{"id":4093,"date":"2011-04-04T15:12:58","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T07:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=4093"},"modified":"2022-04-10T20:37:15","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T12:37:15","slug":"which-part-of-the-great-wall-should-i-climb-and-how-can-i-get-to-the-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/beijing-great-wall\/which-part-of-the-great-wall-should-i-climb-and-how-can-i-get-to-the-wall","title":{"rendered":"Which part of the Great Wall should I climb? And how can I get to the Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Scramble up Simatai Great Wall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Plan your Great Wall Tour<\/a><\/strong>? There are mainly\u00a016 sections of Great Wall in Beijing, including sections of Badaling, Juyongguan, Simatai, Jinshanling, Mutianyu, Gubeikou, Jiankou and Huanghuacheng. Among the\u00a016 sections of Great Wall, the first five sections are very famous and visited by travelers every year. Different Great Wall sections have different features. So which section to visit all depends on your budget, tolerance for large crowds and your personal taste.<\/span><\/p>\n

Badaling Great Wall<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is the best-preserved section of the Great Wall. It is the site of the most visited section of the Great Wall. It\u00a0is quite\u00a0crowded every day on Badaling Great Wall. If\u00a0it is your\u00a0first time to Beijing, Badaling Great Wall is your top choice.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Juyongguan Great Wall<\/span><\/a>, which is the nearest section of the Great Wall to Beijing, is named as one of the eight best scenery of Beijing. Juyongguan Great Wall is one of the most famous ancient military gate in history. It is also a gorgeous scenic spot, with beautiful flowers and lush trees dotting the mountains.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Mutianyu Great Wall<\/span><\/a>\u00a0has its own characteristics. It is characterized with a thick cluster of watchtowers atop, strategic passes, majestic vigor and unique structure. The gate tower is the most unique building of Mutianyu Section. The vegetation coverage rate of Mutianyu section reaches 96 percent. This large area of vegetation is not comparable to any of the Great Wall section.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Simatai Great Wall<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is famous for its five characters of “steepness, compactness, queerness, wonderfulness and comprehensiveness”. It is separated into two parts by the Simatai Reservoir. There are two springs in the valley which joined into one lake, half cold and the other warm.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Jinshanling Great Wall<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is famous for its\u00a0wild and original bits of the Wall.\u00a0 Jinshanling section varies differently in different seasons. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Gubeikou Great Wall<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is famous for its broken walls;\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Jiankou Great Wall<\/span><\/a>\u00a0wriggled as a W-shaped wall, like a arrow, which is favored by photographers;\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Huanghuacheng Great Wall<\/span><\/a>\u00a0which is famous for its unique, connects mountains and water. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Great Wall Public transportation <\/strong>
\nBadaling Bus No.877<\/strong><\/a> \uff08Bus Fare: RMB 12\uff09
\n<\/strong>Deshengmen (\u5fb7\u80dc\u95e8\uff09- Badaling (\u516b\u8fbe\u5cad\uff09
\nOperating Hours\uff1a
\n06:00-12:00(Apr.1-Oct.31)
\n06:00-12:30 (Nov.1-Mar.31)
\nReturn:<\/strong>
\nBadaling (\u516b\u8fbe\u5cad\uff09- Deshengmen (\u5fb7\u80dc\u95e8\uff09
\n10:30-17:00(Apr.1-Oct.31)
\n11:00-16:30(Nov.1-Mar.31)\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Badaling Great Wall Train<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n
Take the S Train from Beijing North Railway Station to Badaling<\/div>\n
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Bus No. 916 Express (916\u5feb\uff09<\/a>To\uff1a<\/strong>
\nMutianyu Great Wall \u6155\u7530\u5cea\u957f\u57ce
\nImportant Notice: The final destination of the Bus 916 Express is actually Huairou Beidajie (\u6000\u67d4\u5317\u5927\u8857\uff09in Huairou District, then you have to change for the local bus No.936 (Huairou \u2013 Dongtai \u6000\u67d4\u81f3\u6d1e\u53f0), continue to take the bus 936 (936\u8def\u652f\u7ebf) for another 18.6km, pass 8 stops and get off at Mutianyu Great Wall finally.
\nBus 916 Express (916\u5feb\uff09Fare: RMB 12
\nBus 936 (936\u8def\u652f\u7ebf) Fare: RMB 8
\nBus Operation Time: 6:00-17:00 ( every 20 minutes )<\/div>\n
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Bus No. 980 Express (980\u5feb) <\/a>To:
\n<\/strong>Destination: Jinshanling Great Wall \u91d1\u5c71\u5cad\u957f\u57ce.
\nVery Important Notice: Actually the Bus 980 Express stops at Miyun County ( \u5bc6\u4e91\u6c7d\u8f66\u7ad9 ), and then you take a mini bus from the downtown Miyun to Jinshanling.
\nBus Fare: RMB 15
\nMinibus Fare: about RMB 50 ( you have to share a mini-bus for Jinshanling Great Wall)<\/div>\n
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You can easily book\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Great Wall Private Day Tour<\/span><\/a> or \u00a0Great Wall Bus Tour (daily group tours)<\/a> through your hotel or local tour operators. Each morning,\u00a0you will be picked you up from your midtown hotel, then you will go to visit the the Wall\u00a0together with other tourists. Groups are kept to about 10 passengers in a comfortable modern 22-seat coach with professional Beijing chauffeurs and English speaking tour guide.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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In addition, you can also hire a private car which can make your tour more flexible.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Tip: Hassle-free Beijing Guided Tours<\/h2>\n

If you don\u2019t want to go the do-it-yourself route and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours,\u00a0 here are some options for Beijing guided tours:<\/p>\n

Beijing Day Tour<\/a>
\nBeijing Tour Packages<\/a>
\nGreat Wall Tour<\/a>
\nBeijing City Tour<\/a>
\nBeijing Winter Tour<\/a>
\nBeijing Autumn Tour<\/a>
\nCar Rental in Beijing<\/a>
\nBeijing Tours<\/a>
\nChina City Tours<\/a>
\nChina Tour<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plan your Great Wall Tour? There are mainly\u00a016 sections of Great Wall in Beijing, including sections of Badaling, Juyongguan, Simatai, Jinshanling, Mutianyu, Gubeikou, Jiankou and Huanghuacheng. Among the\u00a016 sections of Great Wall, the first five sections are very famous and visited by travelers every year. Different Great Wall sections have different features. So which section…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[1086],"class_list":["post-4093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beijing-great-wall","tag-which-section-of-the-great-wall-should-i-climb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4093"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4093"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31471,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4093\/revisions\/31471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}