Great
Wall at Mutianyu used to
serve as the the northern barrier defending the capital and imperial
tombs. This section is surrounded by woolland and streams. It is less
crowded than Badaling section and busy than Simatai and Jinshanling.
It’s easy to access by 45 miles away from Beijing. The trip will finish
16 densely placed towers with a total length of 2.5 km.
Itinerary
Pick you up at your hotel in Beijing at 8 am and drive to Mutianyu (1.5 hrs). You will start the hiking around 9:30 am, and it will take about 3.5 hours up and down the same way. On the way back into Beijing we drive by the Olympic venues and you stop to take photos.
Pick you up at your hotel in Beijing at 8 am and drive to Mutianyu (1.5 hrs). You will start the hiking around 9:30 am, and it will take about 3.5 hours up and down the same way. On the way back into Beijing we drive by the Olympic venues and you stop to take photos.
Mutianyu offers a wonderfully satisfying experience of the Wall. It has superb scenery, dense vegetation and many fine watch-towers in an excellent restored sectin which is about six metres broad. The brickwork is elaborate, with crenellations on both sides and finely curved eaves on some watch-tower roofs. There are decorative gables with animal statues, and tablets bearing calligraphy above some entrances.
There are 22 towers on the wall, and you will start from Tower 8 and finish at Tower 22. The western section is more steep and straight upward, so please take a breath when doing the hiking.
Cable car, chairlift and toboggan (slideway) are optionals when you come down the wall.
When you finish the hiking at about 1 pm, your guide can organize a lunch in a local restaurant. You will be transferred back to hotel after lunch.
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