Excalibur City Shopping and Entertainment Center

On the way from Vienna to Prague, we made a short stop at the Excalibur City amusement park, located near the Czech town of Hvalovice, on the border with Austria.

Excalibur City shopping and entertainment center, Czechia

In the early nineties, Austrian businessman Ronnie Seunig turned a border stop with a gas station and a duty-free shop into one of Europe's largest entertainment cities. The Park's design concept was based on the legend of king Arthur.

Excalibur City shopping and entertainment center, Czechia

The buildings of the Park are made in the medieval style.

Excalibur City shopping and entertainment center, Czechia

And decorated with characters from the legends of the era.

Excalibur City shopping and entertainment center, Czechia

The territory of the Park covers more than 200 thousand square meters. In addition to outdoor attractions, the Park has 4 casinos, a shopping center, a small zoo, and a movie theater.

Excalibur City shopping and entertainment center, Czechia

over time, the park has a Museum Terra Technica, which presents a unique collection of music and slot machines, in the Museum of cinema you can see the car of Batman from the 1989 film and other things of the cult movie characters.

Excalibur City shopping and entertainment center, Czechia

It offers several restaurants, as well as a medieval entourage.

Excalibur City shopping and entertainment center, Czechia

In 1979, the park acquired a decommissioned Il-62 airliner (airplane history), in the cabin of the aircraft was opened "Jet Restaurant Niki Lauda".

Excalibur City shopping and entertainment center, Czechia

Restaurants and duty free shops are open around the clock, attractions and other entertainment from 9 to 20, but today, January 3, except for us there was not a single living soul.

Excalibur City shopping and entertainment center, Czechia

Further on our way lay along the snow covered plains of southern Moravia.

Southern Moravia, Czechia

And a couple of hours later we were in Prague.

Prague