The Spanish have always been keen on sports as spectators. They enjoy watching sports like the famous bullfighting in Spain, and of course, the legendary football arena in their country. The Spanish league is relatively smaller than the footballs leagues in Britain. However, the quality and value of the players is comparable. Recently, Spain's national team won the World Cup 2010 in South Africa. While discussing about football in Spain, there is surely the mention of world-famous football clubs like Real Madrid and Barcelona. In recent years, the quality of Spanish players have improved tremendously. Hence, engaging in record-breaking transfers mainly to other parts of Europe.
Entertainment
A major growth industry in Spain is theme parks.
The Terra Mítica theme park, located in Benidorm (Alicante), on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, is one of the most famous leisure centres in Spain. It offers visitors the possibility of taking a tour through History by means of its different attractions and shows, visiting civilisations such as the Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Iberian. This new season, the park opens with a new show, 'Imagine', which allows visitors to relive events from the past such as the Big Band, and to travel through remote galaxies or to plunge into the fascinating World of Imagination. In the several attractions the theme park offers, visitors can, for example, discharge adrenaline by taking in just 35 seconds of the 665 meters of the dizzy Tizona train, as well as feeling all of the incredible lgreatness of the Nile waterfall or enjoying the Flight of the Phoenix attraction. For children there are lots of stands and attractions specially designed for them. The North American Paramount Company runs Terra Mitica, and last year sold over 22,000 passes.
The Warner Bros. Park, located in San Martin de la Vega (Madrid), this year celebrates its third season with sensational attractions and new interactive shows. Through the five zones that make up the Leisure Park, visitors will relive a shooting with spectacular explosions and visual effects or will watch the Crazy Police Academy show or the Lethal Weapon show. Moreover, visitors can get lost in the Little Horror Shop or take a walk through the old streets of the Hollywood dream factory, where Californian restaurants and specialised shops intermingle with marvellous cars of the fifties and the movies of the legendary Chinese Theatre. In another area of the resort, Warner has reconstructed Batman City, where fans can emulate this legendary icon in order to feel all its magic. The Steel Attraction, an enormous roller coaster, is dedicated to Superman, another world famous hero of the big screen. Warner Bros. has also recreated the delight, majesty and dangers of the far west in the Old West Territory, where, in the midst of caustic valleys and sharp canyons the Wild West roller coaster descends close to the Wild Waterfalls where the river Bravo lies. At Cartoon Village, Warner celebrates -Piolin, Lucas, Wild Cat or Bugs Bunny- this will be the delight of children.
Isla Mágica is another of Spain’s big theme parks. It has the special feature of being located in the heart of a big city: Seville (on the Isle of the Cartuja), a very important cultural enclave. The firm that manages the park has spent about 1.5 million Euro in order to promote the resource. On Isla Magica visitors can relive the atmosphere, culture and life style of the 16th century, an era of important discoveries for human progress. In Crashendo, ferocious corsairs fight savagely while a crazy pianist casts visitors down through the steep streets of San Francisco, all just by taking part in a virtual time warp. Parades go through the city with picturesque, funny and amazing inhabitants. The main novelty for this new season is an astonishing show, The Maiden and The Rider, which recreates Hispanic America with thoroughbred horse processions, ritual dances and all the magnificence of the era.
Lifestyle
It is said that Spain has more bars than the whole of the rest of Europe, put together. However, this definitely does not mean that the Spanish people are alcoholics. Instead, the Spanish like to linger over a drink, preferably on open-air terrace of a cafe(terraza), simply chatting while waiting for time to pass. During the evening, parents enjoy taking children for the paseo(walkabout). Taking them to local parks and playing games like dominoes which involve family bonding is life's simplest pleasures. Soon, it's dinner time! There are plenty of very reasonably priced restaurants and eating places in Spain where the quality is excellent. Children is always welcome in bars and restaurants. With the wide array of dining choices available, Spanish people love to dine out. Indeed, eating and drinking is a major factor im making Spanish lifestyle one of the most pleasant in the world.
adiós. Nos reuniremos de nuevo.
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