We did fota last year and its brilliant, i do like the Zoo better but it was still a wonderful place to visit… we walked out and over the bridge and into the gardens, we didnt pay as you could just walk in!! There is a charge into the gardens but as i said just walking in 😉 I was amazed at the trees and the oranged house, i got some stunning photos…. ds2 was only looking at the photos yesterday and asking could we go back