Five Great Avenues
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Zarza's Travels
London, UK457 contributions
Nov 2021 • Solo
Lots of buildings and avenues, yes, but too touristy for me. Constantly been asked to go on the horse and cart, or being followed by Chinese photographers clearly trying to take pictures of an ex-pat just took away from any enjoyment of looking at the architecture. Central area had a running-track looking area to walk around, went into a coffee shop here but was very dirty so quickly left. Was going to spend a few hours here but left in 30 minutes, not somewhere I would return to!
Written December 18, 2021
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KodoDrummer
Buenos Aires, Argentina64,824 contributions
May 2019 • Friends
This is a mix of Garden-style European architecture with Western Colonial marks. Walking in the area, one could get the feeling of being in a foreign country. The houses are elegant and the area restaurants look good.
Written June 17, 2019
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ahmni
Blacksburg, VA297 contributions
Feb 2011 • Friends
I cannot say much more about the history of this place beyond what has been said by other reviewers. This is a lovely spot for a stroll on a long relaxing afternoon. There are many great photo opportunities. Somehow these avenues are missing much the noise and traffic found on the surrounding Tianjin streets. Some buildings are open for viewing but most are not; many sites have plaques noting the historical significance - a self-tour can be very informative. Over the past several years many western-style restaurants have been opening in this area. In some ways Tianjin has been experiencing a renaissance of its international heritage, often focused on the Five Great Avenues (wu da dao)
Written September 17, 2011
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jusun2000
Beijing, China59 contributions
Have been to the place several times. This place was regarded as nice vacation resort for high rank officers of Qing dynasty and business man, when there was quite some foreign trading business happening in the city. It was a decent life style for most upper class in Beijing to own a villa in this area. It is quite common to see a monument in front of a house describing about the owner of the house when it was built, with some name that are significant in the history.
Written March 6, 2015
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Fisher A
Paris, France4 contributions
Sep 2012 • Friends
I was in these area of Tianjin, but I was surprise the traffic problems. It has a very nice architecture but it is a mess to park there. Please, go by taxi!
Written October 9, 2012
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Raymond W
Townsville, Australia4,564 contributions
Sep 2011
Tianjin was a surprise highlight of our three week trip through Northern China. This city has one of Asia's best collections of fin-de-siecle architecture, rivalling Shaghai's French Concession area. And yet while this 21st century boom-town is home to many thousands of high-flying expats, you won't see Western tourists anywhere. Odd, really, because this city has some extraordinary European-era architecture, and should be of immense interest to Western tourists.
Five Great Avenues was the residential area of concession-era Tianjin, with Austrians, Frenchmen, Englishmen and Germans rubbing shoulders with the Chinese elite. You can easily imagine these turn of the twentieth century business types wandering the streets in their bowler hats and waxed mustaches, as the whole area is still home to hundreds of historic villas and mansions. Many of the most luxurious looking homes belonged to Kuomintang generals and ministers: warlords, in the parlance of the contemporary Chinese Communist party. We preferred Italian Street and the neoclassical grandeur of the buildings on the bank street, but fans of between-War architecture will enjoy a visit here, too.
Five Great Avenues was the residential area of concession-era Tianjin, with Austrians, Frenchmen, Englishmen and Germans rubbing shoulders with the Chinese elite. You can easily imagine these turn of the twentieth century business types wandering the streets in their bowler hats and waxed mustaches, as the whole area is still home to hundreds of historic villas and mansions. Many of the most luxurious looking homes belonged to Kuomintang generals and ministers: warlords, in the parlance of the contemporary Chinese Communist party. We preferred Italian Street and the neoclassical grandeur of the buildings on the bank street, but fans of between-War architecture will enjoy a visit here, too.
Written September 9, 2011
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GEEMSON O
Buffalo, NY69 contributions
Nov 2016 • Friends
So, there is this area called WuDaDau- wait till you see it!! The buildings, built in European-style architecture, from the 1800's till 1900's. Homes, mansions, college buildings. There is such beautiful , ornate, architecture: it is impossible to build them today. The styles range from French to Eastern European. There is a stadium, that looks like an entrance into the Coliseum!!.
