This free zoo is a great place to visit if you are looking for opportunities to spend some hours. It’s a compactly sized zoo with just enough animals to keep you engaged. Another plus point of this zoo’s size is that you don’t have to walk around a lot like most other zoos. This attraction is counted as one of the best things to do in Lyon with kids. It is a relatively old zoo with its being that came into existence in the 18th century, by a French Lawyer, Claude-Marius Vaïsse. Today the zoo accommodates 300 animals of 66 species!

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