Details for four key sections of the Wall near Beijing:

Badaling Great Wall

Address: Yanqing county

Tel: +86 10 6912 1225

Open: 6 am - 6 pm (night visits not available every day)

Admission: 45 yuan (April 4- October 31)

  40 yuan (November 1- March 31)

Traffic: Take bus No. 919 from Deshengmen Long Distance Bus Station, 500 meters east of Jishuitan Subway Station. Buses depart every half hour from 6 a.m. and return from Badaling until 5 p.m.

Mutianyu Great Wall

Address: Mutianyu, Huairou district

Tel: +86 10 6162 6505

Open: 7:30 am - 6 pm

Admission: 45 yuan for adults, 25 yuan for children

Traffic: Bus No. 936 from the Gate of Dongzhimen Subway

Simatai Great Wall

Address: Gubeikouzhen, Miyun county

Tel: +86 10 6903 1051

Open: 8 am - 5 pm

Admission: 30 yuan

Traffic: Bus No. 12

Juyongguan Great Wall

Address: Nankouzhen, Changping district

Tel: +86 10 6977 1665

Open: 8 am - 5 pm in busy season (April 1-October 31)

8 am -4 pm in slack season (November 1-March 31)

Admission: 45 yuan (April 4-October 31)

40 yuan (November 1-March 31)

Traffic: Bus No. 919 from Deshengmeng to Nankou Dongjie, and switch to Bus No. 68.