Take the time to visit the Sunken Gardens on your visit to St. Petersburg; you wont be disappointed. Entry fee is very reasonable and you can walk through the entire gardens in about an hour. We went on Sunday and arrived at noon just as they opened and waited about 5 minutes in line to get in.

Got to visit this site for the very first time and was pleasantly surprised with what we saw. We went first thing in the morning and after a brief rain shower the sky opened up and we were able to view the gardens at a nice comfortable pace. The staff was very friendly and accommodating and the property appears to be well maintained. We had a Groupon for this attraction so that made it even better. The pathways were large and unobstructed. There are animals to see such as exotic birds, tortoises, an alligator snapping turtle named Max, a large flock of flamingos and two decent sized ponds that are full of colorful Koi fish that you can feed with food that is available from the ticket counter for only a few dollars. The map that they give out prior to the entrance of the gardens was okay but there should probably be more numbers added to the tour paths and the map as we found ourselves taking several wrong turns and having to back track and even go against the flow of people to see things we had missed because the trails are not clearly marked in some of the key locations and places where the trails or paths intersect. We would have also like to have seen WAY more markers with the names of the various trees and plants than are currently out in the garden. We found ourselves wondering on several occasions what the names of certain plants, trees, and shrubs were but didn't learn of them for lack of signage and some of the ones that were there were covered by the plants and could not be seen without moving that branches or foliage from in front of the sign. Also some more placement of historic information signs would also be nice as the only one that we actually noticed were out near the lower pond and the snapping turtle. Overall it was a lovely visit and we had a good time. We recommend going early or in the winter months as it got hot and humid rather quickly and we were glad to be finished with the tour before it became too hot to enjoy.

We decided to visit here for the first time this trip. It took us approximately an hour to hour and half to walk through all of the gardens and it was $12 for adults. We were afraid that it would be really hot but with all the shaded area it was very comfortable. The only real complaint that we had was that they do not have the walkways very well marked so that you know the direction you should go so that you see everything.