lot less busy than its neighbor, it's one of the more manageable markets... Read more
Much like it's more famous (and touristy) Huxi Mosque Muslim market, this one is also outside a mosque but it's much cleaner; the food looks cleaner, the environment is cleaner and you don’t have to deal with many tourists. It’s mostly Uighur residents. The market is... Read more
Messy and fun local market specializing in all things mobile phone related, including (but not limited to): new and used phones, chargers, phone cases, accessories, new screens and batteries, phone cards, wireless cards, and phone speakers. Place is more local / hood... Read more
Subterranean marketplace with a lot shops and stalls selling kids clothing, toys, and so on. It's comparatively clean and friendly for an underground market, and it has a playground. Read more
A lively flower market selling much more than plants. Head here to find live insects, turtles and other animals. It's worth a trip just to see all of the different things they sell. Read more
This camera market is on the 3rd floor of the "Huan Long" mall, just outside the Shanghai Railway Station. The market is good for second hand cameras, repair shops. Read more
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