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5 Best Theme Parks in Europe (Ranked!)

If you’re thinking about having fun, chilling with your friends and family, and more importantly, discover new experiences, then don’t miss out this rank of the best theme parks in Europe.

In these amusement parks across Europe, you’ll definitely enjoy yourself and of course, you’ll always want to come back! 

Discover here the top theme parks in Europe for every age range. These family-friendly fun places are perfect for the youngest ones, teenagers, young adults and everyone who wants to go in a pleasant adventure.

List of the Top Theme Parks in Europe

Visiting these theme parks in Europe should be without a doubt in your bucket list. So pack your bags and check them up for yourself! 

5) Prater – Vienna, Austria

Enjoy Vienna's Giant Ferris Wheel
Photo: Victoria Acevedo

Described as the playground for everyone, this theme park offers you a unique experience in the 65-meters-high giant Ferris Wheel, one of Vienna’s most notorious landmarks.

Besides, you can enjoy yourself there in more than 200 booths that the park offers, as well as the ghost train, go-karts, merry-go-round and many terrific restaurants to take a meal while having fun. 

Prater’s unique design will make you feel in a nostalgic adventure, far away from the real world. In addition, This amusement park is not only beautiful itself, but It also gives you a unique experience with nature. 

You can become one with the Stadtpark and see the amazing landscape of water meadows along the way. Also, you can take a promenade through Hauptallee Avenue while you delight yourself with the chestnut blossom at its finest. 

Isn’t that stunning? there is no single chance for this place to disappoint you. For the most part, Prater will be in the wishlist of many wonder junkies. 

StadtPark an its magic
Photo: www.theviennablog.com

How To Get There

You can get to Prater by taxi, subway, bus or even walking! 

A taxi will cost you around 12USD for a 5 minutes ride from Julius-Raab-Platz. Meanwhile, the subway and bus will charge you less than 3USD and in 5 minutes you’ll be there. 

You can take the subway at Stephansplatz station and the bus at Schwedenplatz station. 

If you’re an adventurer and want to walk all the way to Prater, your best choice is to begin your hike from Stephansplatz. The 2.5 kilometres walk will take you around 30 minutes to arrive at one of the most exciting theme parks. 

And that’s it, you’re in Prater now! Get lost in this charming theme park and entertainment for a while. 

Hotel Rooms 

There are several good options for you when it comes to hotel options. Prices vary from 260USD to 350USD at the cheapest. Above all, every great alternative is less than 2 km away from Prater. 

Useful Information

Open hours: Prater is available all year long from Monday to Sunday: 11 AM-10 PM.

Tickets price: Prater is a theme park everybody can visit because is free from any charges. You only have to pay if you want to get in an attraction. Prices vary from € 1,50 to € 5,00 depending on the size and age. 

Recommended duration: more than 3 hours. 

For more detailed information about tours, and other interesting things to do in Prater, check out GetYourGuide to have the best choices.

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4) Fraispertuis City – Vogues, France

Theme parks in France
Photo: www.fraispertuis-city.fr
Labeled as the place of the fascinating family memories, Fraispertuis City is another theme park that will make you want to come back.
 
Fraispertuis City is one of those theme parks that will make you forget about reality and only focus on the moment. It is in Jeanménil, Vogues, northeastern France. 
 
This amazing amusement park offers you 36 attractions for the enjoyment of the family, including 3 roller coasters and 6 water parks. Furthermore, there are four restaurants where you can take some meals or snacks while you enjoy your day. 
 
Here you can also see the marvelous Vosges Forest and the roller coaster Timber Drop, which was the steepest in the world until June 2, 2011.
 

How To Get There

Getting to Fraispertuis City is really easy from Jeanménil, you can get by bus, taxi, Uber or by walking.
 
The 2USD bus ride will take 5 min, while taxis or Uber will charge you anywhere from 7USD to 11USD. However, If you walk all the way to Fraispertuis City from Jeanménil then the hike will take you half an hour. 
 
On the other hand, getting to Jeanménil from Paris will take around 4 hours by car, 7 hours by train, or 8 hours by bus.
Theme parks in Europe
Photo: www.fraispertuis-city.fr
 

Hotel Rooms

A 2-adults, 2-children hotel room nearby Fraispertuis City is around 530 USD. For instance, rooms near the theme park are normally quiet and are no further than 3km. 
 
You can check out the best hotels for you in the official website of Fraispertuis City amusement park. 
 

Useful Information

Open hours: 10 am-6:00 pm from April to September.
 
