Parc Astérix

Parc Astérix is a theme park in competition with the Disneyland. While the Disneyland explores the Walt Disney cartoon charecters like Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and all the Disney princesses, Parc Astérix, as its name, based on the adventures of the popular cartoon character, Astérix (by Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny). Once you walk in, it would be like you are brought back by a time machine to the Middle Ages and also the Roman Empire, Gaul (the empire where Astérix and the fellows reside.)

There are around 30 attractions at the park, as well as regular shows to entertain visitors. Our favorite rides would be "the Trace du Hourra", a 900-metre track slider, and "Goudurix", a frenetic 950-metre Roller Coaster which claimed to be one of the most impressive loop-the-loops in Europe.

While the Disneyland may explore more themes with their fancy stories and characters and provide more attractions, Parc Astérix is most likely more for the older kids who come for some excitement. Also, when comparing the crowd of the two, there is an obvious difference. Parc Astérix seems to be welcoming much more of the locals and the adolescences, whereas the tourists would basically prefer to go to the Disneyland as well as the families with small kids.


Parc Astérix
BP8, 60128, Plailly
RER: Roissy-Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV Station, then bus to Parc Astérix