Istralandia is a water park in Brtonigla municipality, Istria County, Croatia. It is located near the road that leads from Novigrad to Nova Vas, approximately 5 km (3 mi) from the Adriatic Sea. Opened for visitors in June 2014, it was the first Croatian water park.[4][6]

Istralandia
LocationBrtonigla, Istria County, Croatia
Coordinates45°20′48″N 13°37′02″E / 45.346730°N 13.617147°E / 45.346730; 13.617147
Opened21 June 2014 (2014-06-21)[1]
SloganThe most entertaining water in Istria[2]
Operating seasonLate May through late September[3]
Attendance180,000 (2015)[4]
Area81,000 m2 (870,000 sq ft)
Attractions
Water rides12[5]
Websitewww.istralandia.hr

Istralandia water park covers the area of 81,000 m2 (20 acres).[3] It features a 2,500 m2 (27,000 sq ft) wave pool, the largest in the Mediterranean, and 20 water slides with the total length of 1.2 km (0.75 mi).[1]

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Aquapark Istralandia won a special award for the entrepreneurial project of the year in the category of new parks in Europe at the 13th Best Amusement Parks Award Ceremony, which took place in Rome on 25 October 2014. The Parksmania award is a prestigious recognition awarded by the Parksmania.it magazine to the best amusement parks in Italy and Europe.

In the 2016 Euro Attractions Show in Barcelona, hosted by the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, a 34-member international jury ranked Istralandia 5th among more than 300 water parks in Europe.[7]

Sources

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  1. ^ a b "Istralandia u subotu otvara vrata posjetiteljima". ipress.rtl.hr (in Croatian). 16 June 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Aquapark Istralandia". istralandia.hr. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Istralandia Aquapark". istra.hr. Istria Tourist Board. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Istralandia, a Visit to Croatia's First Aquapark". Total Croatia News. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Slides". istralandia.hr. Istralandia. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  6. ^ ""Istralandia" - deset milijuna eura vrijedna investicija". hrt.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Radiotelevision. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  7. ^ "Istarski vodeni park među pet najboljih u Europi". Poslovni dnevnik (in Croatian). 24 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
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