Description of the attraction
Europa-Park, the largest entertainment city in Germany and second in Europe after Disneyland, was opened in 1975. Since then, the number of its visitors has grown from 250 thousand to five million, and in 2014 the authoritative periodical Amusement Today, which deals with the coverage of the amusement parks industry, presented Europa-Park with the main prize at the annual Golden Ticket Awards ceremony.
The area of the park is 950 thousand square meters. m. Visitors are waiting for more than a hundred attractions, various shows, attractions, themed hotels and fifteen sites representing European countries.
Sectors of the park
An excursion to an amusement park in Germany allows its visitors to take a walk through several European countries:
- Austria offers a ride on a Viennese swing and an introduction to the diamond adit.
- A soccer show, a visit to a sports bar, an adidas shop and a doubledacker ride - this is the UK.
- The huge cinema and the Silver Star slide, whose height reaches 73 meters, are the most famous sights of France in Europa-Park.
- A trip to the world of illusions with special special effects awaits guests in the Greek part of the park. There you can also repeat the flight of Icarus and ride on the water slides, in which not the Acropolis and the Trojan horse are organically inscribed.
- The ideal sector for a holiday with toddlers is Ireland, where children's slides, playgrounds and a carousel in the form of rotating dragons are built.
- Italian passions are in full swing in the Castle of Ghosts, and the monorail ride inspired by Leonardo's drawings allows you to look at the park from above.
- The popular Flying Dutchman carousel was built in the Netherlands.
- Fjord rafting is organized in Scandinavia.
The Russian "territory" in Europa-Park is popular not only among compatriots. The excursion begins with a pavilion erected based on GUM's motives, and the highlight of the program is the EuroMir slides, built of steel and reminding the world of Russian space programs. The route runs around huge mirrored towers, the maximum ascent is made to a height of 28 meters, and the speed of the gondolas travels the distance up to 100 km / h. Next to the hill, you can see the layout of the Mir space station, and you can even climb into the modules docked to it, if you wish.
The Russian spirit in Europa-Park is perfectly conveyed in the craft pavilions, where traditional folk crafts are presented for our country and blacksmiths, icon painters, potters and glass blowers work. The products you like are sold in souvenir shops.
The most interesting rides
Among the attractions of Europa-Park are especially popular:
- Blue Fire Megacoaster slide in Iceland, built by Gazprom. Inversions, sound and light effects, a length of more than a kilometer and a 38-meter height make the "Blue Flame" one of the brightest stars in Europa-Park.
- Three Silver Star roller coaster trains every hour provide 1,750 passengers with the opportunity to ride the park's famous attraction. Trains move in all kinds of planes and make turns by 180 ° and 270 °, and the height difference on the attraction is 67 meters.
- The Wodan Timbur Coaster slides in the Icelandic part of the park are built in the theme of Scandinavian mythology and reproduce the effects of fire, water, fog and thunderstorms. Passengers plunge into tunnels, plunge into smoke screens and naturally feel the wrath of the god Odin, after whom the train is named.
- Roller coaster with inverted backs ARTHUR is a half-kilometer attraction, the guests of which sometimes find themselves in an enchanted forest, then cross a stream, but end up on an island. The impression is greatly enhanced by 4D effects - smells, wind, sounds and more.
And finally, the Mercedes-Benz Hall is a small museum that displays a full-size replica of the Mercedes-Benz Formula One car.
When planning a visit to the park, take into account its particular popularity among tourists in the second half of summer. In August, the queues for some attractions may take at least an hour of your time.
How to get there
The amusement park is located in the city of Rust, located in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg.
It is convenient to get from the nearest large city of Freiburg by car (40 km on the E35 highway) or by train (from the Freiburg Hbf station to Ringsheim Bahnhof, from where buses leave for Europa-Park).
From Frankfurt, where there is an international airport, you can take a train to the cities of Offenburg or Lahr (travel time is about 2.5 hours), where you can change to buses to the amusement park.
