SoHo
Restaurants and cafés.
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A chain of covered escalators and walkways climbing the hillside from Central to the residential Mid-Levels, opened in 1993, running over 800 m and rising 135 m, one of the longest outdoor covered escalator systems in the world. Built to take pressure off the winding roads, it is made up of 18 escalators and three inclined moving walkways, all running one way with a daily switch: downhill from 6 to 10 am, then uphill from 10 am until midnight. The ride itself is a tour of old and new Hong Kong, passing over street markets and narrow lanes, crossing Hollywood Road with its antique shops and stopping at SoHo, packed with restaurants and cafés serving food from around the world. It's free to use, and you can step off at any junction to explore the side streets. If you want to ride up, wait until after 10 am, then walk back down the stairs to discover the lanes.
Restaurants and cafés.
Antique shops.
On either side.
From Queen's Road Central up to Conduit Road
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