Badaling Fortress
Badaling Fortress was built in 1505, it was 7.5 metres high, 4 metres thick. Badaling was actually a hub of communications in ancient times. The Badaling Fortress is about 600 meters above sea level. East of the Fortress is a huge rock seven meters long and two meters high. It is called Looking-Toward Beijing Rock. The name of the rock was from the Empress Dowager Ci'xi, who passed here as she fled to the north when the Eight Allied Forces invaded Beijing in 1990. From this big rock, she looked back and gave Beijing her last look.
Badaling Fortress Tours
Exploration of Badaling Great Wall and Ming Tombs One-day
- Tour Code: CN0092
- Tour Name: Exploration of Badaling Great Wall and Ming Tombs One-day
- Duration: 1 day
- Market Price:$35
- Our Price: $35
- Badaling Fortress Tours: Beijing tours
- Highlights:
- This one-day Beijing tour is designed especially for travelers who don’t have much spare time. After the sightseeing of this tour, you might gain access to the Chinese modern history, what is hiding behind those ancient attractions?
Beijing Cultural Tour to Badaling Great Wall & Summer Palace One-day
- Tour Code: CN0090
- Tour Name: Beijing Cultural Tour to Badaling Great Wall & Summer Palace One-day
- Duration: 1 day
- Market Price:$50
- Our Price: $50
- Badaling Fortress Tours: Beijing tours
- Highlights:
- "He who doesn't reach the Great Wall is not a real man.” This one-day tour includes classic historic attractions in Beijing. A small tip here, before the tour begins, you’d better have an undistracted sleep for the Great-wall action is a very energetic form of exercise.