Botanic Gardens & Centennial Parklands Review

Great display in the Calyx. Open 10am to 4pm. Some days M-F 11am to 3pm volunteer to tell you about the plants and flowers.

Full of awesome views. Memorable place for those ones who visit Sydney.

Beautiful garden close to many sights of Sydney. You won't be disappointed seeing the Opera house from the botanic garden side.

What a perfect place to spend your sunday afternoon woth your friends/family. Enter from the southern part, walk your way up north to the beautiful views of Sydney Harbour. I believe therr are thousands of unique plants and the kind you will not see in the old continents. Finish your tour by visiting mrs macquaries chair, take your pictures there and walk to the opera house.

Put on your comfortable shoes and carry a bottle of water also.

Really nice garden, nice temperature and amazing views

Beautiful place with giant old Ficus trees to marvel at. Popular place for joggers too.

Great place for sightseeing leading to the opera house and eventually circular quay. Great place for travelers to visit

Amazing variety of plants. The gardens are huge and will take you a while if you take your time looking through all it has to offer. Went three days in a row for a few hours each to explore the gardens. The Plants With A Bite exhibit at The Calyx was phenomenal with a wide range of carnivorous plants. Even without stopping for information at each plant the garden offers beautiful scenery for a nice walk along the water towards the Sydney Opera House.

Such a beautiful spot to come and relax. It is always well kept and maintained.

Worth visiting. Nice view for opera house and the harbour

Lovely place. If you are nearby Sydney Opera House go and take a walk. You won't be dissapointed.

Lovely place to take a stroll and enjoy the views for free. Not to many tourist the day we were there which was nice

Great place to view Sydney Opera House, Harbour Bridge, the gardens are stunning.

It's a beautiful green place with different species. Moreover it was vivid

Beutiful place! Must see! You can walk for hours admiring nature and surroundings.

Wonderful place to take a nice stroll with family or friends or significant other.

The serenity here is amazing. Everything is perfectly balanced and the colours are gorgeous.

Good place, nice views. Parking fee hurts though. Free parking non existent

This is a beautiful place, not sure if anyone could have deliberately planned Sydney or whether it emerged little by little creating nuggets of wonder whenever you turned a corner. The Botanic Garden (Royal should I say) is just lovely I spent nearly 10 years working in the UK in a parks department and know just how much work and effort goes into creating such magnificent places in parks. This is an outstanding place for wildflower gardens to formal topiary hedges (or Koala in this case). The maintenance is perfect (although the spiders aren't quite so perfect) the ponds are reflective, not sure about the eels though that's not a pleasant story..... I leave that one there! Could easily have spent hour upon hour here but had so much to see and do didn't have that much time. BUT loved every minute.

Well designed park, very great diversity that is conserved here, rose garden, kangaroo around, good restaurant, research center, simply wonderful place. Happy to be hear as well....

Amazing place to relax and unwind. Be one with the nature. Also very picturesque location

Best views of the harbour and a beautiful spot for an evening stroll

So beautiful and so peaceful. A really lovely walk after we saw the bridge and opera house. The 'choo choo' train is well worth it and our train driver and guide was super informative. A great space to just relax, workout, or enjoy the plethora of plants.

We walked from Aria Restaurant at the end of Macquarie Street right round the Opera House, through the gate and into a wonderland of different plant, tree and flower species; every turn was a new surprise!! Brilliantly signposted, interspersed with artworks park benches, cafes, rostrums - we followed the path into the garden towards the Calyx - a hub of activity - displays exhibitions food shopping - but you don't have a clue about what it is until you actually GET THERE!! There is a spectacular fountain venerating Governor Phillip a beautiful rose garden another lovely cafe. ..
And on top it off you are in the most spectacular harbour city in the world - just turn around and look out at the view!!!
Definitely a must do -spend a day in the Sydney Botanical Gardens!!
If I could give 10 stars I would!!

So many different types of palm trees, absolutely beautiful!

Lovely gardens. Calm with nice views. Very convenient.

I love to unwind with a walk @ lunchtime, a run or a workout in the morning, Have a.romantic picnic with an incredible view, Enjoy the exposed forms of art. I can't get enough of it!

It's always great to have a stroll through the botanic gardens. There always seems to be something new to see

Amazing views, but put on your walking shoes! Make sure to check out the carnivore plants exibit at the Calix!

Loved it, wish I had more time to explore all the ins and outs. plan on 3 days to look at everything. if I lived in that area I'd be there everyday , fell in love with Sydney because of the gardens

Gorgeous gardens, particularly love the walk round to the Sydney operah house!

These gardens are fantastic and really well maintained. Plenty of good reasons to visit. Could do with a few water stations.

Large gardens, the oldest in australia. Lots of interesting info provided throughout the gardens

Visited the plants with bite, a fascinating and display of unique plants

Superb walk after lunch at Otto"s to het the ferry home.

Pretty nice place, nice big 200-year-old stone rock chair to take photos on

Nice walk. Great sunsets from Mrs Macquarie's chair - simply follow the crowd

Beautiful world class gardens. Calyx display of flowers is a must see.

Great layout and you forget that you're right I the middle of a city.

Best place to view Opera House, have a cool and refreshment.

They will book your car in 2 minutes flat, $85 fine. I love this place, but the rapacious parking inspectors honestly ruin it.

A place to visit. A lot of restaurants , bars and things to do

The gardens are close to every place you would want to visit: the Sydney Harbour, the Opera House and the Art Gallery of NSW. The gardens have different exhibitions --the Calyx is a must watch. The gardens are beautiful and divided into O various themes. One day is not enough!

Beautiful Garden with great views of the Opera House .

Must visit place in Sydney! Great scenic views to Sydney Opera and of the coast!

Loved these gardens despite the heat being too much for us

A truly beautiful spot in the middle of a big city.

Lovely gardens. Very well signposted, handy free WiFi. I wish other large gardens were like this mcquaries chair/point well worth a visit for the photos/views

Sydney's Royal Botanic Garden is a MAGNIFICENT but also a very GLAMOROUS place to hang out and stroll around, or even find a bench to sit and contemplate the glory of life. The garden itself has wide-open spaces, so very spacious to walk around and/or exercise. When you move inwards into the garden, there is a stunning view (i.e. the blue ocean/waves in contrast to the blue sky + the Opera House & Sydney Bridge). Breathtaking!

Are you a nature lover? I am. Maybe you are too! So come along! You won't be disappointed, my guarantee!

Soothing feeling at this garden. Well maintained . Simply beautiful

The Royal Botanical Gardens is a beautiful place, however the parking is quite expensive and can be congested.