Monday, February 21, 2011

Shenzhen & Dongguang 2010 - Interlaken at Ecoventure Valley

One of the themed areas of the Ecoventure Valley Theme Park is Interlaken - a recreation of the Interlaken tourist town in Switzerland. On a cursory glance, the architecture is quite evocative of the mood it is trying to recreate. But on closer inspection the illusion inevitably falls apart - the details are not quite right, and the finishing is only skin-deep. Anyway - this is a theme park and one shouldn't complain too much.

Interlaken is anchored by a main hotel and spa. It is designed to look like a castle - but can't quite decide whether it is Swiss, German or Italian.


The rest of the areas are mainly shopping streets designed to evoke a village atmosphere. It should be quite pleasant to spend half a day walking through the streets, or drink a cup of coffee at the many European-style cafes.


For me, this is not a place I want to spend too much time in, but I'm sure the kids would love it.

1 comments:

Nate @ House of Annie said...

I'm just thinking about how much money it cost to build this, and where did that money come from. China sure has changed since I was last there!