Camera Obscura and World of Illusions
Five floors of optical tricks, a mirror maze and a Victorian camera obscura at the top.
The camera obscura itself is a live, moving picture of the city projected onto a table, and the guides make it a show. The floors below are holograms, illusions and a vortex tunnel that children queue to go through again. Indoors, next to the castle, and ticketed; book for the weekend.
When it works
Indoors, so the weather does not matter. Best morning, afternoon, evening.
Good for kids, groups and a date.
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