West and north: Guangzhou, Ningxia, Shuangcheng, Shilin
Guangzhou Street or Nanjichang follows Longshan, Bopiliao or Huaxi — Wanhua's dinner, one of the two, not both, and not a second sitting back in Ximen. Ningxia follows Dihua at dusk; do not add the Circle. Shuangcheng follows Zhongshan and Chifeng; if lunch was Shuang Yue or Lin Dong Fang, move the market to another night. Shilin follows one Palace gallery route; do not add Tianmu. Enter one gate per night. Before the market, eat first or decide on three stalls. Do not enter every gate. Keep this stretch inside two hours. Note the metro exit before you start, leave as soon as you have seen or eaten, and do not queue a second door.
East: Tonghua, Raohe, Liaoning
Tonghua is dinner on the Xinyi day, after Elephant Mountain or the 101 observatory — not after both heights. Raohe follows Songshan Cultural Park and Ciyou; if Wufenpu is for clothes, buy before the market. Liaoning sits on the Zhongshan axis, but if Lin Dong Fang was already the meal, Liaoning is not a second dinner. The three belong to Xinyi, Songshan and Zhongshan. Do not turn them into a one-night bus tour. The three eastern markets are three nights. After Wufenpu, do not also tour department stores. Stop once in the middle. When you have eaten or looked, walk on. Do not turn passing shops into a list, and go back by the station you came in on.
South: Shida, Gongguan, Jingmei
Shida follows Yongkang or Da'an Park, but if Jin Feng or Xiaowang was lunch, move Shida to another evening. Gongguan follows the NTU campus and Treasure Hill; see the water museum, then decide on the market. Jingmei is another southern evening — do not attach it to the Maokong descent. If the gondola is stopped, do not walk the mountain to catch the market. Keep one of the three, and not on top of the daytime meal. Keep the southern market off the lunch. If the gondola is stopped, drop the rush. Stop the day here. Leave the other district for tomorrow. Do not add a stop before the last train, and trust the station board over this guide.