Hannover > Hannover Attractions

Advantages: Lovely surroundings, easy to get to, imaginative design
Disadvantages: Barking dogs, too many kids (OK, only joking)

...of our short trip to Hannover at the city's zoo. I know - we could have gone to the zoo anywhere but I had seen a photograph of a very cute gorilla baby on the zoo's website and nothing could persuade me to contemplate any other activity until I had seen the baby myself. Hannover Zoo is a short tram ride from the city centre and while there are car-parking spaces, most people come by public transport or cycle - I would say at least twenty per cent ...
...for their fellow zoo-goer. Hannover Zoo is described as an adventure zoo and there are different sectors that have been designed to give more a feeling for the place animals come from: animals are grouped according to continent of origin and the footpaths that join the enclosures are planted with appropriate trees and plants. There are also some interesting and quirky little things like half an aircraft that is embedded in a hillside to make it ... Read review