Shambhala
Shambhala: Expedición al Himalaya is a steel hypercoaster located at PortAventura Park in Salou and Vila-seca, Spain. Manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard, it was the tallest and second fastest roller coaster in Europe at the time of its opening.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Roller coaster
- Description: roller coaster
- Also known as: “Shambhala (roller coaster)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Silver River Flume and Furius Baco.
Silver River Flume
Log flume ride
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Silver River Flume is a log flume ride, which is situated 480 metres west of Shambhala.
Furius Baco
Roller coaster
Photo: PCG44, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Furius Baco is a hydraulically launched steel roller coaster located at PortAventura Park in the resort PortAventura World, Salou, Catalonia, Spain. Manufactured by Intamin, the ride opened on June 5, 2007 as the fastest roller coaster in Europe at 135.0 kilometres per hour, which the ride reaches in 3.5 seconds; this record has since been surpassed by Red Force at neighboring Ferrari Land. Furius Baco is situated 650 metres southwest of Shambhala.
Ferrari Land
Theme park
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Ferrari Land is a theme park, which is situated 1 km southwest of Shambhala.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Pineda and Punta del Porroc.
La Pineda
Suburb
La Pineda is a coastal resort which forms part of the municipality of Vila-seca in the province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain.
Punta del Porroc
Locality
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Punta del Porroc is a locality, which is situated 3 km southwest of Shambhala.
Vila-seca
Town
Photo: Tabalot, Public domain.
Vila-seca is a municipality of the comarca of Tarragonès, in the province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain. It has a population of 23,917. The historical name was Vila-seca de Solcina and since the 80's known as Vila-seca i Salou until Salou was segregated from Vila-seca on 1989, however the municipality includes the urban areas of La Plana and La Pineda. Vila-seca is situated 3 km northwest of Shambhala.
Shambhala
- Categories: hypercoaster, amusement ride, steel roller coaster, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Salou, Tarragona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.08846° or 41° 5′ 19″ northLongitude
1.16191° or 1° 9′ 43″ eastOpen location code
8FH335Q6+9QOpenStreetMap ID
way 366353435OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=roller_coasterOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q391332
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Shambhala” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Shambhala (errusiar mendia)”
- Basque: “Shambhala”
- Catalan: “Shambala”
- Catalan: “Shambhala, expedició a l’Himàlaia”
- Catalan: “Shambhala”
- Dutch: “Shambhala Expedicion al Himalaya”
- Dutch: “Shambhala Expedición al Himalaya”
- Dutch: “Shambhala”
- French: “Shambala”
- French: “Shambhala Expedición al Himalaya”
- French: “Shambhala”
- German: “Shambhala”
- Polish: “Shambhala: Expedición al Himalaya”
- Polish: “Shambhala”
- Spanish: “Shambala: Expedición al Himalaya”
- Spanish: “Shambhala (montaña rusa)”
- Spanish: “Shambhala”
- Swedish: “Shambhala”
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