… and play me the song of death – in Tabernas !

If you loved western movies in your youth,
should also visit a real western town.

In the 1960s, Sergio Leone originally had fourteen western towns built in Tabernas (in the only desert in Europe near Almeria), three of which can still be visited for an entrance fee.

The best known is “Fort Bravo”.

Then there are “Oasys Mini Hollywood” and “Western Leone”.

Please do not confuse these places with the modern amusement parks.

In Tabernas, everything is a “real” replica of Hollywood:

All the buildings are set in a fantastic desert landscape.

You can see the railroad tracks that lead to “Sweetwater” or the archway under which “Harmonica” had to play for his life.

This is where Sergio Leone and other directors made many actors into “heroes and legends”.

For example, Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda, Clint Eastwood and Peter O’Toole.

Films such as “Laurence of Arabia”, “Indiana Jones”, Bullie Herbig’s “The Shoe of Manitou” & scenes for “Games of Thrones” were shot here & of course almost all Western classics.

Fort Bravo offers:

A show in the saloon: with can-can, light girls, cowboys & the sheriff. Whiskey, brawls & shoot-outs.

The can-can girls are also the “girls” who stand behind the bar before and after the show and also sell souvenirs in the merchandising store.

Show no. 2 is an outdoor show with cowboys, horses and wild gunfights.
Just like in the “Wild West”, there are no paved roads here.

There is a lot of dust. The cowboys are busy with the horses all day – between the shows you can book carriage rides or ride horses through the western town.

All of this is supervised by the show team. So you can imagine that these are not just “artists or professionals” for a show.

It is definitely entertaining, there is even a bit of comedy on offer. Here you don’t sit on stages – here you sit and stand in the middle of the action – pure adventure.