{"id":7425,"date":"2011-12-20T12:36:09","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T04:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=7425"},"modified":"2022-04-09T20:50:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T12:50:21","slug":"badaling-great-wall-or-mutianyu-great-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/beijing-great-wall\/badaling-great-wall-or-mutianyu-great-wall","title":{"rendered":"Badaling Great Wall VS Mutianyu Great Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"
When planning a Great Wall tour<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in Beijing, people often ask “which would you suggest Mutianyu Great Wall<\/span> <\/a>or Badaling Great Wall<\/span> <\/a>?”.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Badaling Great Wall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Mutianyu Great Wall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
Actually both Mutianyu and Badaling are worth visiting. Some choose Mutianyu and others Badaling. They are two of the most visited sections of the Great Wall around Beijing<\/span>.<\/a> So which section you should hike largely depends on your personal taste. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Mutianyu: less crowded, greener view, easy to hike, one connected section snaking on the mountains<\/span><\/div>\n
Badaling:\u00a0more crowded,\u00a0with many connected sections on the moutains. “Badaling” literally means “eight dirctions ridges”.<\/span><\/div>\n
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On February 24, 1972, former US president Richard Nixon climbed up the Badaling Great Wall. In the face of all the majesty of the Great Wall, he\u00a0said “Only a great nation can build such a magnificent Great Wall.”.<\/span><\/div>\n
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April 9, 1977, former British Prime Minister, Mrs. Thatcher visited\u00a0Badaling Great Wall.\u00a0“We climbed right to the top,” she told the escorting Chinese\u00a0high ranking official, proudly. “It was a lovely day.” To which the\u00a0Chinese escort\u00a0replied with a quotation from Mao: “He who fails to reach the top of the Great Wall is no true man.” Mrs Thatcher laughed and the translation was quickly changed to “no true leader.” <\/span><\/div>\n
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In 1991, former British Prime Minister John Major visited Mutianyu Great Wall.<\/span><\/div>\n
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On June 28, 1998, President Bill Clinton, together with his wife Hilary and daughter toured the Mutianyu Great Wall.<\/span><\/div>\n
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In 2002, US President George W Bush toured Badaling Great Wall after a successful state visit to China. He stood at the same spot where President Nixon visited, and prompted a witty remark “I will surpass the record of President Nixon.” Before departure, President Bush wrote down in the visitors’ book “May our people enjoy a lasting peace and good luck.”<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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On November 18, 2009, US President Barack Obama took a walk alone on the Badaling Great Wall. “It’s magical. It reminds you of the sweep of history,” Obama said, after breaking away from his tour guides to walk alone along the snowy parapets, hands jammed into his pockets against the cold and wind. <\/span><\/div>\n
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So what’s your choice? What will you say before the amazing Great Wall?<\/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

Further Readings<\/h2>\n
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Best Time to Visit Beijing<\/a>
\nHow to plan a trip to Beijing<\/a><\/p>\n

Top 10 Attractions in Beijing<\/a>
\nHow to Visit Forbidden City<\/a>
\nHow to Visit Temple of Heaven<\/a>
\nHow to Visit Summer Palace<\/a>
\nHow to Visit Ming Tombs<\/a>
\nHow to Visit the Great Wall of China<\/a>
\nHow to Visit Tiananmen Square<\/a>
\nHow to Visit Hutongs<\/a>
\nHow to Visit Olympic Sites<\/a><\/p>\n

Top 10 Markets in Beijing<\/a>
\nTop 10 Shopping Malls in Beijing<\/a>
\nBeijing Shopping<\/a><\/p>\n

Wangfujing Walking Street<\/a>
\nQianmen Commercial Street<\/a>
\nGui Jie ( Ghost Street) Food Street<\/a><\/p>\n

Any questions, just drop a line.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When planning a Great Wall tour in Beijing, people often ask “which would you suggest Mutianyu Great Wall or Badaling Great Wall ?”.\u00a0 Actually both Mutianyu and Badaling are worth visiting. Some choose Mutianyu and others Badaling. They are two of the most visited sections of the Great Wall around Beijing. So which section you…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[1493,1494,1492],"class_list":["post-7425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beijing-great-wall","tag-badaling-or-mutianyu","tag-choose-badaling-or-mutianyu-great-wall","tag-which-section"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7425"}],"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=7425"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31445,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7425\/revisions\/31445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}