Hotels near Simatai Great Wall, Beijing

What a beautiful hotel in the middle of the happenings. Especially in the evening when the property and the street are illimintated. Xiaoyan helped me theough the chexk in process and gave me the necessaey information needed. She esxorted me to the room and explained everything. We also had dinne ans breakfaatr in the restaurant. Food are sooo delicioua and reasonably priced and competitive. DEFINITELY wamt to come back again in the near future.

I stayed 4 nights in this lovely apartment. It had a stunning view of the great wall from the little patio. The room is very spacious and comfortable. It even includes a refrigerator! The hostess was SUPER helpful in helping me find taxi drivers to different sections of The Great Wall. There was a shuttle driver to take me down to the Gubei Water Town or pick me up from the bus stop. Also, breakfast was delivered to my room each morning. I only gave 4 stars for location because I was dependent on the shuttle driver. Once you are at the apartment, you can't really go explore anything else. My overall experience was 10/10 and I would recommend!

This accommodation accepts foreigners. After booking this place, tried to contact owner via WeChat with contact provided, but owner never added me until I needed to text in Chinese from my phone (using translator). When arrived to the location he sent me on a map, I received directions to find the apartment myself. We never once met the owner of the property. All conversations using Wechat were in Chinese (me using translator). The little studio was clean when we arrived, but later at night was full of loud insects that we had to eliminate in order to sleep. The bed was very hard not comfortableat all. The kitchen was supposed to have everything available to make meals (at least was what I have read in previous reviews) but in reality had nothing, not even a spoon. It was a very simple place, a bit expensive for what you get.

This is a good budget option if you want to stay overnight near Gubei Watertown - but there are serious limitations. It was very confusing and quite stressful when we first arrived at the location provided - we couldn’t find the address given, but a local lady was very helpful and called the owners/managers for us and then a driver came to collect us. The address given is a meeting point, not the location of where you are actually staying. It was as we were driven to the 2 apartments (not rooms in an individual villa) that I realised we were not staying in or right at the Watertown as I thought we were. It was a 5-10 minute drive away. To be clear the managers were very friendly and always available on WeChat and the driver took us to and from the Watertown whenever we liked so that was fine - but it means you have to pay entry every time you enter the Watertown - which is expensive - so just take that cost into account. There also didn’t seem to be anywhere to eat at the apartment complex either but perhaps we couldn’t find it (it was a huge complex) so I recommend you eat before you go or take (especially breakfast) food with you. I booked two rooms with a view. One room had a GREAT view of the Great wall (photo included) and the other looked at nondescript trees and grass the other direction. Mainly I went on this special trip with my older parents to Gubei so it was disappointing that we weren’t really staying together in a villa - we were in a giant apartment building on separate floors.

It was simply amazing. The room gives provides you a view of The Great Wall and it lokks even better under the night sky when it's all lit up. As an added bonus there is balcony where you can just sit and enjoy the view sipping coffe, reading a novel or even enjoying a meal. The hotel is located near Wtown which is also a must go to place. The bed is super comfy too. The area surrounding the hotel is super nice too, very green, rather pretty.

Overall good experience for our group of 4. Customer service can easily be contacted via WeChat. Location is close to Gubei main entrance. Good value and local amenities for eatery and shops.

Location: 200 meters away from the gate of the scenic spot. Environment: Clean and tidy, with pots and pans available! Balcony scenery: Pictured below, see for yourself, no need to elaborate! Comparatively speaking, this one is very cost-effective, much better than the ones in the scenic area! It is about 20 square meters in the scenic area, and this two-story hotel has a balcony! The price difference between the B&Bs in the scenic area is really too much, and the price difference is not as good as Just buy an annual pass for unlimited entry and exit. (PS: You can bring as much food and drink as you can. After all, it is a commercial attraction, so it must be expensive. Nongfu Spring is 3 yuan, and Jägermeister is 168 yuan.) By the way, self-driving friends can enjoy pick-up and drop-off by the boss car. Only one copy of the entire scenic spot, free)

Very nice hotel, very clean rooms, and well appointed. The staff were lovely and had translator devices at hand for English speakers. For westerners, what’s not explained in the hotel description. is that while this hotel is outside the ‘scenic area ’, it’s a two minute walk to the front entrance. And my advise is while room check in is at 3pm once you arrive go check in, as while they may not be able to give you your room keys they will add you to the facial recognition ticketing system which means you can come and go to the scenic area as many times as you wish. If you, like me, arrive early thinking it’s too early to check in and buy a ticket at the counter, you can only go in once, and once your out, your out, unless you pay again. Hope this helps people. Also the hotel pool is massive., the outside pool seems to be not in use. And also bring a swim cap, or buy one at the pool reception.

If you come to Gubei Water Town to travel, I highly recommend this homestay. My friend recommended it to me. The price/performance ratio is really high. It is much more cost-effective than the price of the homestay in Water Town. The design of the room is also long in my aesthetics. The health situation also makes me particularly surprised. I have lived in many hotels and homestays before. I didn't expect their home to be so clean and the room size is right. The most important thing is that the large terrace can see the scenery and think about things, especially at night, it is too comfortable. The meal in the small garden below, the restaurant next to it is ready to send it directly, this experience is really perfect, must give a good review!

I found this hotel when looking for a place to stay near the wonderful, photogenic Jinshanling for the Great Wall. I was surprised that they did not have their own website. Checking in was not the easiest thing to do as they were not fluent in English, but we got through it. Location is FANTASTIC. It is literally like 50 meters from the gate to the Great Wall. I had planned to go shoot the Wall for sunset and then return for sunrise - no problem from here. Sunset was around 7:30pm and sunrise at 4:45am. I was so excited that I had no trouble getting out of bed to hike up to the Wall. I was amazed and impressed at the room/villa they had me in. Very nice! OK, there are probably cheaper places to stay, but they are not as convenient nor as luxurious, that's for sure! I was able to use my ticket to enter the Wall area the next morning, but I did not even pass anyone to show my ticket to. Jinshanling is truly a photogenic section of the wall and this Hotel is photogenic and located exactly where you want it to be.