All of the sights, none of the travel
Going on a Eurotrip… Like driving across the States or backpacking around Asia, it’s a common dream holiday. But like any big trip, it requires the luxury of time and cash.
There is, however, a place where you can cheat. Park Europa, outside Madrid, is kitted out with replicas of European monuments, from the Brandenburg Gate to the Eiffel Tower, with a genuine piece of the Berlin Wall thrown in too, for visitors to come and see all of Europe at once.
A couple checks out a picture they have just taken of themselves by a replica of Brussels' famous Manneken Pis statue.
A man walks by a replica of the Brandenburg Gate, the great 18th century monument from Berlin, which stood just behind the dividing line when the city was split in two during the Cold War.
A girl poses for a photograph by a replica of the Greek sculpture Winged Victory of Samothrace, based on the original which stands in Paris’ Louvre Museum.
A girl in her communion dress slips through a barrier protecting a replica of Rome's Trevi Fountain.
Construction workers carry out repair work on a model of Madrid's Alcala Gate, a monument commissioned by king Carlos III in the late 18th Century.
A boy strolls past a recreation of Copenhagen's Little Mermaid, created in homage to the fairy tale by Danish author Hans Christian Anderson.
A couple embrace in front of a replica of a Greek theatre.
An original slab of the Berlin Wall stands in the park.
