Places to meet in Chengdu

A flower-and-garden countryside area on the south-east edge of the city with walking paths, teahouses and farmhouse restaurants.

A lakeside city park in southeast Chengdu.

A wharf on the Jin River with cruises and cultural venues.

A bridge on the Jin River beside a well-known riverside bar street.

A historic Buddhist temple in downtown Chengdu next to the Taikoo Li shopping area.

A covered bridge over the Jin River surrounded by riverside bars and restaurants.

A research and breeding centre for giant pandas that is open to visitors.

Chengdu's best-preserved Buddhist temple, with courtyard teahouses.

A riverside park with a bamboo collection and a Qing-era tower.

A municipal concert hall with several performance halls for orchestral concerts, jazz and touring shows.

A large public library inside Tianfu Art Park, next to the city's art museums, open to readers with a free library card.

A contemporary art museum at Tianfu Software Park that shows Chinese and international art.

A teahouse theatre on Qintai Road staging evening Sichuan opera performances.

The provincial museum beside Huanhua Creek, holding historic relics, calligraphy and art from Sichuan.

A cultural and creative park converted from an old electronics factory, mixing music, art and design.

A museum at the tomb of Wang Jian, founder of the Former Shu state.

A museum on the Jinsha archaeological site displaying the gold sunbird and other finds.

A Sichuan hot pot restaurant on Beida Street, north of the city centre.

A snack restaurant beside Wenshu Monastery serving Sichuan cold jelly noodles and other local snacks.

A snack restaurant in the Luomashi area serving fuqi feipian, the Sichuan dish of cold sliced beef and offal in chilli sauce.

A garden-style Sichuan restaurant in the Guanghua area on the west side of Chengdu.

A branch of a Chengdu hot pot restaurant brand on the South Second Ring Road.

A restaurant serving chaoshou, Sichuan-style wontons, in the Wenshufang old-street area by Wenshu Monastery.

A small local Sichuan restaurant in Jinniu District, known for home-style dishes such as mapo tofu.

A tea house in the Taikoo Li district beside Daci Temple, listed at The Temple House on Bitieshi Street.

A Sichuan hot pot restaurant on Xiyulong Street in the Luomashi area.

A bookshop with a lending library, cafe, bar and restaurant in the Yulin area of south-west Chengdu.

A restored historic lane district of courtyard buildings now used for cafes, teahouses, snack shops and boutiques.

A very large shopping and leisure complex in the south of the city with a mall, cinema, ice rink and indoor water park.

A large market of antiques, art, calligraphy supplies and souvenirs near Qingyang Palace, busiest at weekends.

An open-air, lane-style district of shops, restaurants and cafes around Daci Temple, next to Chunxi Road.

A large shopping mall complex on Hongxing Road in central Chengdu.

A local evening street-food market in Jinniu District.

A pedestrian shopping street in downtown Chengdu, built in 1924.

A pedestrian street of traditional-style lanes with snack stalls and craft shops next to the Wuhou Shrine.

A lakeside park in the High-tech Zone with a dedicated running track and loop paths around several lakes.

A wetland park on the eastern edge of the city with loop paths and a smart running track around Qinglong Lake.

The start marker of the Tianfu Greenway, a loop path of about 100 km around Chengdu used for running and cycling.

A craft beer bar in the Tongzilin area on the south side of the city centre.

A small indie-music bar on Yulin West Road in the Yulin neighbourhood, long known as a venue for live bands.

A craft and imported beer pub on Jinxiu Road in the south of the city, with house beers and a food menu.

A bar on Yulin West Road made widely known by a popular Chengdu song.

A multiplex cinema on the fifth floor of Shihao Plaza in the High-tech Zone, south of the city centre.

A riverside bar and restaurant district near Anshun Bridge.