Sinan Mansions & Sinan Books Area Xintiandi & Tianzifang
SINAN MANSIONS & SINAN BOOKS · SINAN GONGGUAN
VERIFIED2026.09.10 Xintiandi & Tianzifang · 31.216°N 121.464°E No ticketing Closure day
Garden villas of the 1920s-30s on Sinan Road and Fuxing Middle Road — 49 of the original 51 kept in a 2010 restoration as a hotel-restaurant-bookshop quarter — the polished end of the villa district, with a weekend market and open lawns between the houses. Two bookshops carry the name: Sinan Books in the villa at 517 Fuxing Middle Road, and Sinan Books · Poetry Store in a converted Russian Orthodox church on Gaolan Road, which is the one to see.
Before you go Polished and pricey: restored villas as restaurants, a hotel and two bookshops (the main shop opens daily, the Poetry Store closes on Wednesdays), with little to see behind the facades. Half an hour for the lawns and the Poetry Store — on a Wednesday walk into Sun Yat-sen's former lodging next door instead (free, open to 22:00) — then move on to the residences up the road. Something wrong here? Tell us → Not this 'Sinan Books' is two shops: the main store at 517 Fuxing Middle Rd and the Poetry Store in the old church, 16 Gaolan Rd (shut Wed). Hours · Tickets · Booking + Add to trip Admission No ticketing Free; the bookshops are shopsVerified · 2025-01 Source ↗ Hours Grounds all day; both shops 10:30-18:00, Poetry Store closed WedVerified · 2025-01 Source ↗ Closed Poetry Store closed WednesdaysVerified · 2025-01 Source ↗ Landmark Sinan Books at 517 Fuxing Middle Road; Poetry Store at 16 Gaolan Road
Address 51-95 Sinan Road (odd-numbered side)
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Beat the crowds Weekend afternoons with the market are the crush; on weekdays it is hotel guests and coffee drinkers.
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Grounds stay open all day; both bookshops keep schedules ▾ Poetry Store occupies a former Orthodox church ▾ Main shop fills Feng Yuxiang's former villa ▾ Two famous residences 300 m north ▾ The alternate address range remains unverified ▾ Two free old houses next door, one open late ▾
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The only villa block you can walk freely ▾ The bookshop church was built for White Russians ▾ Shanghai · 上海 · TripMind Atlas