Review of the Great Wall of China, Badaling Pass, Beijing

#NewYearNewTrip Review of the Great Wall of China, Badaling Pass, Beijing Complete from the journey, how to buy tickets Is it far to walk? How long does it take to travel? I will summarize all the points here. 📍How to get there: To Beijing city center • By high-speed train, from Qinghe Station, from the city, get off at Badaling Great Wall Station, convenient for 30 minutes. • My train was at 8.33, train number D6703. Arrived at Badaling at 9.05 am. Booked through trip. • I recommend going in the morning because even though there are a lot of people in the morning, when they spread out on the Great Wall, there are very few people. It's real. • Walk out of the station, turn right, you will see the Cable car station. Go back the same way. Easy. 📍How to buy tickets to enter • I was secretly impressed with the trip app because at first I planned to buy it at the event, but when I checked the price, it was cheaper, so I decided to buy it at the train station. In less than ten minutes, the ticket was confirmed and I could use my passport. • I bought a round-trip ticket including the cable car, as shown in the last picture. The price is for 2 people. I have to say that I don't really love climbing. Buy like me 555 📍Entrance • After buying a ticket, walk to the cable car station on the right from the train station, about 200 meters. • After scanning your bags and luggage, there will be a ticket exchange counter on the right. You can exchange your passport at number 1-2 on the left. If you buy at the event, you can buy it at the same place, number 3-4. • Once you have your ticket, each person, you can queue up to get on the cable car. Let me tell you, it's easy. • The cable car ride doesn't take long, about 15 minutes. When you reach the top, you will see the Great Wall of China waiting to greet you. 📍My version of walking around the Great Wall of China - Why my version? Because I have already booked a return ticket. - To put it simply, after walking out of the cable car station, There will be a place to sit and decide whether to walk straight or turn around and climb the Great Wall. - I had about 4 hours because I had booked a train back at 13.19, so I decided to turn around and climb the Great Wall. Walk up the hard way first. - The path is quite good, but there are no stairs all the way. It's a ramp with handrails. It's steep like a flat path. When I reached the first step, I was out of breath. 555 - I gritted my teeth and climbed the stairs until I reached the resting area on top, which was a bit higher. It wasn't a fort, but a resting area without stairs. After taking pictures, I went down. I changed sides to the straight path instead. 🤣 - When I reached the decision area, I changed to the straight path. It wasn't that steep. It was a relief. I kept walking and took pictures. It was worth the ticket price. Then I walked back up the cable car. - I didn't walk across the fort or go to another fort. Let's just say that I actually spent a little over 2 hours walking and taking pictures. My legs were almost dragging because I was climbing the ramp. It was the worst. But the view was beautiful. 📍Return trip - When you get to the station from the cable car above, if you haven't booked a return ticket, I recommend checking the time you plan to take the cable car down. Add another 1.30 hours because normally, if you book through Trip, it should be more than 45 minutes from the booked time. So I roughly estimate it to be an hour and a half. - Another reason Why add that much? Because it takes about half an hour to get to the station. - Wait to be called again before the train arrives here for about 20 minutes. Because it's quite far from the platform to the platform. And wait for about 40 minutes before being called. I think it's easy, not too long and not too risky. This is recommended for people who have little time and want to take pictures of the Great Wall of China. Badaling Pass is an interesting option. #Traveling #Traveling #TravelingDotCom #GreatWallOfChina #badaling