This eccentric, unconventional boho haven is a delightful Tianzifang hideaway, with creaking, narrow wooden stairs leading to a higgledy-piggledy array of rooms and the tucked-away attic slung out above. Expect hookah pipes, mismatched furniture and a small, secluded mezzanine for stowaways from the bedlam outside. It’s in the second alley (Lane 248) on the right.


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