Children love animals doing live shows. And if you can also live the experience outdoors, in an environment of lush forests and an environment that recreates history with a lot of emphasis on entertainment, then The theme park of Puy du Fou can be a great option to visit with them. It is a park specially designed to spend a whole day of family leisure. Although if you know a little bit, you still have the option of watching a nighttime performance without problems because you can sleep in the park in specially conditioned areas and integrated in a forest environment with 50 hectares.
And in addition to animals, the children have some historical, relevant and world-famous characters, watching them perform live will excite them. I loved seeing the Musketeers with a recreation of sword duels and battles against the enemies of France, listen declare the great Cyrano de Bergerac and see him fight rudely, be intimidated by the presence of Cardinal Richelieu, smile with the irony of the jester and especially contemplate the galloping on horseback of the musketeers in a spectacular theater that was transforming his appearance to the astonishment of the spectators.
Another of the historical figures that kids love is the Vikings. And I assure you that in the Puy du Fou you can see the Vikings in all their splendor of conquerors and warriors facing the brave Bretons who have to save their village from the invaders of the north. And the battle is spectacular: fire, axes, helmets, shields, ships, horses, etc. A fantastic recreation in a show of almost an hour that will leave children with their mouths open.
In the image that illustrates the article you can see part of the triumphant entrance of the Vikings in a huge outdoor setting and with a spectacular recreation of the Breton way of life. In the image above you can see part of the power that the show has with that ship that plunges into the water of the river taking away the secrets of the battles between Bretons and Vikings.
He Puy du Fou is a theme park that has been running for more than three decades in France. It is one of the most visited because it has more than one million visitors a year and its greatest value is the great atmosphere of entertainment shows with live action shows. I will tell more details about this park soon because it has a spectacular leisure offer. There are races of quadrigas, Christians facing the lions, battles of gladiators and much protagonism of the animals. The falconry show is a bird management prodigy and we will soon document it in Peques y Más.
And in recognition of the Puy du Fou, on March 17, 2012 it was recognized as the best classic park in the world in a competition where he was fighting with the Disneyland of sunny California. The prize is called "The Thea Classic Award" and is, in the theme of the parks, something similar to what the Oscars are in the cinema.
In the following image you can see an example of the great variety of animals that have attractions. They fascinated me the wolves that the caretaker carried With care and exquisite treatment:
In all shows the visibility is perfect and the hat, especially on sunny days, is essential. While I was in the park I loved seeing hundreds of students from nearby schools all very well covered with their caps and with a huge smile of how well they were having fun. Because another of the assets of the park is that the spectators can participate, encouraging or simply enjoying the story by clapping, shouting and encouraging the brave actors and actresses who represent the shows in great detail.
They take care of even the smallest detail, so they recommend attending the show half an hour in advance. And so you don't get bored, neither do your children, prepare activities and entertainment so that everyone stays alert. In this case, in a very funny performance with live animals, a few minutes before the Vikings show. And that during all the time before the show, the actors did not stop maintaining expectations:
In all the shows there is the option of translation to a lot of languages including Spanish. Many of the events can be followed without the need for language reinforcement, especially in the case of those that include a greater role of animals. Because seeing lions, hawks, eagles, vultures and horses is great entertainment for kids to keep their mouths open.
As we said there are forests, very lush and spectacular, grass and meadows as well as spaces enabled to eat, if you want to take elaborate food or eat in any of the restaurants where you can reasonably eat special menus also for children.
The Puy du Fou park has more than 1,000 actors, 100 technicians and 300 people in charge of public safety. It is a initiative led by Philippe de Villiers. The Puy du Fou has no shareholders and does not receive public money grants. The project is a private initiative and fully self-finances. In addition to ensure the continuity of the shows The park has its own internal training school in which young volunteers, called puyfolais, are conscientiously trained to be future executives and managers, artists and park technicians. Among other activities they are formed in the elaboration of costumes, dance, drawing, decoration, horse riding, equestrian acrobatics, photography, video, etc. In fact, while you walk through the park, some of them can be seen working live in authorized spaces.
The spectacular presentation video of the park I leave for the end:
To know much more about the park, especially of schedules, prices and real opinions of those who have passed through, indicate that they have a dynamic page on Facebook, in French, in which they are overcoming the barrier of 90,000 fans and they are already very close to 100,000. They celebrate it with incredible satisfaction: "90,000 fans !!! Bientôt la barre des 100,000, merci à tous!" (90,000 fans, very soon the 100,000 barrier, thank you all very much). In addition, to have all the park information in your hand you can download the park application for free, for Apple and Android.
Important note: I have been invited to the Puy Du Fou Park by West France that promotes three regions of western France (Poitou-Charentes, Pays de la Loire and Brittany) in Spain.
