One for the Weekend - Tropical Islands

Expats are proud to present our new review series ‘one for the weekend´. Each month we will present a new location outside of Prague or even the Czech Republic that you could visit either as a family, group, couple or individual over a day or a weekend. Should you have any great locations please feel free to send them to us to tips@expats.cz

Tropical Islands

Tropical Islands stretches across an area of 66,000 m², the size of eight football fields. It has a perfect temperature of 26 °C and is home to the world´s biggest indoor rainforest, Europe´s largest tropical sauna and spa complex, a Tropical Sea with a 200 metre-long sandy beach and many other exciting attractions including a large softplay area and crazy golf.

Germany 100km north of Dresden

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With normal traffic – 3.5 hours.    

All purchases are added to an electronic chip wrist band so keep an eye on how much you are buying. Drinking cups have deposits against them of 1.50 euros each so either re-use them throughout the stay or take them back to the tills for your wrist band to be recredited. Beach lounger cushions have a 10 euro deposit which will only be refunded with the till reciept (driking cups do not require the reciept).

Bring lots of your own water given the humidity levels. Bring a few towls for each person due to the sand, water and saunas. Its warm enough to sleep on the beach loungers over night with a light blanket or sheet- many people do so therefore Tropical Islands add a levy of 10 euro to each wrist band at 3am.

There is a vast array of food to choose from – enough for most peoples tastes and the all you can eat breakfast has an amazing choice.

Free – plenty of space next to the venue.     

http://www.tropical-islands.de/en/visitors/visitor-information/opening-hours.html     

Tropical Islands is ideal for families of all ages.     

Being a major attraction within Germany the venue is very safe and child friendly with clean facilities and good water quality     

Combined swimming/sauna pass makes for good value – children under 4 are free. http://www.tropical-islands.de/en/visitors/tickets/admission.html

http://www.tropical-islands.de/en/visitors.html

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Other places from the One for the weekend series:

 Tropical Islands, GermanyCentrum Babylon, Czech RepublicChristlkindlmarket. GermanyFamilienhotel Post, Austria