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Kidding With Kids
kid will love to hunt
elephants in an asphalt The Danube Island promises “cool”
jungle or even to fly the action for hot days. At this
sky in the Jumping Castle, or Viennese open-air paradise with
splash into sparkling waters from its 42-kilometer-long beach, one
the Dragon Slide. Let the wind can perform almost every outdoor
carry one’s hair while one rides sports activity like swimming,
a pony: Vienna, the romantic inline-skating, skate-boarding,
imperial city of the Habsburgs, street soccer, beach volleyball,
metropolis of art and culture, is basketball, football,
also a city for kids. Small Magic trampolines, boating and biking
Mice and big French Fries Tigers or water-ski lift adventures at a
will find much enjoyment here. weir.
Vienna boasts huge green areas The Schönbrunn Zoo who celebrated
where children can play to their 2002 the 250th birthday is going
hearts content. But that is by no to be a sure winner. Its
means all. Maybe a little director, Helmut Pechlaner, has
princess would like to dance a turned the oldest zoo in the
minuet in a hooped skirt and world into a first-rate
old-fashioned bodice? Or a attraction. Bears and tigers,
super-detective would like to monkeys and seals live in
find some unicellular organism spacious, nature-like enclosures,
with a special microscope, travel like having an audience and
across the starry sky or provide marvelous performances
re-invent electricity? Become a for little visitors. In the new
child artist? Discover seeing, Elephant Park, one can experience
hearing, smelling or tasting in a these good-natured giants up
completely new way? Kids will really close: one is separated
have all this and much more. from them only by swinging ropes.
Everybody’s darling of course is rare plants all of this and more
the young Abu, the first in-born can be found at the Museum of
elephant since a hundred years Natural History, especially
and his younger sister Mongu. A during the special guided tours
highlight of the zoo is the for children.
Aquarium and Terrarium House,
with the largest coral reef in More than 200 attractions, each
Austria and a separate area where offering adventures, await the
special iguanas are bred; a glass children in the amusement park
tunnel takes visitors through the Wurstelprater in Vienna’s Prater.
“waters of the Amazon”, one can It has the Jungle Train with the
even find a Crocodile Pavilion chirping of tropical birds; the
and African flora; and there is House of Mirrors, where Mom looks
also an area where one can like a toothpick and Dad like a
experience a “Night in the barrel; pony rides and mini
Tropical Forest.” A new roller coasters, where the little
attraction is the ones scream with delight. There
Rainforest-House where one feels is also the dark and forbidding
like Tarzan in the jungle: An world of the dinosaurs; the World
adventure for eyes, nose and of Fairy-tales and the Jumping
ears. And the most recent guests Castle, where one seems to fly
are two new Coala- and two Panda straight towards heaven with
bears, not only very rare one’s hair blowing in the wind
specimens but also very cute and a new attraction for
ones. conquering the sky, a balloon
with a fabulous view all over the
Dinosaur skeletons, fascinating city. Not only the kids but you
minerals, interesting animals and will also love it.
About the Author:
Anil Gupta recommends that you visit http://www.bookings.be/city/at/vienna.html?aid=305255 for more information on Vienna hotels.
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