Badaling Great Wall

The last part of the journey in Beijing was the visit of the Great Wall, more specifically the Badaling portion, which is the most popular area of the Great Wall, and has been specially adapted for the tourists. There are still many portions of the Great Wall which haven't been renovated and some are even forbidden to the public. The choice to go to Badaling was mainly due to the fact that it was very accessible. It is 80km far away from Beijing, and you can easily reach it by bus, train (the less expensive method: 2 euro per person), or taxi ( for like 100 euros, which is obviously exagerated ).

The journey has started very early in the morning. We had the chance of having a guide from Beijing which explained to us what was happening in all the difficult moments we encountered (and they were quite a few I would say) . At 07:30 we were already waiting in line to buy tickets from the East Train Station of Beijing. After 15 minutes of waiting, we have been anounced that there were no tickets left for the 9:00 o'clock train. We had to wait untill 11:00 to take the next train, which would have meant to reach Badaling by 13:00. On a very hot summer day (45 degrees outside) we were actually not so happy anymore about the visit.


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