City: Besancon
Country: France
Region: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Opend 1958
Species 240
The fortification is well preserved. Today it is an important tourist site (over a quarter of a million visitors per year) due both to its own characteristics and because it is the site of several museums. These museums include a museum of the Resistance and deportation, a museum focusing on traditional life in Franche-Comté and the region's archeological history, and a museum of natural history that includes a zoo, an insectarium, an aquarium, vivariums, a noctarium, a climatorium, a pedagogical exhibit on evolution, botanical gardens, and a children's farm. There is also a restaurant and shops
You meet animals like the mongoz lemur and the siberian tiger
Service given
Open : minimum February-December Wednesday -Monday 9am-5.00pm
Entrace fee: Yes
For kids: Playgrounds and pettingarea
Food: The Zoo has a places where you can get a snack
Taking photos: Is allowed, if publiciesed, please mention the zoo on your homepage
Contact
Phone number 03 81 87 83 33
Fax number 03 81 87 83 34
Address: Informations touristiques Citadelle, 99, rue des Fusillés, 25042 Besancon Cedex 3, France
E-mail: contact@citadelle.besancon.fr
Website: www.citadelle.com
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