The Humble Administrator's Garden

Zhuo Zheng Yuan 拙政园

Said to have cost a boatload of silver and taken sixteen years to build. Free tours through the garden start every 5-10 minutes, though these tours are conducted only in Mandarin. Included in the tour is a "Chinese marriage", a look at carved tree roots, followed by a boat ride through the garden canals. The incredible collection of bonsai trees ('pen cai' or 'pen jing' in Chinese) at the end of the garden furthest from the main entrance is worth a trip all by itself.

• outdoors

Address

Dongbei St

Getting there

in the NE corner of the old city

Hours

Closed · opens 7:30 am

Weekly hours

Mon	7:30 am–5:30 pm
Tue	7:30 am–5:30 pm
Wed	7:30 am–5:30 pm
Thu	7:30 am–5:30 pm
Fri	7:30 am–5:30 pm
Sat	7:30 am–5:30 pm
Sun	7:30 am–5:30 pm

Price

¥80, ¥70 off-season

Website

szzzy.cn (opens in a new tab)