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I usually enjoy having a wander around zoos. There are a number of interesting animals, new things to learn, information about conservation etc, but the Barcelona Zoo seemed to disappoint. If you just glazed over everything, it seems like a decent zoo, but when you look a bit deeper into things it seems as though there is a slightly darker side to this establishment. Many of the larger animals' "habitats" were far to small for them, and there seemed to be too much access for the public to these animals. For instance, when you view the bears you are looking down on them in a fancy pit, where people can hang over the side, and one man started throwing food at the bears and trying to get it to stand up for the treat. Also, people were throwing food scraps into the orangutans inclosure which they then began to fight over. The ones throwing the food thought that it was hilarious, so they just continued. At another habitat, a zoo attendant walked by while people were feeding the zebras grass through the bars, and did not say a word. These are just some of the things that really frustrated me, but you could tell by the look of nearly half of the animals that there was hardly any stimulation going on, and they were just pacing back and forth, or aggressively "playing" with one another.
I was really disappointed when I left this place. Considering the entrence fare charged, they should have more resources available to do some updates and provide better space for all of the animals, not just some.
Written Nov 28, 2011
Address: Parc de la Ciutadella
Phone: 932256780
Website: http://www.zoobarcelona.com
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As I have already mentioned on other pages, our abroad trips include the local zoo. As we are traveling with our child, we have to put zoos and aquariums on our “top ten” list:)
Barcelona Zoo is a nice place to spend an afternoon, even a winter one. Big, with a wide range of animals, it covers most of the main groups that you expect to see in a zoo - from reptiles and birds through apes, monkeys, deer, tigers and lions, hippos, elephants to a small dolphinarium .
Anyway, the main attraction for our son was the pony ride.
Written Feb 12, 2010
Address: Parc de la Ciutadella
Phone: 932256780
Website: http://www.zoobarcelona.com
Wonderful wonderful, I like really:
** price: 15,40 € , no discount for students.
** dolphins show on 11h and 15h.
** many kinds of animals. Almost all of them
** the white monkey was not there.
** close at 17h
** since 16h 30, zoo worker’s start ordering animals to be in cages.
** many restaurants but I didn’t like food there (u can take urs)
** many places to eat (table, chairs,…)
** many automats (for drinks, cafés, chocolate, …)
Easy to find (L1, Arc de Triomph)
Written Nov 10, 2008
Address: Parc de la Ciutadella
Phone: 932256780
Website: http://www.zoobarcelona.com
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This Zoo is in the Parc della Cituadella and you can get to it by going to the Jaume metro station or the Parc Cituadella station (which is probably closer).
The Parc itself is lovely and you can rent a boat on the little lake which is lovely - €10 for 30 minutes.
The zoo is lush and green and really well kept despite the incredibly hot weather. There are dolphins! they come right up to the glass as if they are smiling at you and there is also a dolphn show four times a day.
We really really enjoyed the zoo, it was a great day out - loads of cafes, toilets, seats and really well kept animals.
Cost €15 each i think.
Written Jul 8, 2008
Address: Parc de la Ciutadella
Phone: 932256780
Website: http://www.zoobarcelona.com
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It took us about 2 hours to do a tour of the zoo. It's very a nicely maintained zoo, clean and the animals well kept. No major surprises, but a nice relaxing zoo where you could get pretty close up and personal with the animals. Fun day for children.
Updated Apr 24, 2008
Address: Parc de la Ciutadella
Phone: 932256780
Website: http://www.zoobarcelona.com
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After riding around on the hop on/hop off bus, my friends and I decided to go check out the Barcelona Zoo.
The Barcelona Zoo was a very nice zoo to visit (it is the only zoo outside of Australia that I have visited). With our maps it was fairly easy to find our way around to all the different animals. For the first time my friends and I saw flamingoes :) and also an albino wallaby - I'd never seen one before. I think my favourite areas are the ones with monkeys/gorillas or the big cats, oh! and the seals - okay, I pretty much like all the animals :).
