When I had first met my wife we decided to take a nice little holiday somewhere so I booked us a nice week in Portugal and organised us to stay in Vilamoura and we simply loved the place but what we have remembered the best about our entire trip was the visit to Zoomarine. The theme park is situated in a fairly remote area of Albufeira and spans quite a large area of land which in turn allows for large areas for the animals to be housed. The park has a large variety of animals including dolphins, seals, sealions, crocodiles, aligators, birds, tortoise and others with the animals well looked after. The park has a great variety of shows on offer aswell as a large swimming area (something we didn't know about until we were there), a number of gift shops and a large restaurant with hot and cold food on offer that was fairly priced and offered ok quality when you consider this is a theme park. The theme park offers tickets for just entry to the park or for the entry and travel to the park with tickets available from tourist ticket stands in the towns around the area aswell as many hotels offering you the ability to purchase tickets through them. The park has plenty of staff who are friendly and speak good English and have tiime for you with your questions and it is nice to see the animals and staff interact as it is obvious there is a real bond between them. The park is well laid out, clean and very well maintained and so offers a very enjoyable day out. You can also swim with the dolphins for a cost so long as enough people are wanting to do this and although this is not something we did I think it is well worth bearing in mind.
Positives:
- Fairly priced for what is on offer - Good variety of well looked after animals - Well kept and clean animal park - Food and gift shops offer good variety and are well priced - Tickets available from a number of places and can be purchased with or without travel to the park - Animals and staff have good interaction and an obvious bond
Negatives:
- None
Zoomarine offers a fantastic day out and is simply something you will remember for a long time after.
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Advantages: 4 in 1 park, fun for all the family, great day out, dolphin show Disadvantages: I should have spent the whole day there, don't go in school holidays, food isn't great, expensive
Advantages: 4 in 1 park, fun for all the family, great day out, dolphin show Disadvantages: I should have spent the whole day there, don't go in school holidays, food isn't great, expensive
Oct 27th, 2009
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