Etnaland

Etnaland

Catania

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Etnaland

Etnaland consists of three kinds of amusement parks: an aqua park with water slides and lots of different pools, a prehistoric park with replicas of dinosaurs and one theme park with roller coasters and rides. Here you can easily spend a whole day.

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addressContrada Agnelleria, Belpasso, Catania
phone+39 095 791 3333
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