Major Theme Parks and Amusement Parks in Europe

Overview of PortAventura in Salou, Tarragona, Spain, including info about rides, highlights, tickets, and directions.

In North Staffordshire, England. More of a theme park than one of the U.K.'s other big amusement park, the free-admission Blackpool Pleasure Beach.

Locatred in Klampenborg, Denmark.

The Blackpool free admission amusement park is England's biggest.

Located in Kaatsheuvel, The Netherlands.

Located in Rust, this is Germany's biggest park.

Italy's biggest themer is located in Verona.

Located in Gothenburg, Sweden, Lisberg is the Scandinavian country's largest theme park.

This park on the Lincolnshire coast of England includes whimsical fantasy themes and high-end thrill rides such as an enormous suspended coaster and a drop tower that the park describes (no kidding!) as "butt-clenching."

In Surrey, England. The U.K. park features some wild coasters, including Saw- The Ride and the 80-mph rocket coaster Stealth.

The lovely Copenhagen, Denmark park, built in 1843, was said to be among Walt Disney's inspirations for Disneyland. It is as much a cultural center and botanical gardens as an amusement park.