Tickets and booking
The data pack lists no online or advance-booking channel, so the on-site ticket office is the reliable point of purchase — it is also where free-entry categories are registered and verified. The listed phone for enquiries is 021-63260830.
Adult tickets cost 40 RMB from 1 April to 30 June and 1 September to 30 November, and 30 RMB from 1 July to 31 August and 1 December to 31 March. Half price applies to visitors aged 60 and over and to full-time students on presentation of valid ID. Each adult holding a valid ticket can bring up to three children aged 1.3 m or under in height at no charge (non-group visits only). Free tickets are issued at the ticket office after ID verification for active-duty military personnel, disabled veterans, retired cadres and visitors with disabilities.
Entrance and routes
Set your navigation to 168 Fuyou Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai; the garden sits within the City God Temple area. The pack names no individual gate, so the practical approaches are the two transit routes it lists: Metro Line 10 to Yuyuan Garden station followed by a walk, or buses 64, 736, 911 or 930 to the Xinbeimen stop, also followed by a walk. No walking times or distances are given for either option.
Photo spots
The data pack contains no named viewpoints, pavilions or rockeries, so no specific photo locations can be confirmed here — treat any circulating ‘top shot’ lists for this garden as unverified. What the pack does fix is your shooting window: the grounds open 09:00-16:30 Tuesday to Sunday and are closed entirely on Mondays, and the suggested 1-3 hour visit leaves room to work the garden at an unhurried pace within a single ticketed day.
Timing and crowds
Opening hours are 09:00-16:30, Tuesday to Sunday, year-round; the garden does not open on Mondays at any point in the year. The pack carries no visitor-volume or queue data, so no crowd patterns can be stated. The practical scheduling facts: the ticketed day runs just seven and a half hours, the suggested visit is 1-3 hours, and starting earlier in the day leaves more of the window in reserve. If budget matters, note that admission is priced by season (see cost-breakdown).
Walking and effort
This is a garden visit, not a hike, and the pack provides no trail lengths, step counts or terrain notes, so physical effort cannot be quantified. The only gauge available is the suggested duration of 1-3 hours, which frames it as a short, self-paced walk-through rather than a full-day outing. Pace footwear and energy around that window.
Getting there
Metro: take Line 10 to Yuyuan Garden station and continue on foot. Bus: routes 64, 736, 911 and 930 serve the Xinbeimen stop, which is likewise within walking distance of the entrance. The garden’s address is 168 Fuyou Road, Huangpu District, in the City God Temple area of central Shanghai. The pack gives no walking times or distances for either approach.
Cost breakdown
Adult entry is 40 RMB in the spring and autumn windows (1 April-30 June, 1 September-30 November) and 30 RMB in the summer and winter windows (1 July-31 August, 1 December-31 March). Half-price eligibility — visitors aged 60 and over and full-time students with valid ID — works out to 20 RMB or 15 RMB depending on the season.
Free entry covers two cases: up to three children per adult, each 1.3 m tall or under, on non-group visits; and free tickets collected at the ticket office after ID verification by active-duty military personnel, disabled veterans, retired cadres and visitors with disabilities. The pack lists no other on-site costs — no food, transport or add-on prices are included.
