60+ Badaling Mauer
Mutianyu is also a good choice with high popularity among foreigners but generally less tourists than badaling which makes it accessible on big holidays.
Badaling mauer. However if you return after 16 00 when the last badaling great wall bus 877 may have left you can choose to take bus line 919 to get back to downtown. The portion of badaling section open to tourists is 3 7 km 2 3 miles long with 19 restored watchtowers. One of the most gorgeous and magnificent parts of the great wall around beijing badaling great wall 八达岭长城 is the well preserved ming dynasty great wall with original appearance. On the badaling great wall there is a special flat lane is built for wheelchair users starting from tower 1 to tower 3 of the wall.
If you want to visit ming tombs after badaling tour. You can take bus 879 from 八达岭 badaling and get off from 大宫门 da gongmen then walk north for about 300 meters to the entrance of ming tombs. Now it is divided into two sections north and south which start at the badaling pass and gate. It s 9 km up the valley pass northwest of the juyong pass fort.
The most recommended way to badaling great wall is to take bus line 877 which runs on the expressway with the shorter duration and the cheapest ticket. Badaling is the best preserved most complete and most popular section to walk the wall. It s a must visit place in beijing. Badaling is more wheelchair friendly than mutianyu great wall.
So you can walk slowly along the accessible path to the tower 3 and walk further for a better view if you can. Badaling great wall was built in the ming dynasty 1505 to occupy a commanding and strategic position for protecting the juyongguan pass juyongguan section of the great wall to its south further protecting the city of beijing. The total length of badaling is 12 km 7 5 miles. Badaling great wall was regarded the strongest section of the ming great wall.
Only an hour s drive northwest of beijing the badaling section is convenient hosts a large souvenir market thousands of tourists decide to venture here. Where the badaling great wall section is badaling is about 60 km northwest of central beijing. The inside was filled with earth. Plenty of visitors rave about this section of the wall and say a visit is a must.
The wall of badaling section was faced with giant rocks and bricks. As the best preserved and most popular section badaling is a must see for first time visitors to china. Badaling s great wall section stretches 7 6 km across the mountain ridges of the pass from the shixiaguan section in the south to the shuiguan section in the east.