Cavallino Matto in Castagneto Carducci in Tuscany is a small family-run amusement park, which nevertheless has many special attractions. The park was founded as Parco Gulliver in 1967, but it was more a playground with pony rides and miniature golf than an amusement park. In the 1990s, more and more large rides moved into the park. The park gained in attraction with the takeover of the Manfredi family and the associated expansion.
Fun Fact #1: The rock ‘n’ roll monster entertained visitors to the Swedish amusement park Liseberg for many years.
Fun Fact #2: Freestyle is one of only two stand-up coasters in Europe. As the Sky Rider, it entertained visitors to Canada’s Wonderland theme park before finding its second home in Cavallino Matto.
MagicLand directly opposite the Valmontone Outlet near Rome is a fairly young amusement park, created by the Alfa Park Group. With the licenses of the animation studio Rainbow they hoped to attract as many visitors as possible to the park. After the sale of the park to Pillarstone Italy, the licences were phased out, which is why the park since 2020 is called MagicLand only.
In the course of the tour planning we thought to book a package deal via the Rainbow Magicland site, but as this site was not international and therefore a booking was only possible for Italian citizens, we booked a hotel and theme park package via the theme park Zoomarine. The journey to the Hotel Antonella in nearby Pomezia turned out to be a bit more difficult due to closed roads, but the stay at the 4* Superior Hotel was a welcome surprise. In addition, we treated ourselves to the best dinner of the tour and for a little more than 20€ we got a high-quality 3-course menu with pasta, steak and delicious sorbet and ice cream creations.
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