Plzeň Zoo — Attraction in okres Plzeň-město

The zoo in Pilsen belongs to “must visit” places. Highly recommended for families or anyone looking for an family friendly entertainment. The zoo has many kinds of animals there, sorted to different sections representing their natural habitats. The enclosures either indoor or outdoor are decorated with typical plants or decorations representing the geographical background of the animals. The zoo is merged together with the previous botanical garden, but the botanical aspect of it is highly underestimated. The zoo has two public entrances, one being uphill while the main one being down under. Both are near to parking lots and are close to stops of public transportation. The zoo has many places to sit down, restaurants, cafes or simply park benches. Some enclosures have allowed entrance for public so you can get really close to some animals. For the children is also highly recommended to visit the Dinopark which is connected to the zoo but for the entrance there you have to pay extra. I gave only four stars because I believe the botanical aspect could be done better and...

Excellent zoo overall and one of the best places touristic attractions in Pilsen. Ticket price is very reasonable (150 CZK I.e ~€6 for adults). Really hard to cover everything in a day, except if you are really energetic. Plan at least 5-6 hours so you satisfactorily cover all/most regions. Very good (and cheap) for kids. They have also added parks and playgrounds for them, as well as reasonably cheap restaurants for snacks and drinks all over the zoo. Vending machines exist that offer water, drinks for reasonable prices. WC's also exist all over the zoo and are clean. Zoo is divided into regions, e.g. Australia, Africa, Europe, etc. This makes it organized. Each region has a couple of special exhibitions/museums that are really interesting (no extra charge) Some suggestions for improvement: add a few tour guides some sections need better regular maintenance/cleanliness (some places really stink and are not very clean) add more signs to indicate how to rapidly exit the place; the zoo is huge and it's easy to get...

Okay starting with the good things: Some animals such as the bears had quite a good living space as it was pretty spacious, another upside is that there are a lot of different species of animals!

This however is also a downside in my opinion, as I get the feeling that the zoo tries to show too many different animals which results in less living space for most animals, the division of animal pens is not proportional, some animals have nearly too much living space while other animals are set with 3 other types of animals in a 1m x 2m living space. Some animals, like the armadillo, was running the same circle over and over again, it had too much energy for the space it had.

All in all yes I enjoyed seeing so many different animals, which was amazing for the price we had to pay and the zoo knows how to set up great pens for animals, referring to the bears, also applies to the leopards. However, there is not enough space for a lot of different animals which actually made me feel sorry for most animals this then results in...