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Take advantage of great savings on a summer of fun with Merlin. There has never been a better time to start planning your family’s summer adventures.

Enjoy access to 32 top attractions across the UK with a Merlin Annual Pass which is now available for the fantastic price of just £119 per person during the big summer sale!

Keep the whole family entertained and excited on an escape to Alton Towers Resort, home to some of the world’s most iconic rollercoasters. In tots’ favourite CBeebies Land, new additions for 2017 include a live and interactive show hosted by the fuzzy puppets from The Furchester Hotel and the Go Jetters Vroomster Zoom ride, which little thrill seekers will love.

What’s more, families can extend their trip with a stay at the all new CBeebies Hotel! Go in search of the wart-nosed woodland dweller, The Gruffalo, at Chessington World of Adventures Resort and seek out the popular children’s character on the all new Gruffalo River Ride Adventure, a twisting and turning lazy river tour that will excite all ages!

At sea Life Centres across the UK, future marine biologists can explore the wonders of the ocean and come face to flipper, fin and tentacle with Gentoo penguins, giant sea turtles, sharks, rays and octopuses.

Start your ninja training at the all new LEGO NINJAGO World at the LEGOLAND Windsor Resort. What’s not to love? An awesome year awaits Merlin Annual Pass holders with visits to the UK’s biggest and best attractions for a year of unstoppable fun.

Make awesome memories together and say goodbye to grumpy and hello to awesome at the Coca-Cola London Eye, THORPE PARK Resort, Dream Works Tours Shrek’s Adventure! London, Chessington World of Adventures Resort, Alton Towers Resort, the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort, SEA LIFE Centres across the UK and many many more.

Special benefits and discounts will also be unlocked. The big summer sale starts at 10am on Thursday 1st June and will be ending at midnight on Monday 3rd July 2017.

Merlin Entertainments Place is the leading name in location-based, family entertainment. Europe’s Number 1 and the world’s second-largest visitor attraction operator, Merlin now operates more than 100 attractions, 12 hotels/4 holiday villages in 23 countries and across 4 continents.

The company aims to deliver memorable and rewarding experiences to its almost 63 million visitors worldwide, through its iconic global and local brands, and the commitment and passion of its managers and c26,000 employees (peak season).

Among Merlin’s attractions are – Sea Life, Madame Tussauds, LEGOLAND, The Coca-Cola London Eye, The Dungeons, Gardaland Resort, LEGOLAND Discovery Centres, Alton Towers Resort, Warwick Castle, Thorpe Park Resort, Blackpool Tower, Heide Park Resort, Sydney Tower Eye and Skywalk. All brands which are distinctive, challenging and innovative – and which have great potential for growth in the future.

Visit www.merlinentertainments.biz for more information.

 

Let the games begin: where to watch the Olympic Games in London

It’s summer and it’s definitely time for the Olympic Games!

It is quite clear that London is not that blooming Rio de Janeiro, way too far from the exotic Brazilian city, but certainly not less dynamic, speaking about events.

However, the Britain Capital pays tribute to this thirty-first edition of the Olympic Games, combining a number of sports events in various places around the city.

Let’s see what’s planned.

Rio in Dalston(allevents.it)

In Dalston, Hackney, the local community has organised a festival with a very evocative name, Rio in Dalston, to be held from 5 to 21 August: a big screen will broadcast the Rio Olympics events live on the BBC, but you will also find shows, live music performances, film screenings, dj-set and much more.

The event is planned and supported by local volunteers and organisations in order to raise money for charities, especially those supporting refugees. The aim: ensuring that sport and culture become universally accessible.

The choice of Dalston as the main location to host the festival is quite emblematic: the neighbourhood has undergone a rapid change over the last years, looking for an uneasy balance between old and new, with social institutions threatened from real estate market pressures.

In this framework, start-up and non-profit organizations have grown showing how the universal language of sport and culture can actually bring people together.

On Friday, there will be the opening ceremony: you can take part for free from 8pm onwards at Ridley Road Market. Free admission also for the Brazilian Jazz Night at the Vortex Jazz Bar from 11.30pm.

The festival high regard is celebrating the importance of social inclusion, based on respect and solidarity, while ensuring equal opportunities for all.

On Wednesday 10 August, at Gillet Square, there will be the screening of Congolese Judo duo, officially representing the first Refugee Olympic Athletes team. A beautiful message about how diversity can be a strength and not a diversity sign.

Admission is free, following that there will be a music and poetry show performed by the Congolese band Kasai Masai.

Rio in Dalston will close on 21 August with the screening of the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games: live music, Brazilian barbecue, workshops and much more entertainment.

For the occasion, the highlights on the Big screen will be the men’s marathon and the men’s basketball final.

Speaking about Olympics, there are several places in town where you can watch the games on Big screens. Among them, we point out Pop Brixton, South London, summer meeting place for sport lovers; Broadgate Exchange Square, Moorgate and St. Katharine Docks where you will enjoy the comfort of sport competitions on a beach chair overlooking the picturesque harbour.

So let the games begin!