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With its 150 miles of fine sand beaches and ample range of well-priced holiday accommodations, the Costa Dorada is geared towards family fun.
The Costa Dorada has certainly become a well-known family destination. Salou leads the pack and has perhaps become the most popular family vacation spot for those with kids in tow. You and your family can take full advantage if Salou s several child-friendly resorts as well as its lovely promenade lined with greenery and bursting with sites and sounds. Your children will surely have fun building sandcastles in its fine sandy beaches. Another plus to this area is the nearby world-class theme park, the Universal Studios Port Aventura . Enter and explore five different worlds, each with its own set of rides, restaurants, shops and entertainment shows. For more family fun make your way to La Pineda , home to a spectacular water park. Moving south, L Almadrava is another beach resort but perhaps lesser known giving it a much sought after feel of solitude. Other resorts include L Amella de Mar , a small fishing port characterized by romantic coves and secluded beaches and Les Cases d Alcanar, a typical seaside village armed with campsites, hotels and restaurants and of course the soft-sand covered beach.
Meanwhile, the party generation will be in their element in the resort of Sitges, where anything goes. Barcelona has everything from the theatre to abuzz street cafés to throbbing nightclubs. Salou s seafront promenade is loaded with great seafood dining spots. All manner of sports are available here, from world-class golf to sailing, boating, windsurfing, and fishing. The lovers of cultural and historical heritage, will find the old Roman capital Tarragona a fascinating place.
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Universal Mediterranea is a Universal Studio's theme park and the lone operation of the group in Europe. Universal Mediterranea is comprised of the Universal Studios Port Aventura theme park, the Costa Caribe aquatic park, the Hotel Caribe, the Hotel Port Aventura, the Hotel El Paso, and a Beach Club.
Universal Mediterranea is Spain's newest and most spectacular theme and adventure park, a place that will give Disneyland Paris a run for its money. It boasts more than 30 rides, 90 daily shows (including a Wild West shoot-out and Chinese acrobats), 23 restaurants and 20 shops.
The massive theme park of Port Aventura is based on Busch Gardens in Florida. The park attracts holidaymakers from far afield to its five different worlds (Far West, Mediterránia, Mexico, China and Polynesia). Visitors can be at the Great Wall of China one minute and at the ruins of Mayan Mexico the next, and meet some cowboys for a taste of the Far West before cooling off by jumping into the great lake from the summit of the Tutuki Splash volcano.
This 117-hectare site (289 acres) boasts entertainment for alll age groups. There are nightly shows, including Fiestaventura held in the Mediterranean world. Popular attractions include the Sea Odyssey underwater adventure, the Stampida roller coaster ride and the Grand Canyon Rapids water ride.
The Dragon Khan claims to be Europe's biggest roller coaster, with eight loops and speeds of up to 110kmph. Other attractions are the Tifon, which conjures up a tropical typhoon. Universal Mediterranea also has its own steam train and giant man-made lake for sailing yachts.
Universal Mediterranea is open from March to early January. Between mid-June to mid-September the park is open until midnight daily.
Port Aventura has its own RENFE train station. Serving the park are buses and coaches, coming from Barcelona and nearby towns
Telephone : 0977 779 090; Website : www.portaventura.es ; Opening time : Daily 10am to midnight (earlier during off-season); Admission : (adult), (child) in peak season.
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