Gubei Water Town: A starry town at the foot of the Great Wall, located under the Great Wall of Simatai, Miyun, and next to the Yuanyang Lake Reservoir, is an ancient town newly built by Wuzhen Group, modeled after Jiangnan Town. Although there is no historical accumulation, but the geographical location is excellent, looking up at the Great Wall.
1. Important things take precedence
Suitable for leisure travel, such as family travel with old people and children on vacation. If you are an individual or a travel player, you don't have to go there specially, because maybe one day, the unit will also go.
In terms of accommodation, it is recommended to stay for 2 days 1 night for family travel, and accommodation can be selected within or outside the scenic spot. The difference is that the hotel tickets in the scenic spot can enter and exit many times, and it will be more convenient to take a break temporarily, especially in summer and noon, which is really not suitable for living outside. Hotel tickets outside the scenic spot can only be used once, but the accommodation price is lower.
Hotels in scenic spots are relatively expensive and can be divided into boutique hotels, theme hotels or inns. Reservations can be made in official website, and some room prices include discount tickets and hot spring tickets.
2. Overall impact
Panorama of the ancient town, official website map
The buildings in ancient towns are antique, and different streets have different customs. If you carefully observe the stone slabs, window grilles, brick carvings, wooden beams, furniture and so on in the street. Some of them are old things, maybe they are old materials bought from other places, so the whole thing is quite antique and I don't think I object. The only disadvantage is that there is no atmosphere of life, but it also brings a little advantage, that is, the whole town is managed in a unified way, and all the yards can wander around and stay at will without disturbing other people's lives.
One thing that I think is great is that there are creepers everywhere, many walls are lush, and flowers are planted everywhere, which is very eye-catching.
As for many netizens, they think that the ancient town is a man-made scenic spot, without any historical accumulation and even devalued. Personally, I don't expect him to be a scenic spot, but should regard him as a holiday destination, where you can eat, play and play. Gubei meets the requirements.
Step 3 transport
Traffic route, official website map.
Gubeishui Town is located in Simatai Village, Gubeikou Town, Miyun District, Beijing, 20 kilometers away from Beijing/KLOC-0.
Self-driving: Jingcheng Expressway, Simatai Great Wall exit can be reached directly, about1.5h..
Bus: Take No.980 or No.980 (express train) at Dongzhimen Station, get off at Miyun Xiqiao Station and transfer to No.51bus to reach the resort.
Climb the Great Wall
Simatai Great Wall
Simatai Great Wall retains the original appearance of the Ming Great Wall. Compared with Badaling Great Wall, the restoration is not complete. Most of the Great Wall is not as strong as the piles on both sides. The Great Wall has a steep and narrow section at the top of the mountain, which is a rare one-sided wall. The broken watchtower has a special smell. It is said that the highest section of the Andromeda building has a ladder nearly 85 degrees 100 meters long, which has never been experienced.
Visit the Great Wall of Simatai from the ancient town. If you have good physical strength, you are advised to buy a one-way cable car. From Yuanyang Lake hiking trail to East 2nd floor, climb six enemy towers to East 8th floor, and then take a cable car down from East 8th floor.
People with average physical strength can take a two-way cable car, first take a gentle slope to the fifth floor, then climb three enemy towers to the eighth floor, and then the cable car goes down the mountain. No matter which one you choose, it is suggested that you must go to the unilateral wall below the 5 th floor in the east, or go up and experience it. This is quite shocking.
There is also a night tour of the Great Wall, which you should experience next time. If the weather is fine and you can see the stars all over the sky, it should be good.
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Play in the ancient town
The gameplay varies from person to person. The street view of the ancient town is mainly north and south along the river, and you can also take a boat.
Those who like to know more about traditional culture can go to dyeing workshops and pubs to gain more knowledge.
There are performances such as Peking Opera, Bangzi and Crosstalk, and there are also performances of light fountains in the evening. It's not big, but it's interesting. It is recommended to look at the performance time in advance and arrange it in advance if you are interested.
Children can watch shadow play, go to children's playhouse, swim and soak in hot springs.
6. Night view
Night view collection
You can choose two places to see the night scene:
One is the hilltop church, which overlooks the Great Wall and the whole ancient town. There is also a wind chime corridor in the church, where stars are lit and wind chimes are ringing. Oh ~ create a romantic date, don't be afraid to screw everything up, you have it.
The whole world ~
The other is the Yuantong Temple Tower. Looking at the night view of the whole ancient town from another angle, there are few trees blocking it, which is more spectacular.
7.hot springs
Open air breeze
This time I went to the city hot spring pavilion, where men and women took separate baths. There are about 8 different men's hot spring pools, 3 pools are outdoor, and there are saunas such as steaming.
While soaking in hot springs, watching the night view of the Great Wall and drinking cold beer are beautiful!
According to the habit of going to the bathhouse in the north, just take a bath. hahaha.
8. Residence
The light of Gubei
It is recommended to live near Riyue Square, which is convenient for eating and watching performances.
The Light Hotel in Gubei this time is characterized by an endless swimming pool and several small swimming pools, which are suitable for taking children to play with water, lodging and sending tickets, boat tickets and hot spring tickets.
With children, the hotel provides cribs, the service is ok, the hygiene is clean and the breakfast is rich. Recommended!
9. Diet
Wan Xiaoju
Food in the ancient town, fast food is about 30/person, and ordering food is about 80/person. There is a serious queue in the snack street on weekends, so you may have to eat standing up and have a mediocre experience.
Recommend a restaurant called Yanhe Restaurant to order food. It's opposite the Qiaotou cake, located by the river. This is very emotional. The dishes are mainly stewed by farmers, and the quantity is large.
Fast food recommends a Chinese fast food named Wan Xiaoju, which is similar to Yoshinoya.
10. Others
In addition to the above, leisurely stroll around the ancient town and walk slowly to find many small scenery!
This weekend is good!
Climb the Great Wall, take a boat, watch the night scene, soak in hot springs,
Learn the traditional techniques of brewing and dyeing cloth, watch shadow play,
Listen to Beijing opera, drum set, cross talk performance, and children play in the museum.
The whole family goes out with the baby on weekends. Gubei Water Town is a good choice if you don't want to be too tired.