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Zoologischer Garten (Zoological Garden) Frommer's Highly Recommended

Hours Mar-Oct daily 9am-6pm; Nov-Feb daily 9am-5pm
Address Zürichbergstrasse 221
Transportation Tram: 6 from the Hauptbahnhof; the zoo is in the eastern sector of the city, called Zürichberg, on a wooded hill
Phone 044/254-25-00
Prices Admission 22F ($18/£9.35) adults, 11F ($9/£4.70) children, free for children 5 and under

Frommer's Review

One of the best-known zoos in Europe, Zurich's Zoological Garden contains some 2,200 animals of about 260 species. It also has an aquarium and an open-air aviary. You can visit the Africa house, the ape house, and the terrariums, along with the elephant house and the giant-tortoise house. There are special enclosures for red pandas, otters, and snow leopards, and a house for clouded leopards, tigers, Amur leopards, and Indian lions. The Zoo contains a replica of a tropical rain forest, lodged within a state-of-the-art building which successfully replicates the temperatures, light levels, and humidity of Madagascar. This added attraction has become one of the most-frequently visited attractions in Zurich, and one of the prides of the zoo itself.

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