When deciding which sector of the Great Wall of China you will want to visit during your trip to Beijing, it will be a useful map that leads this issue. Perhaps you know that the Great Wall can immediately visit near Beijing, but you may not know that there are several sectors with different characteristics.
Therefore, it depends on the sector you choose certain that significantly change the experience of your essential visit to the Great Wall. Thus, following the order established in the map of the Great Wall of China, the sector Simatai is located farther from the capital, 140 kilometers northwest of the same. It is one of the most attractive places you can visit because it is in the most original state. From Simatai you can make Great wall hikingtour to Jinshanling; the second sector of the map, which will take four to five hours.
The next sector is outlined on the map Gubeikou, about 100 kilometers away from Beijing, which is not in good condition. Great wall hikingtour by Trekclub ensures maximum entertainment at affordable prices.
Most visited by tourists, the nearby sector is Mutianyu; less crowded than Badaling, but prepared for tourism, Mutianyu is just 70 kilometers from Beijing. In the map of the Great Wall, you can see the next sector, Jiankou, this portion is most photographed by the passage of the wall by mountainous landscapes.
Nearby is the sector Huanghuacheng.
With a length of almost 11 kilometers, in this sector, the fortification extends between mountains and lakes. Its name comes from the mantle of yellow flowers that covers its landscapes in the summer.
Further away in the west direction is the Juyongguan Pass, which at the time was a very important military outpost of the Great Wall, and now shows a circular perimeter of four kilometers long fortification.
And the last sector you can see in the map of the Great Wall is the most visited by tourists. It is Badaling, which is also the best preserved.
Visit Mutianyu
In the sector Mutianyu Great Wall, 22 watchtowers are arranged not only on the main wall but branches that extended in order to strengthen the protection. The wall in Mutianyu is between six and seven meters high and between four and five wide.
The Great Wall of China has greater unevenness in Mutianyu than Badaling, which makes it more demanding from a physical standpoint visit.
Cable car to climb the Great Wall
To access the wall at Mutianyu sector, visitors have the opportunity to take the cable car, which will save your energy for the subsequent walk through it.
You also have the possibility to climb by a chairlift to another area of the wall.
If your visit Mutianyu you decide on this alternative, you have the lure of descent from the Great Wall to form a more “exciting ” and fast, down a long slide that runs along the path of the cable car. Enjoy your trip!
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