The Great Wall
This hikers' hangout offers four doubles (two with private bathrooms) and dorms in a 100-year-old courtyard. An overgrown spur of the Great Wall runs along one side of the property. An on-site restaurant serves Chinese food and a few Western dishes.
Get off the bus just before the Gubeikou Tunnel, and instead of walking through the archway, go along the lane to the south of the village stream. You'll see the Box House sign after about 500m.
3.91 MILES
Jinshanling Great Wall, near the town of Gubeikou, has been thoroughly restored, but it's distant enough from Beijing that it sees far fewer tourists than…
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Simatai, built during the reign of Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu, is famed for the precarious steepness of its battlements as they soar up the 'heavenly…
5.98 MILES
Cashing in on the magnificent Simatai Great Wall that overlooks it, this faux-historic village of waterways and old courtyards is a commercial venture…
3.91 MILES
Jinshanling Great Wall, near the town of Gubeikou, has been thoroughly restored, but it's distant enough from Beijing that it sees far fewer tourists than…
5.98 MILES
Cashing in on the magnificent Simatai Great Wall that overlooks it, this faux-historic village of waterways and old courtyards is a commercial venture…
6.52 MILES
Simatai, built during the reign of Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu, is famed for the precarious steepness of its battlements as they soar up the 'heavenly…