Aquapark di Zambrone

Aquapark di Zambrone
	Aquapark di Zambrone in July 2002
Location	Zambrone, Italy
Opened	11 January 1989
Closed	2007

Last updated July 04, 2020

Aquapark Zambrone was the first water park in southern Italy, located on the coast of the comune of Zambrone in the Province of Vibo Valentia. The World Waterpark Association calls it "one of the largest and most famous waterparks of Southern Italy".^[1] Construction began on January 11, 1989, and seven months later, on August 13 of the same year, its gates were opened for the first time to the public.^[2] The 60,000 square metres (650,000 sq ft)^[3] park closed in 2007 to make way to a luxury resort hotel.^[4]

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References

↑ "AQUAPARK di Zambrone". World Waterpark Association. Archived from the original on 27 October 2004. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
↑ "Aquapark Zambrone: Informazioni generali". Parksmania.it. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
↑ "Aquapark Zambrone a Vibo Valentia" (in Italian). Regioni-italiane.com. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
↑ "Chiude il più noto parco acquatico calabrese. Era nato diciotto anni fa Il lungo addio dell'Acuapark" (in Italian). Aramoni. Retrieved 29 December 2013.

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[1] "AQUAPARK di Zambrone". World Waterpark Association. Archived from the original on 27 October 2004. Retrieved 29 December 2013.

[2] "Aquapark Zambrone: Informazioni generali". Parksmania.it. Retrieved 28 December 2013.

[3] "Aquapark Zambrone a Vibo Valentia" (in Italian). Regioni-italiane.com. Retrieved 29 December 2013.

[4] "Chiude il più noto parco acquatico calabrese. Era nato diciotto anni fa Il lungo addio dell'Acuapark" (in Italian). Aramoni. Retrieved 29 December 2013.