The Eden Project - "Space
age technology meets the lost world in the giant 50 metre deep crater. Nestling
within it are two gigantic geodesic conservatories - the largest in the world."
This is Tim Smit's latest exciting project. The Visitor's Centre is open from
May 15th, 2000. About a 40 minute drive. Opening fully for Easter
2001. The National
Marine Aquarium - "We'll take you on a spectacular
underwater journey through streams, rivers, shorelines, reefs and oceans. Stand
in awe in front of some of the largest and most spectacular underwater displays
in Europe. A wall of ocean 15 metres wide and 5 metres high... a Shark Theatre
set in over 700,000 litres of water... a live Coral Reef with hundreds of
brightly coloured fish... or a Wave Tank washing thousands of litres of sea
water back and forth." About a 30 minute drive. The Lost Gardens of Heligan - Tim Smit's first exciting botanical project, popularised by TV,
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The Monkey
Sanctuary - "The Monkey Sanctuary is situated in a
beautiful wooded setting overlooking Looe Bay, Cornwall (UK). For over 30 years
The Victorian house and gardens have been the home of a natural colony of
woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagothricha). " About a 5 minute drive (1½
miles).
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