Simatai Great Wall of China in the snow

There are many places to see the Great Wall of China (it is after all over 6260 km (3890 miles) in length !). The most popular sections of the wall are Badaling and Mutianyu, however if you want to see the Great Wall of China in its authentic form then the Simatai section of the Great wall is definitely a place to visit. There are magnificent views to be seen from the top of wall no matter what the weather is like !

As you can see from the video there were not a lot of tourists to to the Simatai wall that day; this is partly down to the extreme cold weather conditions that Northern China was experiencing.

The Simatai section of the Great Wall is located 120km NE of Beijing. One method of reaching the wall is by bus from Dongzhimen bus station (North East Beijing city centre) to the town of Miyun, and then take a taxi to the wall.
Note it is very important to set off early, as the bus journey by bus takes 1 1/2 hours and the taxi takes a further hour and a quarter.

When you return to Beijing eat at one the excellent restaurants located in Dongzhimen shopping centre.

By David Goorney

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[shane2406]

Its a such pleasure to watch your video.

The SImatai village(entrance) got a great FENGSHUI location.

[Goorney]

Thank you very much for the comment. After seeing postcards of the Great Wall in snow, I thought it would be a great idea to make a video of the wall in the same snowy environment.

[linbj2008]

nice video.

[Goorney]

Thank you

[linbj2008]

Very nice video! I used to live in Beijing for ten years, and I haven't been to Simatai...

[bananatree94]

i went on this same thing last summer! i stayed in the youth hostel there for a night.

[jlpk007]

Awesome scenary...

[HiAdrian]

Absolutely magnificent scenery.