Shanhaiguan

Hebei · China

Shanhaiguan, China
Photo: Nyx Ning, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
Summer and autumn
Budget
$
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
Open in maps

This fortified pass marks the historic eastern terminus of the Great Wall where it meets the plains near the sea. Its towering gate tower earned the poetic title of the first pass under heaven.

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