Chengdu
East AsiaΒ·Budget-friendly

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China's most livable city β€” home of the giant panda, mouth-numbing Sichuan hotpot, teahouse culture, and a nightlife scene that outlasts everywhere else in the country. Chengdu is the Chinese city that solo travelers fall hardest for.

Safety Score

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Cost Level

$Budget

Language

Mandarin

Currency

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Bookworm Chengdu
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Bookworm Chengdu

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Chengdu's most beloved literary cafe with a library of 10,000 English books available to borrow, regular author talks, excellent Western and Sichuan food, and an atmosphere that has made it the intellectual hub of Chengdu's expat community. The Bookworm is the most important cultural venue for the English-speaking community in all of western China.

πŸ“2-7 Yujie East Road, Jinjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan 610021, China

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Hefa Gastronomique Chengdu
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Hefa Gastronomique Chengdu

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A striking contemporary cafe and patisserie in Taikoo Li with French-trained pastry techniques applied to Chinese ingredients - chrysanthemum madeleines, osmanthus financiers, red bean croissants. The best cafes in Chengdu are set to a remarkably high standard and Hefa sets the benchmark for the Taikoo Li area.

πŸ“Taikoo Li, Jinjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan 610016, China

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Jellyfish Art and Cafe Chengdu
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Jellyfish Art and Cafe Chengdu

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A beautiful gallery-cafe hybrid in the Yulin area showing work by Sichuan's best emerging artists alongside specialty coffee, handmade mooncakes, and a carefully curated selection of Sichuan oolongs and pu'er teas. Jellyfish Art Cafe exemplifies the creative ecosystem that has made Chengdu one of China's most exciting cultural cities.

πŸ“Yulin, Wuhou District, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China

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Kunkun Coffee Chengdu
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Kunkun Coffee Chengdu

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A Chengdu-born specialty roaster and cafe chain with the city's best espresso, a wide range of single-origin pour-overs, and multiple locations serving the city's growing specialty coffee community. Kunkun has proved that Chinese third-wave coffee culture reaches the same level as any specialty market in the world.

πŸ“Taikoo Li, Jinjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan 610016, China

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Renmin Park Tea Garden Chengdu
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Renmin Park Tea Garden Chengdu

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The most famous open-air teahouse in China - hundreds of bamboo chairs arranged under ancient plane trees in Renmin Park where Chengdu residents sit for hours drinking gaiwan tea, playing mahjong, and watching the famous Chengdu street life pass. The purest expression of the Chengdu lifestyle philosophy of leisure.

πŸ“Renmin Park, Qingyang District, Chengdu, Sichuan 610015, China

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Wuhou Tea House Chengdu
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Wuhou Tea House Chengdu

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A traditional bamboo teahouse in the gardens adjacent to Wuhou Shrine serving gaiwan tea service, local Sichuan opera face-changing performances, and an afternoon of ear-cleaning, mahjong-watching, and the quintessential Chengdu art of doing nothing slowly. This is the most authentic teahouse experience in modern Chengdu.

πŸ“Wuhou Shrine, Wuhou District, Chengdu, Sichuan 610042, China

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