Disneyland Resort Paris is located some 20 miles east of Paris, in an area of France which is absolutely steeped in history, with great sightseeing and leisure opportunities. However, the main reason that Disney located the Park here is that the transport links from all around Europe are fantastic - and particularly from the UK.

Whether you are travelling by air, ferry, coach, Eurostar, using the channel tunnel and coming by road, it is both quick and easy to get to from the UK. And of course, the great city of Paris itself is within easy reach for a day trip or a night out. Just a 35-minute ride in the RER (which has a station right in the middle of Disneyland Resort Paris) lands you slap bang in the centre of Paris.

And locally, there is great value shopping at the supermarkets and the newly opened Val de Europe Outlet Shopping Village. Of course, France is renowned for its restaurants, and there are some excellent local restaurants in the vicinity of the Resort if you want to experience 'real France'.

Disneyland Resort Paris really is the best short break destination in the World!

• two fantastic theme parks in Disneyland Park, and Walt Disney Studios Park
• seven uniquely themed hotels ranging from the value category to the deluxe
• Disney Village; the shopping, eating and night time entertainment complex
• Disney Golf
• All the Disney hotels are within walking distance of the theme parks and Disney Village
• there are shuttle busses between the hotels and the parks (10-20 minutes)
• there are also a selection of hotels in the Resort which are not operated by Disney, but which have great themes and service

Disneyland Park

Disneyland Park comprises five imaginary lands in which all the family will find something new and magical to see and do and where the message is; your dreams really can come true!

Main Street USA is an enchanting entrance to the park and portrays turn of the century Americana complete with quaint shops and boutiques, eateries, horse drawn street- cars and the Disneyland Railroad Station. The daily street parades are packed full of your favourite Disney characters and when the night falls fireworks light up the sky as Tinker Bell takes flight with her magic fairy dust.

Fantasyland is the ideal place for youngsters. Visit Alice's curious labyrinth and find surprises at every turn - but don't lose your head! Join singing children from around the world in It's a Small World, Turn and twist on the Mad Hatters Tea Cups. Or enjoy a ride on Dumbo the Flying Elephant, or Peter Pan's Flight over London.

Adventureland is for explorers and lovers of far away exotic lands featuring great attractions such as Pirates of the Caribbean and Indiana Jones™ and the Temple of Peril. Sleeping Beauty's castle is the gateway to Fantasyland which is a fairly tale world especially popular with younger children who can escape on Peter Pan's Flight to Never Never Land, ride the Mad Hatters Tea Cups or experience Le Voyages de Pinocchio.

In Discoveryland a host of futuristic sensations await including Honey I Shrunk the Audience, Star Tours and the amazing Space Mountain: Mission 2, which is a fantastic ride if you like 'upside down'. It is possibly the smoothest roller coaster type ride in the world!

Frontierland brings back to life all the excitement and romance of the legendary Wild West with Mississippi style paddle steamers, the brilliant Big Thunder Mountain runaway train ride and some great country food at the Cowboy Cookout Barbecue.

Walt Disney Studios Park

This spectacular new park takes you behind the scenes of cinema, animation and television and let's your imagination run wild with a host of great attractions! It is smaller than Disneyland Park, and is set in four distinct zones: Frontlot Production Courtyard Animation and Courtyard Backlot. You will be mixing with Tinsel Town's finest, getting 'behind the scenes' insights into the latest blockbusters, seeing your favourite animated characters burst into life and wishing that you, yourself were in the pictures; wait a minute – you are! The fabulous attractions can find you on Flying Carpets over Agrabah, surviving meteor showers in Armageddon Special Effects, and on the fastest musical ever made in Rock 'n' Roller Coaster starring Aerosmith. There is also a great selection of restaurants and cafes to enjoy.

Disney Village

This place is great, and another well kept secret from Disney! It is becoming quite a place to visit from Paris, so you get quite a few locals in the evenings. Restaurants, shops, bars and clubs from the four corners of the world: live concerts, cinemas, street artists and Lake Disney with its romantic walks. All this and more makes the Disney Village a unique entertainment centre in Europe and one simply not to be missed. Right around the clock from breakfast time until the small hours of the morning you'll find excitement and fun. The excellent range of restaurants includes Planet Hollywood, the Rainforest Café and Café Mickey, while shoppers will find plenty to entice at a selection of stores such as the Disney Store, World of Toys and the Buffalo Trading Company. There's live music at Billy Bob's Country Western Saloon, vinyl hits from the 50's to the 70's at Rock'n Roll America and all the hits of today and yesterday 'til dawn at the Hurricane Nightclub.

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show is a dinner show spectacular evening of action-packed fun and excitement bringing the west alive with Buffalo Bill Cody, Sitting Bull, Annie Oakley and a supporting cast of cowboys, broncos, bison and longhorn steer!