Wednesday 11 June 2014

Zoo and botanic garden of Jerez

Zoo and botanic garden of Jerez


The zoo and botanic garden of Jerez de la Frontera is located near to the city centre. It was inaugurated in 1892, in a garden zone, and it is one of the most ancient botanic garden of Spain, which has many singular centennial trees.
The botanic garden has 150 species of big size. It has to be highlighting the palm trees which are numerous and centennials. Although all of them are labelled, the trees and plants are mixed and spread in all the zoo facilities.
The zoo was dedicated at first to the Spain wildlife, but over the years it has acquired new species. Currently, the zoo has more than 1,300 animals of 200 different species; many of them are being reared in captivity in the zoo. Also, the zoo has a reptiles and amphibians exposition.
The zoo has a rest and picnic zone where the visitors can eat the food brought from home or bought in the zoo's restaurant.

Visit, contact and location

Schedules:
October to April: 10am to 6pm
May to September: 10am to 7pm
From 15th of September to 15th of June, the zoo will be closed Mondays.
Tickets:
Adults (from 14 ages): 9.30€
Children (from 2 ages): 6.20€
Older than 65 ages: 6.20€
Children under 2 ages: Free entry
Address: Madreselva street, Postal Code: 11408 Jerez de la Frontera

Telephone: (+ 34) 956 149 785

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