A ride back in time
If you have been looking for a cross between the fun of a fairground and the historical dimension of a museum, you need search no further: you have just found “Fete Paradiso,” described by organisers as the first travelling festival of vintage carnival rides.
The collection includes an assortment of fairground rides from the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, which visitors not only can look at, but also try out for themselves.
An antique horse's head with bared teeth and a shiny black mane is seen at "Fete Paradiso" a few days before it opened to the public.
A little boy climbs on "The Great Horse Carousel," dating from 1890.
The carving of a woman playfully kicking up her heel adorns one of the rides.
Workers have fun on a 19th Century swing at Fete Paradiso a few days before it opened.
The carving of a man with rosy red cheeks is featured on one of the carousels.
People try out a bicycle carousel from the late 19th Century, which, according to organisers, is one of only two in existence made in Paris to promote what was then a new-fangled form of transport.
Organisers explain that the second of these two old bicycle carousels is featured in the Woody Allen movie "Midnight in Paris".
