Barcelona Zoo

Barcelona Zoo is in Parque de la Ciutadella and has one of the largest animal collections in Europe. The zoo is spread over 13 hectares. They have over 7,500 animals from over 400 different breeds. From 1966 until 2003 Snowflake, the only known albino gorilla, was the star of the zoo. You can visit from 10 am to 6 pm. Very near the entrance there is the romantic sculpture known as i Soler Roig "Lady paraigües" (The lady with the umbrella). You can find a large skeleton belonging to a whale, a fin whale, which is 19 meters long and was found on the beaches of El Prat de Llobregat in 1983.