A good 55 kilometres east of Italy's capital Rome, on the A1 autostrada, lies the town of Valmontone with its more than 15,000 inhabitants. The mighty Palazzo Doria Pamphilj with its 365 rooms dominates the townscape from afar. It was built in 1654-1670

In the French municipality of Monteux, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, about 22 km from Avignon, you will find the Spirou Provence theme park. The still young park opened on 16 June 2018 and is dedicated to the two comic characters Spirou and

The Kaarst Shooting Festival, organised by the historic St. Sebastianus Shooting Club, transforms the entire town centre into a vibrant festival area over four days, with the large funfair taking centre stage. From Saturday to the following Tuesday,

In 1971 the Apenheul Zoo opened on an area of 11 hectares in Apeldoorn. Contrary to the usual variety of animals in other institutions, Apenheul has specialized in keeping primates. There are over 60 different types of monkeys in the park. A special

In 1965, the vivarium in Darmstadt was opened at its current location. It is named after the aquarium and terrarium hall, which also contains a large part of the biodiversity. Although the vivarium is one of the small zoos in Germany with an area of

In the Upper Austrian market town of Altenfelden in the district of Rohrbach in the upper Mühlviertel, around 34 south-west of Linz, you will find the Altenfelden Zoo, which was founded by Dr Prince Reuss in 1969. The zoo covers an area of around 80

In Milpitas, in the US state of California, you will find the LEGOLAND® Discovery Center Bay Area. In contrast to LEGOLAND®, the Discovery Center only has an indoor area and only one ride attraction. In addition to the LEGO® 4D cinema with changing

In Nideggen-Schmidt in the district of Düren in North Rhine-Westphalia, you will find the popular destination for animal lovers and families, the Schmidt wildlife park. Open to visitors since 1968 and still family-owned by the Scheidtweiler family, the

The largest folk festival in the canton of Zurich is the Knabenschiessen. Every year, around 800,000 visitors are expected to attend the festival weekend. The ‘Chilbi’ fair is known throughout Switzerland, and all of the approximately 200 showmen

The vacation and leisure park Weissenhäuser Strand is located directly on the Baltic Sea and was built from 1971 to 1973. The area consists of vacation apartments, a hotel and various recreational facilities with shopping. The attractions are not only