Simatai

There are a million different tourist trips to "The Wall", but they all go to Badaling, with its Starbucks, or to remoter Simatai, which is not so remote as to not have a chairlift.

Live like a local in Beijing 2010

Go to Jinshaling-Simatai if you have time (and physical endurance) to stay overnight – a person there provided my friends everything they needed to stay on top of the all – and hike the 10km from Jinshaling to Simatai.

Beijing « Peace Corps: China 2007

The Simatai section, 80 miles outside Beijing, features unrestored, hikable stretches of wall surrounded by green farmland, and is hailed as the most remote and spectacular viewing point.

Beijing Fling 2006

Room rates at the Peninsula Palace Hotel start at $350 per night; car service to the Great Wall at Simatai and back costs under $200.

Beijing Fling 2006

Simatai, have been truncated to only include Jinshanling.

Chinalyst - China blogs in English 2010

I've often thought Simatai could do with a good shopping plaza, theme park and underground carpark.

Chinalyst - China blogs in English 2010

Near Simatai, there are some hot springs and they are expanding it all to build a

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Cordoning off the Simatai section has generated a flurry of last-minute plan changes for

Chinalyst - China blogs in English 2010

Jinshaling to Simatai, approximately 10km long through 32 towers following the ridges of the undulating hills.

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Before its closing, tourists could hike from nearby Jinshanling, over a peak, and down to Simatai, surrounded by not much more than forested mountains.

Chinalyst - China blogs in English 2010