Walking street in Wuhan: Optics Valley (Guang Gu)

Walking street in Wuhan: Optics Valley (Guang Gu)

Have you ever seen a 1350-meter long, 1.5-million square meter walking street? Well, you won’t find it anywhere except in Wuhan since the Optics Valley (Guang gu) is the longest walking street in the world.

The walking street in Optics Valley is multifunctional; there you can enjoy shopping, eating, resting, exercising, working, sleeping, etc.

Key features

  1. You will find there four different atmospheres: modern America, passionate Spain, and mysterious Northern Europe and classic Great Britain.
  2. If you want to fully enjoy the place, come at night to see the colorful lights brightening the street (Guang gu means “full of lights” in Chinese).
  3. The walking street is customer-oriented; wherever you are on the walking street, you can find a place to rest at a short distance.

How to get there?

You can just tell the taxi to drive you to “Guang gu” (光谷 in Chinese).

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