We had booked a tour to the wall when we arrived and were up at 6am on the 4th to make the journey to the section at Jinshanling and walk to Simatai around 10km away. We were advised to get the cable car to the top of the wall and were 
treated to spectacular views that far exceded all expectations. Despite the haze from the cities pollution (though the BBC reports that the air quality has continued to improve since the 2008 Olympics) the spectacle of the wall snaking from peak to peak, up and over some seriously steep mountain slopes really was very majestic. The feat of constructing such an obsticle (over such natural obsticles) is very very impressive. 
Suitable impressed, the 4 hour walk was highly enjoyable with new views at every turn, and once at the end there was a zip-wire over a gorge to take us to the waiting coach and home. I would recommend anyone visiting Beijing to see the wall at Jinshanling and then provided they were not too scared of hights to take the walk along the top as we did.www.alexavery.co.uk
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