Once upon a time... — A king! — my little readers will immediately say. No, kids, you are wrong. Once upon a time there was a piece of wood. Everyone probably knows that this is the beginning of The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Lorenzini (Florence, 1826 — 1890), better known under the pseudonym of Carlo Collodi. The adventures of the wooden puppet, eventually transformed into a child of flesh and bones thanks to the blue fairy, are in fact retraced through stages with bronze and steel sculptures made by great artists of the Twentieth century. Surrounded by vegetation, these works bring back to mind the most salient episodes of the story and, if some episode escapes memory, an innovative QR code system gives you the opportunity to listen to the pieces of the original text corresponding to each statue, read by the voices of Pinocchio and the characters he gradually encounters in his life path. The Park mostly attracts families with children and every year is a destination for educational trips, but among the more than seven million visitors from all over the world who have crossed it many are passionate about contemporary art and twentieth century architecture and landscape, since the sculptural works that compose it are of significant interest in the contemporary art scene. In fact, it could be called a true open-air museum, because the sculptures trace a fantastic path between flowers and vegetation, inviting visitors to continue on their journey through the famous story of the wooden puppet and to meet all the various characters with whom Pinocchio found himself to dialogue.

Together for more than 100 years. Visiting the Pinocchio Park is a unique experience of its kind, an experiential reinterpretation of The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. A journey into the world of fantasy with games, workshops, shows and events, in a context rich in art and history, where the two Adventure Paths will make the kinds feel breathtaking emotions.
With millions of visitors, from Italy and abroad, the Pinocchio Park is a park for families with children who love the wooden puppet, the most famous Italian character in the world! This theme park is also a destination for contemporary art and twentieth century architecture and landscape ‘lovers.
You can find us in Collodi, in the town that the author of the novel linked to his memories as a child, in the municipality of Pescia (PT) in Tuscany. Come to the world of Pinocchio! You will find the ancient village, the Park where you can live thousand adventures, the wonderful Garden populated by mythological statues and curious animals housed in the House of Butterflies. The Park is built as a surprise path: it begins with two works that condense the meaning of Pinocchio's history: the monument called 'Pinocchio e la Fata' by Emilio Greco and the Piazzetta dei Mosaici di Venturino Venturi.
It is a route in stages, with sculptures, buildings and arrangement of the greenery where the adult and the child interact together to evoke the Adventures of Pinocchio, through the works of great artists of the Twentieth century, like the sculptures of Pietro Consagra up to the Great Pescecane of Zanuso.
We bet you can't remember many characters and episodes! If so... why not re-read The Adventures of Pinocchio once you get home?

'Play and Learn' workshops, in the most suitable ways for the age of the participants offer activities of painting, decoration, construction of masks or puppets with cardboard, etc. The Geppetto's games is an area of wood structures where you can unleash! The ancient rides, free for children, built before 1950, restored and made functional again, retain their original structure and all the poetry, freshness, ingenuity of entertainments like in the old days. A real travel to the Land of the Toys! You can try the makeup stand for children where you can become one of the characters of the novel. The puppet theatre presents the old and new adventures of Pinocchio with the help of puppets that look out from the curtain. There is also the Game of the Goose of Pinocchio, made with ceramic tiles hand-painted by Eugenio Taccini: a traditional redesigned fun, where you can get personally involved as pawns or turn the wheel that assigns the scores... but be careful not to end up on the Assassins box!

Two adventure routes: 'Fly on the River' and 'The privateer ship' In the Pinocchio Park. In Collodi you will find the Adventure Route - Pinocchio Adventure with the stretch 'Fly on the River' and the section 'The privateer ship'. From one bank to the other of the River... first you will fly on a Tibetan bridge, then you will pass from one tree to another on axes of balance, through a barrel and then on logs and boards in a crescendo of difficulty that will end with the return to the Park with an exciting Tyrolean, suspended in the void above the river! And then on the privateer Ship between the flagpoles of an imaginary sailing ship over bridges that would make the Pirates shake! The young visitors of the Park can have fun with the two routes in maximum safety, harmed and supported by a continuous steel cable that eliminates any risk. The Adventure Route is included in the ticket price for all visitors older than 5 years and with a height between 1 meter and 1 and a half meters.