Originally Posted by
moondog
Originally Posted by
washeelers747
Want to thank you for sharing your experience. Friends and I am looking hard into this, because price sound reasonable with 4 persons, and much convenient than dealing with subway/train/bus to see GW.
The train to badaling is actually really convenient. While badaling is more crowded and also more disneyfied than mutianyu, it's not so bad on weekday afternoons.
Stayed here last weekend. Great hotel and lounge pretty good however food quality/selection was clearly geared to Asian business travelers not westerners.
Location is good about a 8 minute walk to Line 5/6 subway. We transfered on that to Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven and Zoo. Very convenient.
We had a 2 Double bed room on 17th floor (concierge level). Nice modern room, adequate space for 2 adults, 2 kids.
Outside of great wall do not need a guide as its easy to get everywhere. From hotel is 8-10 minute walk to major shopping mall as well ad Wangfujing night food market.
For airport transfer from hotel we grabbed two taxis (4 people and 6 bags) to the nearest Airport Express station. That took 10 mins and cut out uncertainty of traffic.