While on the whole the zoo was very nice, I do remember seeing one or two enclosures (the hippopotamus I think was one of them - not the pygmy hippopotamus though) that didn't seem very nice, more concrete than earthy - but maybe they were doing upgrades, I'm not sure.
It is a nice way to spend the afternoon and definitely a great place to bring your kids. I recommend bringing your own food though, as the kiosks here are a bit expensive (I think that must be the same with zoos worldwide).
With the discount book we were given with the bus tour, we got in for 12 Euro each (adults).
Opening Times:
January-February: 10:00 - 17:00
March-May: 10:00 - 18:00
June-September: 10:00 - 19:00
October: 10:00 - 18:00
November-December: 10:00 - 17:00
For more photos check out my 'More Photos of Barcelona Zoo' travelogue.
Updated Jan 17, 2008
Address: Parc de la Ciutadella
Phone: 932256780
Website: http://www.zoobarcelona.com
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Our trip to the zoo was very enjoyable, it costs 14.95 euro and 9 euro for children and it's well worth the money! There's a massive selection of animals including monkeys, gorillas, Iberian wolves, snakes...lemurs.....there's even a dolphin show which is incredibly impressive! Barcelona Zoological Park first opened its gates on the Day of the Mercè, patron saint of Barcelona, 1892.
The grounds are really lovely and very clean and there are places to eat, snack and drink. For children aged 5 to 14 there are prepared workshops in order that during the school holidays the children enjoy the free time in the Zoo of Barcelona.
There are also little golf buggy style cars that you can drive around the complex, remember to bring your driving license though or else you won't be allowed to hire one. For 1 hour the prices are as follows:
2 seats: € 13
4 seats: € 20
Written Jul 26, 2007
Address: Parc de la Ciutadella
Phone: 932256780
Website: http://www.zoobarcelona.com
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My daughter isn't big on visiting churches, and isn't all that big on visiting Gaudi buildings, so when we asked her to pick an activity, she picked the Barcelona Zoo. It's worth a visit if you like zoos or have children. It's also conveniently located near Ciutat Vella. Admission price is 13.45 Eurodollars. The zoo is located in a beautiful garden that is over 100 years old. The cages were a bit on the small side - that part was a bit hard to see. I like to see animals with a bit more space.
My favorite part was the ring-tailed lemur island and the newer aviary exhibit, with the kitchen that showed the different diets of the various birds.
Updated Jul 24, 2007
Address: Parc de la Ciutadella
Phone: 932256780
Website: http://www.zoobarcelona.com
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We always like to take in local zoos and this one was worth the entrance and 2 hours. They have a dolphin shows which most other zoos don't so that is a bonus. The animals are not in cages but have moats around their habitat.
Walk through the park to make an afternoon of it.
Written Jul 9, 2007
Address: Parc de la Ciutadella
Phone: 932256780
Website: http://www.zoobarcelona.com
I entered the zoo from Ciutadella park, just after 10 am and stayed till after 3pm.
Some of the cages left a lot to be desired but on the whole it wasn’t too bad.
Some exhibits allow you to get very close to the animals the sea lion enclosure being particularly good. Sadly, however, some people took advantage of this and I spotted one man getting very close to the elephant encolosure and feeding grass to one of the animals.
The zoo contains a lot of birds including peacoks which are roaming freely some with their young chicks.
There was a good dolphin show, three were held when I visited and I attended the 11.30 show – best check on the show times before hand.
There is a lot to see and well worth the 15 Euro entry fee although the price would soon mount up if taking a family..
There are plenty of places around the zoo for picnics and plenty of reasonably priced snack bars.
The zoo also has a great petting zoo and pony rides for younger children.
Written Jul 1, 2007
Address: Parc de la Ciutadella
Phone: 932256780
Website: http://www.zoobarcelona.com
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