Places: Parc Zoologique de Paris

After renovations that lasted four years, the Paris Zoo finally re-opened its doors again last month. I took my son and a friend last Friday.
We had pre-booked our tickets online to avoid long queues but it was a surprisingly quiet day.
The zoo has undergone a €164 million overhaul which has turned it into a theme park-like space that's been sub-divided into five biozones: Madagascar, Amazon-Guyana, Europe, Patagonia and the Sahel-Sudan - the single largest area in the zoo, and home to the animals of the African Savannah. We saw all of the big cats but missed out on the white rhino though - which was of particular interest to the boys because of it endangered status.
The zoo has been completely rebuilt and now looks less like your average zoo, and more "like Jurassic Park", as my son put it.

It is worth the trip out to Bois de Vincennes. Two hours is just enough to see all the animals at your leisure. There are picnic areas - chairs and tables - and various snack cafés around the grounds. Siam -the main restaurant is close to the entrance of the zoo. There was a lot of security presence  - mainly to keep an eye on visitors who ventured beyond the boundaries of the fencing. A good day out, and another addition of places to visit for parents with young children.

Parc Zoologique de Paris

53 avenue de St.Maurice 

75012 Paris