(Photo: Wang Zhuangfei/China Daily)
1. Yu yuantan Park
This park is well-known for having more than 20 species of cherry blossoms, which are in full blossom until late April. Visitors can take boats to enjoy fields of colorful flowers, such as geraniums and herb trinities, along the river banks.
Ticket fee: 10 yuan ($1.6) during the Cherry Blossoms Festival
Transport: Subway Line 1, Muxidi Station
2. Jingshan Park
Jingshan Park will begin its Peony Festival on April 15 to present more than 20,000 peonies belonging to 544 species. It's one of the most beautiful places to see the sunset and get a bird's-eye view of the Forbidden City.
Ticket fee: 10 yuan during the Peony Festival
Transport: Take buses 101, 103, 109, 68 or 58 to the Forbidden City
3. Beijing Botanical Garden
The garden boasts a variety of flowers, including peach and cherry blossoms. Visitors can stroll in the metasequoia forests to enjoy the flowers. An artificial mist makes the forest feel like a wonderland.
Ticket fee: 10 yuan during the Peach Flowers Festival
Transport: Take buses 331, 563 or 696 to the South Gate of the Beijing Botanical Garden
4. Taoranting Park
The park is displaying more than 300 patches of Chinese flowering crabapple from Yizhou, Shandong province. There are nearly 3,000 of this species planted in the fields. There are plenty of other species along the road.
Ticket fee: 10 yuan during the Chinese Flowering Crabapple Festival
Transport: Subway Line 4, Taoranting Park Station
5. Olympic Forest Park
Visitors can enjoy about 100,000 flowers belonging to more than 30 species in the park until early May, including flowering plums, cherry blossoms, yulan magnolias and dandelions. There are bulletin boards with basic introductions of the flowers and the different walking routes around the park to see them.
Ticket: Free
Transport: Subway Line 8, the South Gate of Olympic Forest Park
