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Simatai Great Wall  ·  司马台长城

    

Type:  Active, Architecture, Historical

Si Ma Tai offers a more authentic and less crowded Great Wall experience than the heavily restored and much more well known Badaling Great Wall. If you have the time and energy, you can even hike 8 kilometers from Si Ma Tai to Jin Shan Ling - it will be a great view and workout!

Related attractions: Ice skating at Houhai, Houhai Lake, Summer Palace (Yiheyuan), Badaling Great Wall, Yuanmingyuan - Old Summer Palace
Address: Miyun County, about 120 kilometers north-east of Beijing
Address (Chinese): 密云县古北口镇司马台村
Phone:(010) 69031051
Hours:Open daily, 8am - 5pm
Directions:Most local tour agencies can help you arrange transportation to Simatai

Videos of Simatai Great Wall
Jinshanling-Simatai Great Wall w/ Woodie Alan music
Rope Sliding - Simatai Great Wall - Beijing
Walking the Great Wall from Jinshinling to Simatai
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Cory
18 Sep '08
12:59 AM
"Love it. Done it 3 times"

...and i'd do it again. Each time i did the Jinshaling to Simatai hike.  You can add on a few kilometers if you go beyond the jinshalingstart point.  I believe the hike is more than 10km though.  Not just 8km.

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