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Prague Zoo July 1, 2008

Posted by larchiviste in Babies, Pets, Prague, Recommended, Weekend.
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Keeping up with the theme of cool things to do around Prague, another place I would recommend to visit during the sunny days to come (hopefully) is the Prague Zoo.

Usually not a big amateur of such places, I was pleasantly surprised by this zoo, not depressing like most but which on the contrary seems to respect the animals, encourages family visits (very children – but also dog – friendly), and offers an interesting adoption / sponsoring program directly by the visitors: for example a different phone number is available for each animal and you can send sms donations (I sponsored my favorite animal there, the cassowary). Very modern zoo then, mainly due to the recent reconstruction following the floods in 2002 and the impulse of generosity that followed. It’s worth noting too that this year Forbes Traveler Magazine listed Prague Zoo as the 7th best in the world.

The new buildings are well thought (and contrast with the oldest ones, fortunately to be rebuilt soon), including my favorite: the Indonesian jungle, with the twilight zone where bats are flying freely. Another cool attraction: the lift that links the two parts of the zoo and offers a beautiful panorama of Prague (15,- Kč). Very fun!

But it’s also worth checking the gorillas, lemurs, giraffes, tigers, etc…

Zoo Praha

U Trojského zámku 3/120, 171 00 Praha 7
phone: 296 112 111
e-mail: zoopraha@zoopraha.cz

To get there: Bus 112 from Nádraží Holešovice  (metro C) to the terminus (Botanicka Zahrada) – there is a free zoo bus during the summer too – or walk from the Stromovka park to Troja using the pedestrian bridge over the island.

Entrance fees: 150,- Kč for an adult is not cheap, and the annual ticket could be worth purchasing at 500,- Kč . Note that there are some discounts for families.

Opening hours. It seems that they also offer night guided tours during the summer, but we haven’t tried that yet.

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1. DavidM - July 6, 2008

This is one of the better places in Prague to visit if you have younger children. There is plenty to do and see especially if you need to keep them constantly distracted. Plenty of changing facilities (these seem to be added to year on year), easy access and fairly easy to get to – although you can be at the mercy of public transport which gets very crowded and you are not always guaranteed low-floor buses.
Prague zoo is ranked seventh in the world according to Forbes, and this is for good reason. Certainly one of the better, family orientated places to visit in Czech Republic.

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