A diy day trip to the great wall of china from beijing is actually a very simple very cheap option.
Bus from beijing to badaling great wall.
3 the northern slope of the badaling great wall is about 3700m long starting from north tower no 1 up to the northern tower no 8 then down to northern tower no 12.
Please notice bus 919 that used to serve the badaling route has been canceled and the only city bus available to badaling is bus 877.
Beijing city to badaling great wall.
Buses to badaling great wall from beijing downtown the cheapest way to get to badaling is to use the local bus service.
You can easily get there by driving train or bus.
Badaling great wall is about 70km northwest from beijing city center.
However if you return after 16 00 when the last badaling great wall bus 877 may have left you can choose to take bus line 919 to get back to downtown.
Train to badaling.
The buses depart in every 5 min.
In this post we ll walk you through exactly how to take the bus to badaling from beijing using public transit.
Tickets cost 20 and the journey takes 1h 39m.
Beijing hub of tour dispatch operates a bus from tiananmen east to badaling station every 30 minutes.
A 20 minute walk from bus 877 to the main entrance.
It starts at deshengmen station 德胜门 and arrives at badaling great wall at the last stop.
2 the bus 877 is close the badaling pass the entrance to badaling great wall the only main entrance.
It is the cheapest way to get to there and will take you about 2 hours to get to the rear hill of badaling.
919 near the deshengmen gate tower the jishuitan subway.
The most common bus used by the beijingers to badaling is bus 877.
80km 50 miles driving time.
It costs rmb5 but takes 2 hours to get there.
The most recommended way to badaling great wall is to take bus line 877 which runs on the expressway with the shorter duration and the cheapest ticket.