Venture beyond Lo Wu to discover a world of fun in Shenzhen! Located in the centre of this bustling city, Futian district offers outstanding entertainment, great food and a vast array of shopping for the fashion-conscious. Simply interchange from the MTR to the Shenzhen Metro at Lok Ma Chau Station and enjoy a superb, unique weekend in Futian!

A City for Avid Readers
10:00am

Designed by renowned Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa, Shenzhen Book Mall is an entire book city, the largest in the world. Browse for your favourite books and CDs, and don't forget to check out the Mall's specialty shops for a wide variety of other exclusive products.

Aside from the main bookstore and the stores selling CDs and videos, the impressive Book Mall also features art galleries and many specialty shops.

Don't miss the "Animation and Comics Zone", where you can find teddy bears from Germany as well as many other exquisite ornaments!

Read in an Antique Bed

Shang Shu Bar in the Book Mall is a cafe for book lovers, one where you can spend a leisurely day with a cup of tea or glass of wine. Relax in your own spacious antique bed and peruse a thread-bound ancient book, or curl up and enjoy a best-selling thriller. There is no minimum charge.

"Bai Xing Fang" can print names and greetings on tea ware, accessories or leather wallets, turning them into unique and perfect gifts.

Tea pillow - RMB128
Coffee cup set - RMB178

Shenzhen Book Mall

Address: Fu Zhong Road 1, Futian District, Shenzhen
Tel: (86) 755 8289 3888
Business hours: 9:30am–10pm (Sunday to Thursday);
9:30am-10:30pm (Friday and Saturday)
Website: www.szbookmall.com
How to get there: Interchange from the MTR to the Shenzhen Metro at Lok Ma Chau Station, then exit from Shao Nian Gong Station, Exit C or D.

A Place to Recharge
12:30PM

Opened in early 2008, Parkhaus is a delightful spot to stop and recharge your soul, and of course, your stomach. This three-in-one store is a coffee shop in the afternoon, a restaurant in the evening and a wine bar late into the night.

Graffiti master painted the story of cheese-making on the wall.	Cheese Platter - RMB150 (Small), RMB250 (Large) The small cheese platter includes three varieties of cheese; the large platter includes five.	Braised beef in red wine sauce - RMB88 Pan-fried beforehand, the succulent braised tenderloin perfectly matches its sauce made from seven varieties of red wine.

Parkhaus

Address: B1S 002-006, Galaxy Coco Park, Fu Hua Road 3rd Road, Futian District, Shenzhen
Tel: (86) 755 8290 3241
Business hours: 11am–12 midnight
Average expenditure: RMB50 - RMB250 per person
How to get there: Interchange from the MTR to the Shenzhen Metro at Lok Ma Chau Station, then exit from Gou Wu Gong Yuan Station, Exit C or D.

Roppongi Hill in Futian
2:00pm

The five-storey Coco Park houses fashion boutiques, home and lifestyle stores, eateries and supermarkets. On top of its impressive size, the expansive, colourful outdoor atrium in the centre of the Park makes malls in Hong Kong look pale!

The Park houses a dazzling array of local fashion brands that pride themselves on innovative design and top quality craftsmanship. Catch a movie at the Broadway Circuit cinema for only RMB35.

Soothe tired legs with a comfortable chair and a cup of Chinese or western tea at The Tea Galleria's High Tea on the second floor. Average expenditure is RMB30 per person.

Coco Park

Address: Galaxy Coco Park, Fu Hua Road 3rd Road, Futian District, Shenzhen
Tel: (86) 755 8202 1111
Business hours: _10am-10pm (Sunday to Thursday), 10am-10:30pm (Friday and Saturday)
Website: www.cocopark.cn
How to get there: Interchange from the MTR to the Shenzhen Metro at Lok Ma Chau Station, then exit from Gou Wu Gong Yuan Station, Exit C or D.

A Tranquil Lotus Amid the Bustle
4:30pm

As the exclusive clubhouse of a large residential estate near Coco Park, Lotus Spa mainly serves customers from Hong Kong and overseas who live nearby. Find peace in your body and soul through the combination of aromatic essential oils and ancient, revered massage techniques.

The Spa offers invigorating yoga classes.
There are 13 lavish rooms, decorated in Thai style.
Unwind with a Purifying Heat Mineral Clay Body Mask, at RMB430/50mins.

Lotus Spa

Address: 1 & 2/F, Building 3, Fa Zhan Xing Yuan, Min Tian Road, Futian District, Shenzhen
Tel: (86) 755-8283 1111
Business hours: 10am-12 midnight
Website: www.thelotusspas.com
How to get there: Interchange from the MTR to the Shenzhen Metro at Lok Ma Chau Station, then exit from Gou Wu Gong Yuan Station, Exit C. Walk along Min Tian Road for 3 minutes to the junction of Fu Hua Road 4.

The Flavour of the Northwest
7:00pm

Savour the simple, natural flavours of authentic home-cooked Mongolian cuisine with exquisite lamb dishes, Xiao noodles and other local delicacies. Grown without the use of pesticides in Inner Mongolia, where the water and the earth are free from pollution, the ingredients are 100% organic and bursting with the unique tastes of the Northwest.

Women chatting happily while they prepare Xiao noodles.

Xiao noodle rolls - RMB23
Xiao noodles are one of three world-renowned Mongolian dishes and offer high nutritional value. Traditionally, Xiao noodles are served in hot soup, which brings out their exotic flavour.
Plentiful Harvest - RMB38
A delicacy containing carrot, peanut, taro, corn and pumpkin from Northwest China, this dish was created as the culinary embodiment of the wish for a plentiful harvest.

Xi Bei Xiao Mian Cun Restaurant

Address: Xiang Mi Hu Resort, Futian District, Shenzhen
Tel: (86) 755-8345 9999
Business hours: 11am-2pm/5:30pm-9pm (closes at 10pm on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays)
Average expenditure: RMB80 per person
How to get there: Interchange from the MTR to the Shenzhen Metro at Lok Ma Chau Station, then exit from Xiang Mi Hu Station, Exit B, and walk for 5 minutes.

Lok Ma Chau Station
Easy Access to Futian via MTR

The first train from East Tsim Sha Tsui Station departs at 5:33am and the last train from Lok Ma Chau Station departs at 10:55pm. The congestion-free journey only takes about 44 minutes, and no interchange is required. The fully covered pedestrian footbridge and travelator link between Lok Ma Chau Station and Futian Port, which will bring you to the Shenzhen Metro's Fu Tian Kou An Station in the blink of an eye.

Shenzhen Metro Map