Wenzhou, China: Five Horses Pedestrian Shopping Area/Wuma Street; things to do

Five Horses Pedestrian Shopping Area/Wuma Street

This wide strolling boulevard is lined with shops and restaurants.  It is one of the oldest shopping streets, and is the most popular pedestrian-only shopping area, in Wenzhou.  Shopping for shoes and jewelry is prime here.  Surrounding shopping areas include Shamaohe Ladies’ Street, Kaitai Department Store, Fuqian Street, Gongyuan Street, First Bridge, and Liefang Road Shopping Center.  A Starbucks offers second-story window seating overlooking the busy shopping area.  While I visited, both children and teenagers got excited when they learned we were Americans and, treating us like rock stars, wanted their pictures taken with us.  Quite the experience.  

Five Horses Pedestrian Shopping Area in Wenzhou, China

worker sweeping at Five Horses Pedestrian Shopping Area
in Wenzhou, China

food stall on Five Horses Pedestrian Shopping Area in Wenzhou, China

Shamaohe Ladies’ Street off Five Horses Pedestrian Shopping Area
in Wenzhou, China

high-rise apartment building off Five Horses Pedestrian Shopping Area
in Wenzhou, China

cat with food bag off Five Horses Pedestrian Shopping Area
in Wenzhou, China

happy school girls on Five Horses Pedestrian Shopping Area
in Wenzhou, China

teen girls pose with American on Five Horses Pedestrian Shopping Area
in Wenzhou, China

 

Starbucks on Five Horses Pedestrian Shopping Area in Wenzhou, China

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images ©2017 Carole Terwilliger Meyers