Simatai Great Wall -kierrokset

We had a wonderful day visiting the Great Wall, and Susie made the whole experience feel smooth and welcoming from start to finish. We were given clear information and took our time visiting. The village was beautiful, the food was delicious too. We left feeling relaxed and well looked after.

I had a very nice day today at the Great Wall! Angela gave me a lot of tips to avoid long queues, so I was able to visit the East and West side in one day, plus getting lunch afterwards! I feel like it is a very recommendable trip for everyone who wants to go to the Great Wall for one day, especially as a solo traveller! :)

Our trip was on 7th Oct and thankfully no crowd. Gubei water town is really beautiful and we walked through the town with canals, Yongshun Dye House, had a lot of food at the food street - fried radish cake was the best, spicy sour noodles, spicy lamb skewers, blindbox icecream. We also walked to the church at the hill top for a near sunset view of Gubei town. The main highlight was going to Simitai Great Wall twice, day and night. We bought separate cable car trips for both. For day, we took the difficult climb to Tower 8 and walked to Tower 11 and back to Tower 8. The views were magnificent you can also see the lake at Tower 9. For the night climb, we took the cable car at 6pm (after soaking our feet at the footbath too!) and walked to Tower 5 and 6 to enjoy the illuminated great wall and also a nice night view of Gubei Water Town. This is definitely a not to be missed day trip if you are visiting Beijing. Simitai is very steep at some parts so visiting Mutianyu first is good too.

Tämä oli hieno matka, vesikylä on kaunis. Voit lisätä lisäpalveluita, kuten venematkan pääalueen ruokakadulle, kuljetuksen ja paluulipun köysiradalla Kiinan muurille. Valinnainen lounas on hot pot. Paikka ei ollut liian täynnä ja oli melko rauhallinen sekä muurilla että kylässä. Muuri ei ole yhtä hyvin ylläpidetty kuin toiset, mutta on hyvä nähdä sen alkuperäinen kunto. Matkaan menee noin 2 tuntia suuntaansa, mutta se on sen arvoista. Kiinan muuri on avoinna joko aamupäivällä klo 17 asti, ja sitten iltaisin klo 18 alkaen, jolloin pienempi osa on kauniisti valaistu. Ota mukaan hyvät jalkineet ja aurinkosuoja.

Our trip to China has been amazing so far, especially today visiting Mutianyu, Gubei, and Simatai with Jane! She’s so friendly and genuine, it honestly feels like hanging out with a friend rather than a guide. She was super patient, never rushed us, speaks great English, and made sure to snap plenty of photos so we’d have awesome memories. Very recommended!!

Tämä oli todella pitkä ja antoisa päivä aamukahdeksasta ja puolesta iltakymmeneen ja puoleen. 20 hengen ryhmämme koostui pääasiassa eurooppalaisista, kolmesta japanilaisesta, kahdesta taiwanilaisesta ja meistä kahdesta singaporelaisesta. Todella vaivan arvoista, sillä nämä Muurin "kesytettämättömien" osien maisemat ovat aivan mahtavia. Muurilla on joissain kohdin hyvin jyrkkiä portaita, joilla kävely oli raskasta, joten kohdetta ei suositella ikäihmisille eikä lapsille. Täällä ei ole niin paljon kotimaisia matkailijoita kuin Badalingissa tai Mutianyussa (jotka ovat helpommin saavutettavissa). Tämä on koettava kerran elämässä, niin kauan kuin mahdollista! Unohtumatonta.

jimmy was the guide. he is knowledgeable and explained quite afair bit esp on the history of the wall. though dinner wasnt provided, he made an effect to arrange for dinner at e water city before we emarked on simatai section for sunset and night view of the great wall. the 2hrs drive was smooth. thank u Jimmy and driver.