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RE: Day trip to great wall on airport stopover

by mattstheone 25 May 2012

Hi all, I'm actually the friend in question! Thanks for your responses and advice - much appreciated. Just a couple of questions...…
Re: Day trip to great wall on airport stopover

by jiejie 25 May 2012

Don't mean to be pedantic, but I carefully chose my words to NOT say "sunset" but in fact said exactly what I meant, that you will lose…
RE: Day trip to great wall on airport stopover

by jiejie 24 May 2012

The following assumes that you are arriving at PEK between 7 am and noon. As per above posters, Mutianyu will be your place and it will…
RE: Day trip to great wall on airport stopover

by SoloHobo 24 May 2012

Mutianyu is best it is 85KM from Terminal 2-3. Allow 1.5 for traffic, each way, but should take a little over an hour... Its will be…
Re: Day trip to great wall on airport stopover

by jamesjulitaliu 24 May 2012

You can visit Mutianyu Great Wall,which is about 1 hour to Beijing Capital Airport by car. So they still have about 4 hours to climb the…
RE: Day trip to great wall on airport stopover

by pknielsen 24 May 2012

Mutianyu is doable from the airport. Badaling not. Mutianyu is a little less than an hour (if I remember correctly), and from the airport,…
Re: 3 days in Beijing, what to do?

by Beck1112 18 May 2012

Hi Camille, I just spent three days in Beijing in early March. My suggestion: Day One: Tianamen & Forbidden City (morning). Go to…
RE: Update on Beijing Bus to Mutianyu

by jiejie 04 May 2012

You can get official taxis at Huairou to Mutianyu (yes, similar to Beijing). However, they normally don't wait after they drop you off,…
RE: Update on Beijing Bus to Mutianyu

by burstbubble 04 May 2012

Just mini-vans and "unofficial" taxis at Mutianyu, see this post for pics of Mini-vans. http://www.wildgreatwall.com/mutianyu-bus-867-to-vi…
Re: Beijing and Shanghai with 7 year old.

by danielsdad 03 May 2012

I just wrote this for someone who wanted information on Beijing with a five year old boy, I guess it would apply for a 7 year old as well…
Re: Beijing with Child - Mc Donalds/Pizza

by danielsdad 03 May 2012

Beijing with a 5 year old The science and technology museum in the Olympic area is very good. There’s a kids area downstairs but the…
Re: Around Beijing or Northern China

by Dale164 19 April 2012

I did an Intrepid tour a few years ago which started in Beijing (then went on to Xian and Chendu, then spending two weeks in Tibet and…
RE: xBeijing Hostels & xGreat Wall Tours

by jiejie 16 April 2012

Well, I didn't think it took that much "courageous-ness" to do Mutianyu by public transport and it's not that easy to get lost. There's…
RE: xBeijing Hostels & xGreat Wall Tours

by SoloHobo 16 April 2012

As I recall, there is direct busses that leave every 20 minutes to the more popular and touristy location. Same holds true for the summer…
RE: xBeijing Hostels & xGreat Wall Tours

by menkoiii 16 April 2012

Hi, I've been looking into this too. I'm coming to Beijing from Shanghai this weekend and have booked in at City Walls hostel. I'm thinking…
Re: Simatai Great Wall - open?

by victorxu 16 April 2012

Simatai still close now, since there will be a huge wall renovation and the villiagers moving project from the local goverment. It is…
RE: xBeijing Hostels & xGreat Wall Tours

by jiejie 15 April 2012

Is there a reason you feel the need for a tour? As long as you have a little time, you can do this on your own, all you need is public…
xBeijing Hostels & Great Wall Tours

by Captain_Courageous 15 April 2012

Why is it that the hostels in xBeiing don't offer tours to the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall? The ones I've looked at seem to favour…
RE: suggestiosns for preposd itinerary

by beragex 11 April 2012

Something I missed in Beijing is Underground City. I found out about this place after I came back from China as popular travel sites had…
RE: Which Section of the Great Wall?

by egjeg 11 April 2012

>why do most tourists prefer Badaling? Because most tourists are either cheap, in a hurry, uninformed, lazy, or like tacky crowded places…
RE: Which Section of the Great Wall?

by burstbubble 11 April 2012

*Juyongguan Pass*, *Badaling* and *Shanhaiguan Pass* were first to be repaired by Chinese governmen in 1952. *Badaling* is the *first…
Which Section of the Great Wall?

by 12is12 11 April 2012

Hi, I understand from the LP guide that Badaling is the more touristic section and Mutianyu the lesser one. However, since Juyongguan…
RE: Update on Beijing Bus to Mutianyu

by jiejie 01 April 2012

Great update, thanks! This is in keeping with past years on this bus, except they seem to have permanently ditched the #936 that actually…
Update on Beijing Bus to Mutianyu

by newbeeJ 01 April 2012

Just went to Mutianyu from Beijing today and wanted to put up some additional info since it was slightly different than what I read on…
RE: 2 weeks Shanghai to Beijing - help?

by burstbubble 01 April 2012

Beijing is a big city like other said. If you want to "explore" this city (20 million people and more) seeing all the major traditonal…