{"id":14481,"date":"2018-03-19T10:00:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T09:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dovevado.net\/lo-zoo-pistoia\/"},"modified":"2020-09-08T11:26:35","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T09:26:35","slug":"the-zoo-of-pistoia-a-day-with-the-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dovevado.net\/en\/the-zoo-of-pistoia-a-day-with-the-family\/","title":{"rendered":"The zoo of Pistoia A day with the family"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The ideal months to discover Pistoia’s zoo are September and October. Or in the private room, between March and the beginning of June. The zoo<\/span> in Pistoia is one of my family’s favourite locations since I am a dad. Diego (5 years old) and Flavia (2) do not like documentaries about animals. But when it comes to seeing them up close, and maybe touching them, it’s a different story.<\/p>\n\n

Also this year on the first Sunday of September we took the children to the Pistoia’s zoological garden<\/a><\/strong>. From where we live, in Versilia, it is located about fifty kilometres from the motorway: ideal for spending a whole day with the family without having to spend the night out. A large, unguarded and uncovered car park is available for those arriving: even on busy days there is always a place for the car.<\/p>\n\n

\u00a0The most difficult animals to see<\/h2>\n\n

Practically since I’m a dad we visit the zoo<\/span> in Pistoia about twice a year. And by now I have learnt well which animals are more willing to be seen and photographed and which ones remain on the sidelines in the eyes of the hearts. The brown bear<\/strong>, for example, is not easy to spot. It often hides in the cave that it uses as a den. And the area in which it is housed is so large that it cannot be covered from a single point of view. A couple of times we had to leave without the children having seen it…<\/p>\n\n

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The red panda<\/strong> is not easy to see either. It has nothing to do with the size of the most famous panda: it is as big as a cat or a little more and perches on top of trees. With its hair it camouflages well between the leaves, so finding it is not easy. And, being so far from the ground, at the top of the branches, in the end it doesn’t catch the children’s attention so much.<\/p>\n\n

The animals most loved by children<\/h2>\n\n

\u00a0Children’s favourite animals? Goats on a par with the giraffe<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Al centro dell’attenzione dei bambini ci sono altri ospiti della zoo<\/span> di Pistoia. Prima di tutto, stranamente, le capre<\/strong>. I bambini le amano. Non solo le mie: ogni volta che ci andavamo, quella era la zona pi\u00f9 scintillante e vivace. I bambini, infatti, possono dare da mangiare alle capre. Cos\u00ec l’elefante \u00e8 bello, gli uccelli sono belli, le tartarughe sono belle, ma vuoi nutrire una capretta con le sue manine? Ecco perch\u00e9, mi sono detto, le fattorie didattiche sono cos\u00ec popolari… I bambini sono cos\u00ec lontani dalla natura e dagli animali che una capra o una gallina sembrano chiss\u00e0 cosa.La stessa folla di bambini per le giraffe<\/strong>. L’animale elegante e scaldacuore attira di per s\u00e9, e proprio come con le capre si pu\u00f2 allungare il cibo attraverso le gabbie. E anche qui i bambini si divertono a vedere la lunga lingua della giraffa che tocca la loro manina per togliere una crocchetta.<\/p>\n\n