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Eden Project

Village of Bodelva, Saint Austell, Cornwall PL24 2SG

Featured Review : The Eden Project was our number one reason for visiting Cornwall. Dubbed 'the Eighth Wonder of the World', with its distinctive white domes, the Eden Project is Cornwall's best-known tourist attraction. But it's much mor...See Full Review

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Eden Project Reviews

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Touring the Biomes of the Eden Project

  • 3 out of 5 stars by travelwisdom from Mary Esther, Florida
  • September 9, 2004
Touring the Biomes of the Eden Project
Quote: The biomes are constructed of hexagons approximately 9m across. They are made of galvanized steel with layers of polymer foil. The ETFE (ethylene tetra ethylene co-polymer…what a mouthful) is transparent allowing UV light to enter and... Read the full Eden Project review

From journal Exploring Life in the Biomes of the Eden Project

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The Eden Project-Biomes

  • 0 out of 5 stars by BigWally from Montreal, Quebec
  • August 12, 2004
The Eden Project-Biomes
Quote: The hot tropics biome is the largest conservatory in the world containing over 1,000 plant species. Unlike the conservatories at Kew gardens in which the air temperature was also 30°C and 99% humidity, with full size tropical plants and trees,... Read the full Eden Project review

From journal Summer in Cornwall

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The Eden Project-Outside

  • 0 out of 5 stars by BigWally from Montreal, Quebec
  • August 12, 2004
The Eden Project-Outside
Quote: Amongst the vast china clay resources near St. Austell, in one of the end of its life as a china clay pits and 85,000 tonnes of recycled waste soil is the birth 5,000 types of plants. The Eden Project is truly an amazing engineering feat in its... Read the full Eden Project review

From journal Summer in Cornwall

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Eden Project

  • 4 out of 5 stars by jaybroek from Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
  • May 28, 2004
Eden Project
Quote: The landscape around St. Austell is defined by the results of mining kaolin used in the manufacture of porcelain (the first place outside China where the stuff was found). Unpleasant spoil heaps form the horizon while enormous pits are created and... Read the full Eden Project review

From journal Cornwall - Camelot, Eden, and Ice Cream

Eden Project

  • 4 out of 5 stars by kim101 from Cork
  • May 24, 2004
Quote: The Eden Project is a completely unique experience. I've never seen anything like this before. Its basically a biosphere situated in the belly of a disused quarry. It doesn't sound that great, but it is. The architecture in the place is simply... Read the full Eden Project review

From journal Cornwall -- a surfer's paradise

Eden Project

  • 5 out of 5 stars by wutzl2 from Middlebury, Connecticut
  • April 5, 2004
Quote: This is a biosphere developed in an abandoned clay pit consisting of, at present, two temperature controlled biomes, extensive outdoor plantings, and construction of a third enclosed biome. Plantings representative of humid tropics through warm... Read the full Eden Project review

From journal English Countryside

The Eden Project

  • 5 out of 5 stars by Holiday Jo from Kettering, United Kingdom
  • February 13, 2004
Quote: We spent a day at the Eden Project and, initially, it wasn’t something I was really looking forward to doing as my expectations of the place were not high. Once we arrived, we parked our car and had to walk about half a mile to the entrance -- you... Read the full Eden Project review

From journal The Cream Of Devon

eden project

  • 4 out of 5 stars by strixaluco from bilston, United Kingdom
  • November 19, 2003
Quote: Eden is a self-contained set of bio-domes collecting botanical species from around the world. I think that even someone who does not like plants can appreciate the architectural structure and the environmental management that goes in to such a... Read the full Eden Project review

From journal heligan's heroes....

The Eden Project

  • 3 out of 5 stars by Mick Pearson from Halesowen, United Kingdom
  • October 3, 2003
Quote: This is billed as the Eighth Wonder of the World. The walk down is impressive with two vast bio-spheres, one tropical and one temperate. It's not a cheap day out, but there's a great conservation message throughout the place. They're still... Read the full Eden Project review

From journal Devon and Cornwall

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The Eden Project

  • 3 out of 5 stars by Chelle from Was Bracknell, now travelling, United Kingdom
  • May 5, 2002
Quote: In a giant crater in Cornwall science meet art in the form of huge covered conservatories, or Biomes. You can visit rainforests, the Mediterranean, South Africa and California. Remember: Tropical plants like it hot and the Humid Tropics Biome can... Read the full Eden Project review

From journal Devon & Cornwall