Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Local Museum and Zoo Trips
As part of my research for guests staying at our gites, I took the children to the Reptile Zoo and Motor Museum recently.
The reptilarium, Alligator Bay, is close to Mont St Michel and spread over a fairly large site. Outside there was a display of tortosies and turtles, some really huge ones that the children could touch. Inside a massive collection of crocodiles and aligators, and another building with various snakes and reptiles. The snake house had glass tubes running through the snake cages that the children could crawl through. Very strange experience being 'in' the snake pit.
The motor museum, just South of Rennes, housed a huge collection of cars through the ages, with special sections for Ferraris and Lamborghinis, along with a dummy grid of about 20 Formula One cars. Outside there are a couple of circuits for driving, a Rally Cross circuit and a normal race track. On the day we went, the circuit for was open for individuals to race their own cars. Very entertaining seeing a chaotic mixture of young lads in tuned up 205's to 'gentlemen' in Porsches etc.
Both attractions were excellent and I would recommend a visit to both.
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Local Museum and Zoo Trips
