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Advantages: Unusual and brilliant spectacle Disadvantages: Its all in French!
We have travelled to the Vendee region of France several times and we had heard about The Grand Parc at Puy du Fou but it is billed as a Medieval Theme Park and it really didn't appeal to me! However having "done" many of the attractions in the area and faced with another day of dodgy weather (we were very unlucky in 2008) we decided to give it a go.
The tickets were about 25 euroes for adults and 15 for children. However when I enquired about directions at our campsite office they told me that we could buy tickets from them with a 5 euro discount each. This seems to be common practice in the area so either book online or through your accomodation if possible to bag a bargain! They also informed me that it was a simple journey and would be well signposted off the A87. They mentioned that the road to The Grand Parc gets busy ...
Advantages: Amazing shows; attractive setting Disadvantages: Too much to do in one day
, but just in case you're going I won't spoil the surprise.
Regretfully we didn't get to the other show with the birds of prey as we wanted to look around the parc itself. There were a couple of villages that had been constructed with realistic shops you could wander around. A word of warning is that the medieval village was absolutely heaving with people so all we could do was manage to walk through it - no chance of getting into any shops. This was a disappointment as we'd been to the 19th century village and spent some time there looking around as it was loads quieter. We'd hoped that the medieval would be the same but it was not to be!
We certainly didn't manage to look at everything and it explains why the parc offers two and three day passes as it is truly impossible to do all the shows and see the entire parc in a day. You ...
Advantages: Location; Wildlife; Accomodation; Range of activities; Shops Disadvantages: Quite expensive; accomodation could be a fair distance from main areas!
I have been to Centre Parcs (SHERWOOD) a few times, and thought I'd share my experiences with this review. The last time I visited Centre Parcs was with my partner in February of this year - the only time I have ever been during the Winter months, but as it is both of our birthday's around January/February time, my partner took me as a birthday treat, and I have to say it was probably the best birthday present ever. We stayed in an 'Executive Lodge', which was a two-storey house, and were there from Friday morning - Monday afternoon.
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When you arrive at Centre Parcs in Sherwood Forest, you are told you will not be able to enter your accomodation until around 3pm. I was slightly put out by this, as we had arrived at 10am, and would have to leave our car within one of their carparks (you are not allowed to drive ...
Sonic4290 27.08.2009
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