Tickets price: from 15 to 23 euros depending on age.
 
Recommended duration: more than 3 hours.
 

3) Efteling – Kaatsheuvel, The Netherlands 

Theme parks in The Netherlands
Photo: www.efteling.com
Efteling is everything you always imagine when it comes to amusement parks. People who have lived the experience first hand, they all agree that this theme park in the Netherlands will never disappoint.
 
Efteling simply lives up to the expectations, so you definitely have to give this theme park a chance whenever you are around Europe. 
 
Dutch consider this amazing theme park as one of The Netherlands hidden gems. From the fairytale essence surrounded by forest to the bunch of fascinating attractions, all about Efteling makes it a great place to chilling out with family or friends.
 
Efteling describes itself as the ‘World of Wonders’, and those who live the experience can’t be more agree with that. When you are finally here, don’t miss out the Dream Flight, the most famous attraction of the park, the Fairytale Forest and Aquanura, which is the largest water exhibition in Europe and third in the world. 
 
Another great advantage of Efteling is that you can check out their, calendar, tickets, and expected crowd the day you go on their mobile app.
 
Furthermore, you can also use their app to find attractions and more valuable information about the place. 
 

How To Get to Efteling 

Efteling is located in Kaatsheuvel, 100 km away from Amsterdam and you can get by bus train or car.
 
The bus lines 300, 301, 136 and 800 will take you to the Efteling bus stop. The fee is 10USD.
 
If you plan to go by train, you need to get to the ‘s-Hertogenbosch’ (Den Bosch) station or Tilburg. The charge by train is 27USD.
 
Both bus and train travel will take around 2 hours. 
 
However, if you are adventuring by car, the ride from Amsterdam will only take 1 hour. Efteling parking service charge 10 euros.
Thme park in the Netherlands
Photo: www.efteling.com
 

Hotel Room

Another great feature of this incredible theme park is that it also offers its own accommodations for visitors. 
 
You can book a holiday home or a hotel room for overnight stays at Efteling.
 
For a 6 person house, including 3 days access to the theme park, the fee is 460 euros. Meanwhile, a hotel room for 4 people charge 320 euros including breakfast and 2 days access to the park 
 

Useful Information 

Open hours: 10:00 am-6:00 pm from Monday to Sunday. It opens all year long.
 
Tickets price: Visiting Efteling requires a previous reservation as it is one of the most demanded theme parks in Europe. General tickets start at 38 euros and if you go on a group of 20 people, the fee is 33 euros. 
 
Recommended duration:  more than 5 hours – 1 day. 
 
For more relevant information about Efteling, you can always take a look at GetYourGuide to find out the single best offers, discounts, and tours around this spectacular amusement park.
 
 

2) Europa-Park – Rust, Germany

Theme parks in Germany
Photo: www.europapark.de
Of course, this list is nos complete without a German theme park. 
 
All about Europa-park worth it. Indeed, this theme park in Germany is the second most popular in Europe only behind Disneyland. 
 
Want a fact? Europa-park is so well accommodated that it can host 60,000 guests per day. This amusement park receives 5,5 million visitors every year on average. 
 
This place accounts over 100 attractions, including 13 rollercoasters and 15 European areas that will surprise even the most incredulous ones. 
 
This theme park is so huge that you will likely not have enough time to encounter everything it offers. That’s why you will want to return over and over again, this is an endless adventure!. 
 
Europa-park also offers culinary highlights, evening cinema, shows, concerts and events. As the very own visitors say, it is a lifetime experience. 
 
Whenever you are there, you can’t miss the Atlantic SuperSplash, afterwards you will feel reborn. Also, try the Blue Fire Mega coaster, it goes from 0 to 100 km in just 2.5 seconds!.
 
After that, you will have more than 100 attractions, so go immerse into it and try it on for your own. Certainly, you will not regret anything. 
 

How To Get There

Europa-park is in the heart of Europe, in the border triangle Germany – France – Switzerland. And as expected, you will have a lot of ways to arrive at the theme park. 
 
You can get by car, public transportation, coach (private company or long-distance), by plane and even by shuttle service. 
 
As Berlin is 7 hours away from Rust by car, your best chance to arrive at Europa-Park is by taking public transportation on the Ringsheim station in Germany. The bus travel from Ringsheim’s line 231 is only 13 min.
 
A taxi from Ringsheim will charge you 5USD for a 6 minutes ride. 
 
If you want to know more about the different ways of getting to this amazing theme park, you can always check out the Europa-park official website. 
 
