点评:Myself, my sister, my son and my niece visited Tropiquaria Zoo on the way back home after our holiday to Butlins on Friday 19th April 2024. To say we were highly disappointed is an understatement. Upon entering the car-park, the building looks very outdated on the outside, however, the owner(who was very friendly) did fill us in on the history on the building and that it used to be a BBC radio station back in the 30’s. The gift shop is small, but filled with a number of soft toys, sweets, ice-creams and other gifts, which was fine. However, I’d probably say the gift shop was the best bit of the overall place. Upon entering the actual zoo part, it is very unappealing and is very dull looking. I understand that it is a graded building, but a lick of paint wouldn’t go amiss. The variety of animals at the zoo was rather disappointing and it seemed to be loads of the same species of animal just spread around. We were also very wary of the peacocks strutting around freely and felt quite threatened by them, especially as one of them was following our every move which in turn meant that we couldn’t look at some of the other animals in that particular area. My biggest issue was the location of the aquarium, which was down two flights of stairs which for families who require pram/wheelchair access is not very accessible at all and as far as I’m aware, they do not have an alternative entrance for said pram/wheelchair users. We did not stay for food but the cafe facilities looked okay, but it was very dark in there and the toilets were adequate. The children’s play areas also looked very dull and appealing. We arrived at 10:30am and had left by 11:35am. Safe to say that we would not return again and would not recommend to others either.
翻译:2024 年 4 月 19 日星期五,我、我的姐姐、我的儿子和我的侄女在巴特林斯度假回家的路上参观了 Tropiquaria 动物园。说我们非常失望是轻描淡写。进入停车场后,这栋建筑的外观看起来非常陈旧,然而,店主(非常友好)向我们介绍了这栋建筑的历史,以及它在 30 年代曾是一家 BBC 广播电台。礼品店很小,但里面摆满了许多毛绒玩具、糖果、冰淇淋和其他礼物,这很好。然而,我可能会说礼品店是整个地方最好的部分。进入真正的动物园部分后,它非常没有吸引力,看起来非常乏味。我知道这是一座分级建筑,但刷一层油漆也无妨。动物园里的动物种类相当令人失望,似乎到处都是同一物种的动物。我们也非常警惕自由走动的孔雀,觉得它们很危险,尤其是其中一只孔雀跟着我们的一举一动,这意味着我们无法看到该区域的其他动物。我最大的问题是水族馆的位置,它在两层楼梯下,对于需要婴儿车/轮椅通道的家庭来说,这里根本不方便,据我所知,他们没有为婴儿车/轮椅使用者设置其他入口。我们没有留下来吃饭,但咖啡馆的设施看起来还不错,但里面很暗,厕所也够用。儿童游乐区看起来也很单调乏味。我们 10:30 到达,11:35 就离开了。可以肯定地说,我们不会再来了,也不会推荐给别人。