But perhaps best of all in this forest is Arboxygene near the village of Verzy, an adventure park with high canopy walkways, monkey bridges, zip wires and more (00 33 6 89 44 73 68; arboxygene.eu; open daily 10am-7pm during the summer, shorter hours in autumn; adventure trails €12 adults).
Today's ceremony was held in the Entertainment Center's Superbowl arena, a stone's throw from the Jungle Casino and the Fast Food Village on one side, and huge sculptures of elephants and monkeys at the Bridge of Time on the other side.
It describes the relationship between neural dynamics and behaviour in both human and monkey PFC, directly bridging between human neuroimaging data and underlying neuronal activity.
Watching this week's baseball playoffs and the N.F.L. is better, perhaps, than following the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, where all of the stories seem to be about a collapsing bridge, or monkeys being set loose, or allegations that the pool water is dirty and making people sick.
Fears conquered and bridge crossed, I monkey up the mountain for another half an hour under the watchful eye of my guide Americo Serrano.
One possible answer, an answer that's been kicking around for decades, is that monkeys crossed an ancient land bridge from Siberia to Alaska.
Also at the front of the school alongside the hard-surfaced area was a 10 m × 10 m area of rocks and a 37 m × 17 m area that included three built playgrounds with wooden bridges, climbing frames, monkey bars, ladders and slides.
The most common method used by spider monkeys to cross between trees is "bridging", in which the monkey grasps for a branch from the new tree and pulls it towards itself so it can climb onto it.
Monkey hopes the show will be more Bridge and Tunnel, and less L'Auberge Espagnole.
Brass Monkey Cinema Tucked away on Drummond Street, just off "the Bridges" (South bridge, not the Forth), lies student favourite the Brass Monkey (no website, 0131 556 1961).
