Wuhan
Wuhan is the capital of Hubei, China.
Wuhan is the capital of Hubei, China. With a population of 13,861,900, it is the most populous city in Hubei and the seventh-most-populous city in China. It is also one of China's nine national central cities.
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Worth seeing in and around Wuhan
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Wuhan University
Wuhan University is a public university in Wuhan, Hubei, China. It is administered and funded by the Ministry of Education of China.
8.6 km · university in Wuhan, China · Wikipedia - 02Minsheng Bank Building
The Minsheng Bank Building is a supertall skyscraper located in Wuhan, Hubei, China. It is the tallest building in mainland China entirely steel-structured lacking a reinforced concrete core.
2.8 km · supertall skyscraper in Wuhan, Hubei, China · Wikipedia - 03Wuhan Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market
The Wuhan Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, also known as the Huanan Seafood Market was a seafood market in Jianghan District, Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, in Central China. The market opened on 19 June 2002.
4.7 km · market in Wuhan, Hubei, China · Wikipedia - 04Wuhan Greenland Center
Wuhan Greenland Center is a 476-metre supertall Skyscraper in Wuhan, China. It is the ninth-tallest building in China and the fourteenth-tallest building in the world.
2.2 km · building in Wuhan Greenland Center, China · Wikipedia - 05Tower of the Yellow Crane
Yellow Crane Tower is a traditional Chinese tower located in Wuhan. The current structure was built from 1981 to 1985, but the tower has existed in various forms from as early as AD 223.
5.3 km · building in Wuhan, China · Wikipedia - 06Wuhan Center
Wuhan Center is a skyscraper in Wuhan near Wuhan Business District Station in Jianghan District, Wuhan, Hubei, China. The skyscraper's construction started in 2011, and was completed and subsequently opened in 2019.
5.5 km · building in Hubei, China · Wikipedia - 07Riverview Plaza
Riverview Plaza, formerly known as Wuhan Tiandi A1, is a 376-meter tall skyscraper in Wuhan, China. It is currently the third-tallest building in the city, behind Wuhan Greenland Center and Wuhan Center.
1.8 km · skyscraper in Wuhan, China · Wikipedia - 08East Lake
East Lake is a large freshwater lake within the city limits of Wuhan, China, the largest or the second largest urban lake in China. Wuhan's East Lake covers an area of 88 square kilometers.
8.8 km · lake · Wikipedia - 09Guiyuan Temple
Guiyuan Temple is a Buddhist temple located on Cuiwei Road in Hanyang District of Wuhan, Hubei, China. It was built in the 15th year of Shunzhi period of the Qing dynasty, and has a land area of 4.67 acres.
6.6 km · Buddhist temple in Wuhan · Wikipedia - 10Jiali Plaza
Jiali Plaza, also known as Ping An Building, is a 251-metre tall skyscraper located in Wuhan, China. The 61 storey building was completed in 1997 under the design by WMKY Lim.
1.9 km · building in Wuhan, China · Wikipedia
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Where to eat
Wuhan is famous for its morning xiaochi - a variety of breakfast foods. Hubuxiang in Wuchang is Wuhan's famous breakfast alley where you will find all of Wuhan's famous breakfast dishes. Reganmian (热干面) (literally, "hot dry noodle") is the epitome of Wuhan's breakfast food. It is noodles with peanut sauce, tossed in sesame paste and other seasonings. You will find these noodles for around ¥10 from street vendors.
From Wikivoyage: Wuhan, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Wuhan
- Airports
- Wuhan Tianhe (WUH), 22 km · Ezhou Huahu (EHU), 76 km · Nanchang Changbei (KHN), 247 km
- Stations
- Hankou railway station, 5.4 km · Wuchang railway station, 7.2 km · Wuhan Business District Station, 5.4 km · Taipingyang Station, 6.3 km · Zongguan Station, 7.4 km
- Ezhou → Wuhan58 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · ¥33–44
- Nanchang → Wuhan261 km · quickest by road, 4h 59m · ¥130–170
- Changsha (Changsha) → Wuhan293 km · quickest by road, 4h 46m · ¥125–170
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Wuhan
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Wuhan. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundYou can also buy a Wuhan Tong card (from the person at the booth in the subway, or elsewhere) for ¥15 and add cash value to it, allowing you to enter the stations more quickly; subway rides using the Wuhan Tong are discounted by 10%, and the Wuhan Tong also works on public buses and ferries.
- Get aroundThere are also four ferry lines connecting the three districts of Wuhan across the two rivers and four banks.
- Get aroundThe discount applies to city buses (including new urban areas), trolleybuses, ferries, subways, and light rail.
- Get aroundThe Yangtze River can be crossed by ferry for a very reasonable fee of ¥1.5.
- Get aroundThe ferry offers by virtue of its unique location some nice views of the city, the Number One Yangtze River Bridge, Yellow Crane Tower, etc.
From Wikivoyage: Wuhan, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Wuhan
Wuhan is 6 km from Wuchang, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Wuchang Districtdistrict of Wuhan in Hubei Province, China4.5 km
- Hanyang Districtdistrict in Hubei Province, China5.9 km
- Jianghan Districtdistrict in Hubei Province, China3.2 km
- Qingshan Districtdistrict in Hubei Province, China9.7 km
- Jiang'an Districtdistrict in Hubei Province, China900 m
- Qiaokou Districtdistrict in Hubei Province, China4.5 km