A National AAAA Tourist Attraction, Beijing Botanical Garden is a national popular science base of forestry, a national science education base for wild plants protection, a National Youth Science and Technology Education Base and an ideological education base of the central state organs. It is one of the first complex of quality parks in Beijing. It belongs to the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Beijing Botanical Garden is located at the foot of the Fragrance Hill. It is 23 kilometers from the down-town and many bus routes from the center lead there.
Best Time to visit Beijing Botanical Garden
Beijing spring and autumn are neither too cold nor too hot. With a mild climate, they are the ideal travelling seasons. In autumn the city earns the name of ‘the Golden Beijing’, thanks to the clear sky and fresh air at that time. Though accessible all the year round, Beijing is at its best in April, May, September and October.
Beijing is located on the edge of the North China Plain, between mountains and the sea. Beijing has a typical warm temperate semi-humid continental monsoon climate with clearly distinguishable four seasons. It features spring flowers, autumn moon, summer rain and winter snow respectively. Beijing has an annually average temperature of 11.8 ℃, with the lowest monthly average temperature of -4.6 ℃ in January and the highest of 26.1 ℃ in July. The spring and autumn in Beijing are quite short while the winter is relatively long. Its annual precipitation is 644 millimeters and the frost-free period lasts 180 days every year. Though the winter in Beijing is quite long, the buildings are well equipped with heating installations, making the indoors as warm as it is in spring. However, there is a large temperature difference inside and outside, so sweaters and heavy overcoats are still necessities. Every visitor should regularly follow the weather forecast and commentary in newspapers or on broadcast and TV in Beijing. An alternative is to dial 859, through which you can listen to the weather forecast for a particular and following day in both Chinese and English. Nonetheless, most of the attractions in Beijing are cultural heritage, buildings and customs, tours to which will not be influenced by the climate. Therefore, you can come to Beijing throughout the whole year. Keep in mind that during the winter, Beijing tour agencies and hotels offer off-season bargains!
Beijing Botanical Garden Best Routes (not available)
Beijing Botanical Garden Tickets
·Entrance ticket
5 yuan per person/ student ticket 2.5 yuan per person
·The greenhouse
50 yuan per person / student ticket 40 yuan per person
5 yuan
·Ticket package
45 yuan
Group rates
·Adult
45 yuan (10% off) per person for more than 30 adults
40 yuan (20% off) per person for more than 80 adults
·Student
36 yuan (10% off) per person for more than 30 students
32 yuan (20% off) per person for more than 80 students (buy 20 get 1 free), the 50-yuan greenhouse ticket for the teachers
·Kindergarten children
With the certification of the kindergarten, every 40-yuan greenhouse ticket for two children (buy 10 get 1 free), the 50-yuan greenhouse ticket for the teachers
Note: the standard price for each adult and each student is 50 yuan and 40 yuan respectively; the entrance ticket is free of charge if buying the ticket for the greenhouse at the doorway
How to Get to Beijing Botanical Garden
By Bus or subway
1） Take bus 331, 634, 696 or express 112 and get off at Beijing Botanical Garden Station(Beijing Zhi-wu-yuan) or Temple of the Sleeping Buddha Station (Wo-fo-si) / take bus 360, 318, 714 or 698, get off at Beijing Botanical Garden Station(Beijing Zhi-wu-yuan) and walk 200 meters north
2） Take subway line 1, get off at Ping-guo-yuan Station and transfer to bus 318 / take subway line 4, get off at Bei-gong-men Station, transfer to bus 634 or 696 at the north-west exit of the subway
3） From Beijing Railway Station: take subway line 2, get off at Xi-zhi-men Station and transfer to bus 634 or 696 at the north-west exit of the subway
4） From Beijing: a. take bus 374 or 437, get off at Gong-zhu-fen Station, transfer to bus 698, get off at Beijing Botanical Garden Station(Beijing Zhi-wu-yuan) and walk 200 meters north / b. take bus 319 or 320, get off at Xi-yuan Station, transfer to bus 331, 634 or 696 and get off at Beijing Botanical Garden Station(Beijing Zhi-wu-yuan) or Temple of the Sleeping Buddha Station (Wo-fo-si)
Self-driving or by taxi
1） fifth ring road: get out from Xiang-shan Exit, pass Xiang-quan roundabout and 300 meters heading for Xiang-shan
2） forth ring road: get out from Xiang-shan Exit and 10 minutes drive heading for Xiang-shan
3） third ring road: get out from Su-zhou-qiao Exit, drive north onto Wan-quan-he Express Way and enter the fifth ring road from Bei-wu-huan entrance
From the Capital Airport
1） take a taxi to the fifth ring road from the airport expressway, drive west for about 20 minutes
take the Airport Express, get off at Zhong-guan-cun Station and take a taxi to the forth ring road or take bus 696
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