Bona Ventura

Former French Concession (Jing'an) · Shanghai

Shanghai Writers' Association (Garden of Love) and Author Bookstore

上海市作家协会 爱神花园 / 作家书店

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One of Shanghai's finest garden mansions, built by industrialist Liu Jisheng as a 40th-birthday gift for his wife and named after the marble goddess in its garden; since 1949 it has been the Shanghai Writers' Association. The Author Bookstore next door is called 'the bookstore where you are most likely to meet a writer'.

Address
675 Julu Road, Jing'an District
Hours
not verified
Best time to go
Afternoon · About 30 min
Price
Free (view the garden; bookstore free entry)
Price level
¥

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Good to know

  • Look through the gate at the goddess statue
  • Walk on to Siming Cun (626 Julu Road) next door

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