Better have good walking shoes ready. Best to spend a couple of days if you want to see every street.
A MUST for architectural buffs.
Better have good walking shoes ready. Best to spend a couple of days if you want to see every street.
A MUST for architectural buffs.
Written April 21, 2017
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Virginia M
Tianjin, China43 contributions
Jun 2015 • Couples
Going to Wu Da Daon(5 Avenues) is fun. The restaurants there are good; Smoki's, Pizza Bianca, etc. The amphitheater is covered in astro-turf, but it is clean and new. Originally designed by famous Tianjin resident Eric Lidell (Chariots of Fire runner), it has been just restored/rebuilt.
Written June 4, 2015
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orientalman
Asian in Cambridge18 contributions
Jul 2013 • Solo
This is a lovely residential area highly influence by the Westerners who first entered Tianjin. The architecture is European style. It is a nice place to stroll or you can tour the place by a horse-driven carriage.
Written July 22, 2013
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Jimmy
Seattle, WA28 contributions
Jun 2019 • Business
Spent a few hours wandering around the "Wudadao" and having lunch. An attractive mix of European architecture and Chinese culture with a variety of restaurants and a shopping mall below the center field. It appears to be a bustling shopping are in the evening, but I was only there in the afternoon. Very clean and attractive area.
Written July 2, 2019
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Hi everyone, I’d like to come to Five great evenues from Beijing by the rental car. As wudadao has many roads, How do I tell the driver to stop by? I mean, where is the place for the car to drop off? and what’s road I should go first? Thank you for the answers. It would help a lot
lee
Tianjin, China
you may stop at the Machang Road, or park the car at XiaoBaiLou Area.XiaoBaiLou has a lot of buildings with undergrand parkinglot near Five great evenues. Five great evenues have 5roads,Machang Road is the main Road. i am a local,welcome to Tianjin! by the way,the most popular way from Beijing to Tianjin is by CRH train,and transfer Metro line 1 stop at XiaoBaiLou station.
how to get to 5th avenue from tianjin railway station
ZhuHuaLong
Tianjin, China260 contributions
Go downstairs to the line 3 subway. Take it south toward Nanzhan and get off at Yinkoudao station and switch to line 1. Take it south one stop at Xiaobailou. Da Ma Lu is there at exit B.
David F
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hii!! i will going to tianjin.. but i have a question..how to get to five great avenues from train stations because i come from beijing.. so what a public transport to go to that place, i mean subway because i'm not sure use a bus because i can't read and speak chinese.. thank you for your answer.. Gbu..
FEtravellor
Incheon, South Korea481 contributions
I assume you will get off at Tianjin Zhan (Tianjin Main Station), if you arrive by train from Beijing.
At the train station, you transfer to the metro and go to Yingkoudao, itself a destination if you want to see the most prosperous part of Tianjin called Binjiang Dao Commercial Steet. There are lots of shops and restaurants, and is a long pedestrian street like Nanjing Lu in Shanghai or Wangfujing in Beijing.
If you are not into that, then transfer to the other line and get off at Xiaobailou station, which is only one station away.
Tianjin has only two metro lines, so you can't miss it.
PS: Google "Tianjin metro map" and will be able to get ab idea of the stations mentioned.
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- Private Day Trip to Tianjin from Beijing by Bullet Train (From $229.00)
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- Hotels near Five Great Avenues:
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- (0.32 mi) The Westin Tianjin
- (0.21 mi) Baiyun Hotel
- (0.65 mi) Crowne Plaza Tianjin Jinnan, an IHG hotel
- Restaurants near Five Great Avenues:
- (0.01 mi) Prague Restaurant
- (0.02 mi) Browns Restaurant & Bar
- (0.04 mi) Smoki&co
- (0.05 mi) Maxim's De Paris
- (0.06 mi) Xin JinHuan Western Restaurant
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