Want to do some shopping in Beijing during your Beijing tour? Carrefour is...
Mar 29, 2022Published
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Want to do some shopping in Beijing during your Beijing tour? Carrefour is highly recommended. The French hypermarket offers a wide choice of wine, cheese, coffee, canned goods, daily necessities and much more. Shopping in Carrefour keeps you from your worries about fake or poor quality products.
The first carrefour supermarket was set up in Beijing in 1995. Now there are over 10 carrefour hypermarkets in Beijing. Some of Carrefour branches offer free delivery with certain distance for purchases over certain amount of money. But the crowds are thick for most of Carrefour branches in Beijing.
Ask your hotel people, or your taxi driver to locate a nearest carrefour in Beijing. Below are the addresses ( English and Chinese ) of the carrefour markets in Beijing for your reference. If necessary, you can ask the taxi driver to take you to the nearest Carrefour. In Chinese, it’s called Jia Le Fu 家乐福.
Carrefour Hotline in China: 4008-512-512
Carrefour Chuang Yi Jia Store, 家乐福(北京创益佳店)
6B Beisanhuan Donglu, Chaoyang District, Beijing 北三环东路乙6号(中国国际展览中心正门旁), just by the side of the main entrance to China International Exhibition Center. Daily 8.30am-10.30pm (010) 8460 1061
Zhongguancun Plaza, Haidian District, Beijing (010)51721516 北京市海淀区中关村广场 Tel: (010) 5172 1598 Opening Hours: 08:00—22:00 Photos below taken from Carrefour Guangqumen:
Virtual Tour of Guangqumen Carrefour in Beijing
The entrance to Guangqumen Carrefour in Beijing
The entrance to Guangqumen Carrefour in BeijingTake an escalator up the third floor of Carrefour GuangqumenThe shop is packed with passengers due to the Chinese new year purchases.People born in the year of dragon are selecting red socks…vegetables on displayFruits on displayChinese dessertsBreadHams, milk, sausage yogurt…More dried beef, port and moreTake an escalator down to the first floor to pay the billPay for what you buy
If you don’t want to go the do-it-yourself route and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours, here are some options for Beijing guided tours:
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