Mutianyu Great Wall, Beijing, China
5.0 (23.8k reviews) Monday: 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Spent More than 3 hours Ranking #1 in Beijing Ancient Ruins • Points of Interest & Landmarks • Hiking Trails
Don't Miss this! Ride the Slide!
The Great Wall is an icon of China and is a must-visit. There are many parts of the wall you can opt to visit, but I recommend the Mutianyu area. Great views. You have the option to climb up to the wall via stairs or ride a cable-car for a fee. Climbing up is a great experience I highly recommend, but it is indeed very tiring. This is one thing you must consider. It was winter when I visited, with temperatures less than 5 degrees celsius, but I ended up sweaty when I arrived at the wall! Don't regret it, though! Going down you also have the option to walk, ride the cable car, or whiz down by toboggan slide. I chose to ride the slide, which was a bit expensive, but was very, very thrilling. The views while riding were amazing, and although the speed is a bit fast, you would never feel unsafe. If you can, ride the slide! I believe it's only available at the Mutianyu Great Wall!
Address
Mutianyu Village, Bohai Town, Huairou District , Beijing, China.
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Website
http://www.mutianyugreatwall.com/
Working hours
Monday : 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday : 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday : 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday : 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday : 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday : 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday : 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Current local date and time now
Monday, April 29, 2024, 21:23
User Ratings
5.0 based on (23.8k reviews)
Reviews
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5Lance G 5:00 PM Apr 23, 2020
Don't Miss this! Ride the Slide!
The Great Wall is an icon of China and is a must-visit. There are many parts of the wall you can opt to visit, but I recommend the Mutianyu area. Great views. You have the option to climb up to the wall via stairs or ride a cable-car for a fee. Climbing up is a great experience I highly recommend, but it is indeed very tiring. This is one thing you must consider. It was winter when I visited, with temperatures less than 5 degrees celsius, but I ended up sweaty when I arrived at the wall! Don't regret it, though! Going down you also have the option to walk, ride the cable car, or whiz down by toboggan slide. I chose to ride the slide, which was a bit expensive, but was very, very thrilling. The views while riding were amazing, and although the speed is a bit fast, you would never feel unsafe. If you can, ride the slide! I believe it's only available at the Mutianyu Great Wall!
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5Daniel C 5:00 PM Jun 22, 2020
China's iconic sight
To get here from Beijing you'll need to take a tour bus for several hours depending which part of the city you are travelling from since the traffic can be crazy in China and often is. Once the bus drops you off and you pay for your ticket to go through, you'll need to climb up a hill which takes about a half hour to get up, passing through trees and up wooden steps, hopefully you wont mind bugs flying into your ears. Once you reach the top of the hill you see the wall blocking your view, then you can go up some steps and you'll finally see a wall that seems to go on forever. It slides up and down the hills, like a snake almost as it twists and turns in both directions on and on; on a clear day you can see it stretch out, but be careful of when you visit because it can get unbearably hot in China, up to 40 degrees Celsius. You'll also need to make sure that you're visiting when few other people are because otherwise you'll be cramped in with hundreds of others beside you and barely able to move or enjoy the wall. You can run up and down the sloping wall, explore the small castles dotted along, see old cannons and behold northern China, aka Inner Mongolia and experience a piece of history. To get back down you don't need to walk, you can simply take a sled down a long slide for a fun 5 minutes back down to the bottom.
