Laitai and Nüren Jie (Ladies Street)-莱太女人街

This stylish yet casual venue is comprised of café-style wooden tables, cherry-red leather chairs, and sofas, making La Villa's family-style Neapolitan cuisine all the more delectable and welcoming. Choose from classic starters (RMB 42-108), including gnocco fritto, salad, beef carpaccio, aranicini alla Siciliana, six different pastas (RMB 75-98), mains (RMB 95-168), risottos, seven kinds of pizza (RMB 68-128), and desserts, all packed onto a one-page menu. Once you've exhausted those, visit to try out their rotating daily specials.

This gym provides yoga, pilates, step, latin and belly dance classes. Sauna is also available.

With its extensive selection of purses, shoes, jewelry, clothes and home accessories, the Ladies Street market lives up to its name as a shopping haven for women.

On the hunt for a pan-Asian fine dining experience? Look no further: this well-conceived Sanyuanqiao restaurant serves classic Beijing (including Beijing duck, RMB 199), Shandong and southern Chinese dishes (Shanghai, Huaiyang and Cantonese) as well as Japanese sashimi and some Southeast Asian selections in a venue with an open kitchen, a cocktail bar and luxurious private rooms. Extensive wine list and efficient service.

A golf widow’s worst nightmare: a massive floor dedicated to the game that inspires obsession. They stock Callaway, Cleveland and Titleist, among others, and there is even a small green to try out your putters before you buy.

Stocks wooden picnic tables and chairs (RMB 300 and up), market umbrellas (RMB 200), wicker baskets, canvas chairs (RMB 120), garden benches and swing seats. They also sell propane-fuelled gas burners for those chilly springtime evenings. Custom-ordered furniture items are also available.