China Hotels

Commune by the Great Wall

Exit No. 16, Shuiguan, Badaling Highway

Beijing

Tel. +86 10 8118-1888

reservation@commune.com.cn

www.commune.com.cn/en/

The celebrated Commune by the Great Wall began as a showplace for the work of 12 Asian architects who were commissioned to design dream houses for China's new moneyed class in a country club-style subdivision about 50 miles north of the capital. The models, which won a special prize for art patronage at the 2002 Venice Biennale, line a dry canyon near the Badaling section of the Great Wall.

It was a marvelous idea that got better in 2005 when the Commune created ...

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Price Range: $364 and up double.

Transportation: You can take a bus from Beijing, but you can also hail a cab or arrange a car for the trip, which takes about an hour. Be prepared to pay $50 to $100; we paid the lower amount from Beijing, after bargaining with the driver. The Commune made our return arrangements. (Many cabs do not have seatbelts in the back seats.)

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