Recreation parks at the Costa Blanca

Aquopolis Torrevieja

A water park with the following attractions:
Various slides, wave-bath, Whirlpool, child basin, wild-water, slow river, miniature golf, playground, picknick place, Solarium
Restaurants:
Fast-Food, Cafeteria, Self-service-restaurant, ice cream, Pizzeria
Address:
Aquopolis Torrevieja
Finca de la Hoya Grande, s/n
03180 Torrevieja (Alicante)

Opened from June to September

In the Internet you find further information under www.aquopolis.es in Spanish

Aqua-Park Rojales

A water park with the following attractions:
Various slides, wild-water, 3 child basins, a large swimming pool, sun screen and beach chairs, picknick place
Restaurants:
Restaurant, Cafeteria
Address:
Aqua-Park
C/ del Norte, s/n
Ciudad Quesada
03170 ROJALES

Opened from june to september

Rio-Safari Elche

A safari park with the following attractions:
Animals from A - ape to Z - zebra, for example crocodiles, reptiles, birds, you go with a train thru the animal pens, there is a stroking zoo, a picknick zone, a swimming pool, a children's playground and a karting. Regularly shows with parrots, elephants and sea-lions take place.
Restaurants:
Fast-Food und ice-cream shop
Address:
Rio Safari Elche
Ctra. Santa Pola-Elche, km. 4
03139 Elche

More informations under www.riosafari.com in spanish language.

Pola-Park Santa Pola

A recreation park with the following attractions, comparable with a fair:
on 24000 square meters there are hopping castles, a 3-floor obstacle course for children, bumperboats, game halls, several roundabouts, trampolines, autoroadway, a horror pit, mini golf course, karting, quadcourse, box cars, a railway, ship swings, a ferris wheel for children and a 60 meter high observation tower with a wonderful outlook.
Restaurants: Sandwiches, Fast-Food, kebab, ice-cream parlor, weavers and an asiatic restaurant with buffet.
Opening times:
17.March-24.June on Saturday 17.00-23.00 o'clock, sunday and holiday 17.00-22.30 o'clock
30.June-9.September daily 19.30-2.00 o'clock
15.-30.September on Saturday 18.00-1.00 o'clock Sundays 18.00-0.00 o'clock
Address:
Pola-Park
Avenida Zaragoza s/n
03130 Santa Pola

In the internet under www.polapark.com are more Informations in spanish and english.

Terra Mitica Benidorm

A theme park, which covers the 4 culture areas Egyptians, Iberer, Greeks and Romans. Attractions of the Egypt part:
A port with the opportunity for a boat travel into the iberien part, large wild-water course, wild-water course for children, pyramid of terror, Keops shooting range.
In addition shows and animations take place.
Restaurants:
Bakery and Sandwiches, ice-cream parlor and Fast-food with egyptian ambiente. Attractions of the Iberer part: a roller coaster, a roller coaster with looping, box cars, the port with boat connection to the Egypt part, box cars for children. Various shows, for example a knight tournament are organized also here.
Restaurants:
mediterranean kitchen in arabian atmosphere, valencian farmhouse with SELF-SERVICE, a typical house of the levantal coast with Fastfood and sandwiches and a mediterrane city with cafeterias and bars.
The Greek part has to offer among other things a wild-water course and some roundabouts. On the so called island part one can have a experience of the travels of the Odysseus with animated figures and sound-efects, have a ride with Bumperboats or can test the newest video games in Nintendo polis.
Dance shows, animations and artistic shows complete the program.
Restaurant:
A Greek restaurant with Moussaka, Gyros or salads with yogurt sauce, a restaurant with sandwiches, hamburgers, pizza and chicken nuggets and an ice-cream parlor.
The Roman empire offers, according to the park operators, the longest roller coaster of Europe, a free fall tower, a small free fall tower with 6m height for children and various other roundabouts for children and grownups.
In this part of the park fights of gladiators, artistic shows, puppet performances and a parade of Roman soldiers are organized for the entertainment the visitors.
Restaurants:
an Italian restaurant, a self-service restaurant with Maccaroni alla Bolognese, grilled chickens and spareribs and still different offerers of sandwiches and beverages.

Those coming with the car should take the motorway A-7 exit 65a or the national route N-332. The way is well described.

In the Internet under www.terramiticapark.com further information in Spanish and English is available.

