CanadaKate

Hi all,

I will be travelling to China in April 2005 with my spouse plus a 4 year old and a 6 year old. We want to spend 1 or 2 nights near the Great Wall. Any suggestions re accommodation?

Tks,

Catherine in Toronto

gard

Hi

I guess it depends on which section of the wall you want to focus on. The Badaling section is only located about an hour outside Beijing and from what I understand this is the most popular section amongst tourists. My wife and I went to Simatai which is located about 2 hours out of Beijing. We went there in March and there were not that many people there and it was a great experience I have posted pictures and a trip report from our trip on my homepage http://gardkarlsen.com. Maybe you can find some useful information there.

Regards
Gard
Stavanger, Norway

r_shum

As gard mentioned above, it depends on which section you are going. For some popular sections like Badaling, there are a few hotels around. But for some less popular sections like Simatai, I only saw a youth hostel near the entrance of the Great Wall. You can check http://www.hostels.com/en/availabili...telNumber.8955

In any case, only basic accomodation is available and don't expect too much.

PegS

The only one I can think of is the uber-fashionable and expensive Commune. Never been there, of course, but the website is impressive. May not be what you had in mind, though, especially with two young kids.
http://www.commune.com.cn/english/product/commune/

CanadaKate

Thanks for the suggestions. The Commune looks intriguing but outside our budget by a long shot.

Has anyone stayed at the Red Capital Ranch? See: http://www.redcapitalclub.com.cn/ranch.html

Thanks,

Catherine