Tibidabo Amusement Park (

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: Parc d'Atraccions Tibidabo) is an

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located on

Tibidabo Tibidabo () is a hill overlooking Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. At , it is the tallest hill in the Serra de Collserola. Rising sharply to the north-west, it has views over the city and the surrounding coastline. The summit of the hill is occupie ...

in the Collserola Ridge in

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. The park was built in 1899 by the entrepreneur Salvador Andreu and opened in 1905. The park is among the oldest in the world still functioning. It is Spain's longest running amusement park and Europe's third-oldest. Most of the original rides, some of which date to the turn of the 20th century, are still in use. The park is now owned by the Barcelona City Council.

Notable rides

A popular ride at the park is the 1928 Avió airplane ride, a single-car carousel giving the impression of flight above the city, a novelty at the time. Riders board a replica of the aircraft that first flew from Barcelona to Madrid. The park was featured in the

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''. Tibidabo's Automata Museum on site houses more than 40 mechanical figures from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Access to the Park

There are several public transport options including bus and funicular railway.

References

External links

Website - http://www.tibidabo.cat/en/ {{Coord, 41.4222, 2.1199, format=dms, type:landmark_region:ES, display=title Amusement parks in Spain Amusement parks in Catalonia