Mundo Mar Benidorm

Recreation park with exotic and maritim animals, which are presented in a beautifully landscape. Several times daily there are 30 minute shows with parrots, sea-lions and delfins. For children there is a big adventure playground.
Anschrift:
MUNDOMAR
Sierra Helada Rincón de Loix
03503 Benidorm

More informations in internet under www.mundomar.es in spanish and english language.

Terra Natura Benidorm

A Zoo with native and exotic animals, which has the goal to protect and conserve the animals and has a big educational function, by having direct contact with the animals and only separated by invisible barriers from them. The park is divided in four zones, which are to represent one of the nature elements in each case. The input area Pangaea represents the fire and thus the at the beginning of our planet with large metal insects and a volcano. Over a mediterranen forest one comes into the European part of the park, which is to represent the element water. The American part stands for air and the asiatic part for the earth. In the park there are over 1500 animals of 200 kinds, 50 animals threatened by extinct and more than 2500 mediterrane plants. There are different activities, like for example a donkey riding or a night safari in the park. Likewise there is an exhibition of poisonous animals. To the park belongs Aqua Natura, too and there are combination tickets for both parks.
Restaurants: there are different restaurants, from "A la carte" over Fastfood up to sandwiches and snacks.
Address:
Terra Natura
Foia del Verdader, 1
03502 Benidorm

The Internet offers of the park are callable under www.terranatura.com in spanish and english language

Aqua Natura Benidorm

To Terra Natura belonging 28000 square meter large water park with various slides, wave-pool, Solarium, Spa, child basin and quiet zones with beach chairs. The highlights of the park is the aquarium with animals of the Mediterranean sea, the pool with the topic Greek islands, a lookout point in form of a lighthouse and the possibility of taking a bath with sharks. There are combination tickets for this park and Terra Natura.
Anschrift:
Aqua Natura
Foia del Verdader, 1
03502 Benidorm

In Internet under www.terranatura.com there are more informations in spanish and english

Aqualandia Benidorm

An water park with various slides, swimming pool with artificial waves, child basin, wild water, a slow river for floating, a picknick zone and a sea-lion show. Everything embedded into a landscape with coves, waterfalls, mountains and the typical subtropical vegetation.
Restaurant:
A Pizzeria, Fastfood, a restaurant with Spanish kitchen.
Address:Aqualandia
Sierra Helada s/n
03500 Benidorm

The approaching road to the park is the Avenida Mediterraneo in Benidorm.
The bath is opened from the middle of May to the middle of October.

Further information under www.aqualandia.net in Spanish and English

The Ark Benimantell

A place for kind-fairly not held or for to death condemned animals under the patronage of the European Union. Here are lions, tigers, savage dogs, racoons and more. The size of the park amounts to 80,000 square meter and it is daily opening at 10.00 o'clock.
The approach road toward Benimantell is well described.

The homepage of the park is reachable under www.arca1.com and offers information in Spanish and English

Safari park Aitana

A safari park with a 7km way driving with the own car through different enclosures and a zoo with exotic animals, among others ostrichs, camels, African elephants, Siberian tigers, river-horses and rhinos. There are daily guided tours around 11.00 and 15.00 o'clock. There is a children's playground and a picknick zone.
Restaurant:
Canibal, with typical Spanish kitchen

The park on 1020m height at the mountain Aitanais is reachable over the road between Sella and Penaguila.

More In the Internet under www.safariaitana.com in Spanish

City of the arts and sciences

The Ciudad de las Artes y Ciencias is a leisure complex about nature, art and science, which with the Oceanográfic posesses a large aquarium, in the L'Umbracle maintains a botanicel garden, which shows many native plants under its roof, in the Museo de sciences "Príncipe Felipe" an interesting science and technique museum and possesses in the Palau de Arts "Reina Sofia" one of the largest theater of the world. The center of the park is the Hemispheric, in which laser shows take place, which possesses a planetarium and a IMAXX-cinema, in which films are shown on a large screen with 900 square meters.
Restaurants:
Here there are various restaurants, whereby the restaurant of the Oceanográfic is particularly worth a visit, because its walls are formed by large aquariums.
Address:
Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias
Avenida Autopista del Saler 1, 3, 5, 7
46013 Valencia

Coming with the car is best from direction Alicante over the motorway A-7 or over the national route N-332. A parking garage is present under the L'Umbracle.

In the Internet further information in Spanish or English are under www.cac.es.

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