Vinylhouse is a music wonderland next to the east gate of Nantou Old City. The first floor is a relaxing cocktail bar, the second floor a mature jazz bar, and basement one a vinyl store.

​A little way inland from Dameisha Beach, OCT East is a theme-park-meets-resort set in attractive mountainous surrounds.

​Just steps away from Shekou Sea World is this retro grid of Shenzhen real estate that was once an industrial park operated by Japanese electronics company Sanyo.

Yes, really! The spine of Futian’s Central Business District, from Lianhuashan Park south to the Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Centre, offers landscaped, palm-lined boulevards that see relatively little foot traffic, especially on weekends when the suits are off work.