West Street (Xi Jie) in Yangshuo
West Street, also called "Foreigners' Street" is a small town street dating back over 1,400 years. Arrays of unique country residential buildings house all sorts of western bars, cafes and restaurants, Chinese art shops and clothes stalls. Tourists will find a mixed world of authentic Italian coffee, English sign boards and traditional Chinese painting and porcelain works. Do not be shocked when you see an elderly Chinese woman speaking fluent English with a couple foreigners in different colors. In the Chinese people's eyes, this simple country street is a "pretty bourgeoisie" thing, and spending an afternoon of leisure time in a western cafe or bar is very fashionable. Foreigners also like to take a break from their exciting and busy travel schedules and enjoy either a cup of the authentic Italian coffee or Chinese tea. Susannah's, Under the Moon, and MeiYou Cafe are very popular choices among tourists for both their comfortable environment and good service.Arrays of stalls on both sides of the street sell all kinds of tourist souvenirs of Chinese minority style clothes, porcelain, antiques, art ware and other interesting toys.
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