Also, on GetYourGuide website there is another interesting option on how to get to Europa-Park from Strasbourg, France. 
 
Theme parks in Germany
Photo: www.europapark.de:
 

Hotel Rooms

There are a vast variety of hotel rooms you can book nearby Europa-park, most of the 4-star hotels charge anywhere from 110 euros to 125 euros. 
 

Useful Information

Open hours: During the summer season, the park opens from 9 am until 6 pm Monday-Friday, and until 7 pm on Saturday and Sunday. Over the winter season, they open from 11 am to 7 pm. 
 
The theme park opens all year long, excluding the 24th and the 25th December. 
 
Tickets price: children aged 4-11 pay 47 euros, while everyone over 12 pays 55 euros.  Children under 4 and children on their birthday enter free to the park. 
 
Recommend duration: the suggested time for getting around here is 1 day, but it is fair to say you will need more than a single day to explore everything that Europa-park has to offer.
 

1) Disneyland Paris – France

Theme parks in Europe
Photo: Laurent P.
This rank can’t finish without the most popular and visited theme park in Europe: Disneyland Paris. This theme park in France deserves all the acclamations that it receives.
 
The numbers say it all, this amusement park hosts 15 million people each year and it is by far the most famous and important theme park in the European continent. 
 
Disneyland Paris consists of two parks: Disneyland Park and Walt Disney Studios Park.
 

Disneyland Park

This park features fairytales and Disney characters as well as the Sleeping Beauty Castle, shows, attractions and parades. This theme park will amaze your eyes with the genuine magic that only Disney knows how to transmit. 
 
Once here you can’t miss the Discovery Arcade, the Horse-Drawn Streetcars and the Liberty Arcade. 
 
Only Disneyland Park receives around 9 million enthusiasts each year on average, which makes it the most-visited amusement park in Europe and the 13th io the world. 
 

Walt Disney Studios Park

On the other hand, this park offers you a mind-blowing and eye-catching experience with all the fantastic events, including Elsa’s sing-along in her ice palace, the encounter with your favourite characters and the Toy Story Playland. 
 
It receives 5.2 visitors every year, ranking it third among all the theme parks in Europe.
 

How To Get to Paris Disneyland

The park entrance is only 30 minutes away from downtown Paris, and around 1 hour from Paris’ airports. Naturally, you have many ways to arrive. 
 
By bus, it will cost you 8 USD on a 35 minutes ride. The travel by train is about 40 minutes and the fee starts at 4 USD from the Marne-la-Vallée/Chessy station.
 
If you go by taxi or Uber from Paris it will take 30 minutes to get and the charge is approximately 90 USD.
 
It doesn’t get any easier than that.
 

Hotel Rooms

Disneyland Paris offers you three different accommodations: The Disney Hotels, Disney Nature Resorts and Partner hotels. 
 
There are many practical hotel options, and the prices start at 140 USD. 
 
It will also be helpful for you to search for more useful hotel information on Disneyland’s official website and be alert of promotions about the resorts. 
 

Useful Information

Open hours: 7:30 am – 1:00 am all year long. 
 
Tickets price: Disneyland Paris offer you three full-day options, and the fees to enter vary depending on the season. 
 

1 day / 1 park

 
MINI tickets: adults 70 USD, children 64 USD.
 
MAGIC tickets: adults 94 USD, children 87 USD.
 
SUPER MAGIC tickets: adults 106 USD, children 98 USD. 
 

1 day / 2 parks

 
MINI tickets: adults 94 USD, children 88 USD.
 
MAGIC tickets: adults 118 USD, children 111 USD.
 
SUPER MAGIC tickets: adults 130 USD, children 121 USD. 
 
You can browse around GetYourGuide to getting more information about tickets, promotions, and special offers, including a multi-day entrance ticket.
 
Recommended duration: 1 day. 
 
 
Theme parks in France
Photo: www.themeparkoverload.net

To sum up, visiting these theme parks will make you feel like in heaven, all of them are one-of-a-kind experience that you don’t want to miss. 

Even if you are traveling alone, with your special one, in a group or in family, theme parks are always a great opportunity to experience a full ecstasy in the most fun and harmless way. 

Additionally, it is important to mention that these theme parks in Europe always keep in mind handicap and disability people, offering special offers or discounts every once in a while. 

However, depending on the season these amusement parks in Europe even offer a free pass to people with disability. 

You only need to be updated on the promotions that the theme parks Europe regularly offer. 

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