Zoo
Barcelona Zoo
🇪🇸 Spain
EAZAWAZA
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, Spain 198 spp. present
Barcelona Zoo (Parc Zoològic de Barcelona in Catalan, Parque Zoológico de Barcelona in Spanish) is a zoo in the Parc de la Ciutadella in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The zoo used to be internationally known as the home of Snowflake, the only known albino gorilla, who died in 2003. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
41.388° N 2.191° E
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Essentials
Entrance
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Tourism
High
Species present
198
speciesOpened
1892
Size
Medium
Accreditations
- World Association of Zoos and AquariumsWorldwide network of zoos, aquariums and their regional and national associations
- European Association of Zoos and AquariaZoos and aquariums mainly in Europe: shared membership standards and coordinated breeding programmes
Visit
Opening hours
Every day · 10:00–16:30
Getting there
Who runs it
- Owned by
- Barcelona City Council
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
Before you go
Where is Barcelona Zoo?
Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in Barcelona, Spain. Its coordinates are 41.388° N, 2.191° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Pyrénées National Park, about 150 km away.
What animals can you see at Barcelona Zoo?
198 species
Citizen-science photos record 198 species at Barcelona Zoo, including Common Peafowl, Humboldt Penguin, Black-tailed Prairie Dog, Slender-tailed Meerkat and Greylag Goose. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.
Where can you see the animals of Barcelona Zoo in the wild?
Common Peafowl: Udawalawe National Park
Some of the animals photographed at Barcelona Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Common Peafowl (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Udawalawe National Park), Black-tailed Prairie Dog (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Badlands National Park) and Slender-tailed Meerkat (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park).
When is Barcelona Zoo open?
Every day · 10:00–16:30
According to its open map listing, Barcelona Zoo is open Every day · 10:00–16:30. Opening hours change with the season and on public holidays, so confirm them on the official website before you travel.
Is Barcelona Zoo accredited?
EAZA
Open registers list Barcelona Zoo with EAZA and WAZA. These marks come from Wikidata, and they are shown here as a fact, not as an endorsement.
When did Barcelona Zoo open and how big is it?
Opened 1892, 13 ha
Barcelona Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in Barcelona, Spain, opened in 1892 and covers about 13 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 198 species are photographed there.
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Sources: Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · the centre's official website