Le Cornelle

Parco Faunistico Le Cornelle is just an hour away from Milan.

This amazing animal farm is a must for nature lovers.

Via Cornelle 16
Valbrembo, Bergamo

Tickets:
Adult - 11euro
Kids - (3 to 11 years old) - 9euro

October-March - 9am - 5pm
April-September - 9am - 7pm

The Zoo was built on a 100,000 sq.m. land, way back on 1981.

Hub and i have no ahead plans of going to the zoo this weekend. Since we have nowhere to go, i suggested, i mean urged, that we bring the kids to the zoo. It's super hot in Milan, so i guess we need a touch of nature. "let's go to parco Cornelle, i haven't been there, as well as the kids!", i esclaimed. "Me budget ba?", he asked me. "Meron naman. Invite natin sina Tita Beth (my hub's aunt), ilibre natin sila, para makikiride tayo sa car na lang going to Cornelle", i replied. The farm cannot be reached with a normal public bus. Since we have no car, from Milan, we only took a bus, going to Bergamo. "oh, sige, call them. bihis na." hub answered me back.

Hub had good points of not buying a car here in Italy.

1) there are lot of means of transport: bus, tram, subway trains, local trains. all can reach our work destination.

2) traffic/honk-stress free

3) parking problems and vandalisms

4) expensive gasoline, vehicle tax and insurance

5) freedom from accidents or carjacks/robbery

Cornelle is somewhere high up in the mountains near Bergamo, so car is a must. We always knew people with good cars and hearts =)

One of the nice features of the farm is the petting zoo, where kids/adults can feed and touch the domestic and tame animals. Cool! Some ducks, birds and peacocks are "normally" roaming around. my daughter Zendra had fun running with or catching them. =)

These are not just leaves behind us. it's actually a restaurant. Nature na nature ang dating!

i bet if they allow petting on bears, the zoo could have been closed from Day 1. hahaha. RRaaawr!

I love Zebras..they're so Dolce and Gabbana! Fashionable! =)

"Bilis ang click..baka sipain ako ng elephant", i told the one who captured the foto.

Caption: Turtle is 150 years?!!! What? Yes, it's true!

I can never be a horseback rider. I'm a bit scared of horses. At least i touched one.

I'm just too tired (or lazy) to write folks. i could have written thousand words here to describe our trip. Bear with me. I'm totally Zooed. Picture floods can pay for it right?

other fotos here