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Fota Wildlife ParkvsCork City Gaol
Both are praised by expert writers. Overall, Fota Wildlife Park ranks slightly better than Cork City Gaol. Fota Wildlife Park comes in at #7 in Cork with endorsements from 5 sources including Frommer's, Michelin Guide and Frommer's.
Fota Wildlife Park
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Fodor's Frommer's
Michelin Guide
Lonely Planet
Fota Island, Cork
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Frommer's "Wherever possible, the animals in this well-designed wildlife park a few miles outside Cork City roam free with no obvious barriers, mixing and mingling with other species." Full review
Fodor's "An important breeding center for cheetahs and wallabies." Full review
Frommer's "If only all zoos were like the Fota Wildlife Park." Full review
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"Fota Wildlife Park is a magnificent estate home to exotic species from all five continents and to animals from all over the world." Full review
Lonely Planet "A huge outdoor zoo, where animals roam without a cage or fence." Full review
Cork City Gaol Frommer's Frommer's Fodor's Michelin Guide Frommer's
Convent Ave., Sunday's Well, Cork
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Frommer's "Less than 2km (1 1/4 miles) west of the city center, this restored prison was infamous in the 19th and early 20th centuries, when it housed some of the greatest figures in the revolutionary movement." Full review
Frommer's "Like something straight out of a Victorian novel, this early 19th-century jail is an austere, impressive, and highly atmospheric building." Full review
Fodor's "This castle-like building contains an austere, 19th-century prison." Full review
Michelin Guide 0 Stars
"From 1878, except during the Civil War, the old prison of Cork was a woman's only penitentiary." Full review
Frommer's "Like something out of a Victorian novel, this early-19th-century jail is an austere and highly atmospheric building" Full review
