Valencia has opened a unique 80,000 sqm modern zoo at the Parque de Cabecera.

More than 4,000 different animals coming from around 250 different species live at the zoo.

Some of the zoo’s inhabitants have come from Valencia Zoo, while a number of others have been donated by different zoos around Europe, including donations from France, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands.

 
The famous Valencia Zoo, set in the Viveros gardens has been open since 1965, and as well as housing large mammals and birds, it also has a collection of more than 50 species of fish.

Dubbed Bioparc Valencia, the zoo is an ‘immersion zoo’ in which the animals’ natural habits are reproduced in detail in respect of their inhabitants.

Habitats include recreations of Equatorial Africa, the Americas and dry savannahs.

It is hoped that visitors to the zoo will enjoy an educational visit and understand the need and importance of animal preservation.

The zoo is open daily between 10:00 and 18:00 or 21:00 local time, depending on the season.

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