Oasys Mini Hollywood Theme Park

Oasys Mini Hollywood Theme Park

The only desert in Europe. Spaghetti western filming locations

In Tabernas, the only desert in Europe, are the authentic westerns scenarios, turned into the most original Mediterranean Theme Park with Live Shows, a huge Zoological Reserve with more than 800 animals of 200 different species, Pool Areas and a large range of Restaurants, Educational Activities and Events and Celebrations management

In the 1960s and 1970s more than 100 films were partially shot at this film set in the bleak Almeria desert landscape of Tabernas, including Westerns such as A Fistful of Dollars, The Magnificent Seven, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; also Lawrence of Arabia and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. An episode of Dr Who (A Town Called Mercy starring Matt Green; Series 7, episode 3) was shot here

Oasys Mini Holywood
These days, visitors to Oasys Mini Holywood (formerly known as Mini Hollywood, then just Oasis) can enjoy a mock bank hold-up and shootout, staged at noon, 5pm and 8pm daily, as well as stopping off for a cold beer at the Western-style saloon, which stages Can-Can shows. There is also a pool, a cactus garden, and a zoo with 800 animals of 175 species, including giraffes, lions, zebras and buffalo, and parrot demonstrations.