HIVE: The 1st Summer Park in Thasos Island
Have you been visiting Thasos Island and there was no adrenaline and fun option? Are you ready to visit the first Summer Park in Thasos? The brand-new HIVE Summer Park is waiting for you next to Blue Dream Palace Hotel!
The design approach of “HIVE” provides the ability to children to play on their own, along with their parents and/or under the presence of animateurs/trainers. Adrenaline, leisure, splash fun, athletics are all combined in one park.
Starting this summer, visitors can enjoy the exciting body waterslides as many times as they wish. They can try the Body Slide, the Wide Slide, the
Aquatube, whereas the bolder ones can enjoy the Tunnel Freefall. Postscript: A unique lighteffect experience surprise awaits visitors inside the Aquatube.
The younger guests can run into the Spray HIVE World, inside three zero-level connected pools. Magic time; the countdown before the bucket turn!
The most thrilling and beloved element of our little friends is there! Children may run under the four spray arcs, compete in a “water war” using the spray guns, get fresh under the Flowers Bucket and the Bucket Trees, or just enjoy the smaller spray toys, like knobs and dino.
Children who are under the height limit of using waterslides, may try the best-seller Octopus Slide inside a 30cm depth pool. There is also a provision for the ones that want to chill; next to the pool with Octopus, they can swim in the “Relaxation Hive”.
Right next to this amazing waterpark, there is a new playground area of around 300sq.m including a custom Terrano structure. Little visitors can enjoy low rope course, climbing, crawling, balancing and so on, or just enjoying the hammock. For a more holistic experience, combining play, sports, learning and therapy, children may try the two trampolines which offer pleasant fall and landing behavior.
What is the most exciting? That this playground structure is just part of phase a…a Jupiter of 4.60m height will be connected through a transition bridge right before season 2024 opening!
Sport lovers may explore the multicourt playing either tennis, volleyball, or basketball.
“From the beginning, our concept was to create an integrated water play, dry play, sports and leisure area. A place that would be attracting to our hotel guests and visitors in Thasos by combining various activities for all ages. Elite areas has managed to surpass expectations and the feedback received is making us proud of the HIVE.”
Fylaktos Daoutis, CEO of D Hotels
Location: Trypiti Beach, Thasos
Realization: May 2023
Products by: Berliner Seilfabrik, Mai Waterparks
Installation by: Waveast
Multicourt: Stivos
Project Curators: Elite Areas
- Published in berliner, MaiWaterparks
Lyttopia: An exclusive playground for an exclusive hotel
In Lyttos Beach Hotel and Lyttos Mare Exclusive Beach Resort, two 5-star exclusive family resorts located at Hersonissos that are part of the S Resorts Group hotel chain, guests can take advantage of the sporting and family-friendly offers on more than 20 hectares and escape the stress of everyday life.
As an additional offer for the children, there was a wish for a spacious play area. Three tennis courts in a 1,800 m² area were reconstructed for the new “Lyttopia”.
The newly created area includes a sheltered seating area with a bar and snacks for the little ones, a music garden with percussion instruments, as well as mini golf courses and a 900 m² playground. Client’s desire was to design a playground facility that would be a benchmark for playground facilities in the hotel industry.
Therefore, there was a selection of very high and impressive rope structures, also acting as an attraction beacon, in combination with smaller ones. By this, the play structures are utilized by different age groups, and it is easy to achieve high-simultaneous capacity.
The design approach of “Lyttopia” provides the ability to children to play on their own, along with their parents and/or under the presence of animateurs.
“This new area is being built near the water park and the entrance and should create a wow effect for those arriving”
Pantelis Sapounakis, CEO of S Resorts
“The playground is amazing! Very spacious and colourful!”
Tatiana Orfanoudaki, TUI
“A colorful world for the little ones in the family!”
Maria Gkouma, Der Touristik
Location: Lyttos Beach, Hersonissos, Crete
Realization: April 2022
Products by: Berliner Seilfabrik, Percussion Play, MiniGolf35
Construction: Tsirogiannis Construction Company
Michael Vizirakis
- Published in berliner, mini-golf, percussion-play
It’s fun and fundamental!
“As a teacher and a new mum when I first saw our new school’s playground, I had two thoughts. The first one was that: ‘Hmm… It might be risky for my students…’ (but – as an IB school we like growing risk takers students). The second one was that ‘How would I like to jump in and play like a kid’. Αnd so I did! And so did my fellow teachers!
After the first test we couldn’t wait for our students’ reactions! And yes! The kids absolutely loved their new school’s playground! All this time all the teachers at International School of Piraeus have been convinced about all the benefits of the Ropeland playground.
It’s a fact that rope play is excellent for the development of motor skills, muscles development and improvement of balancing skills of the students. Rope play also has significant social interaction benefits for children. While playing on a rope structure, children often play near others using the playground and practice their teamwork skills.
Children learn to take turns and work with others, especially when navigating around the playground and sharing the same space as other children. It’s obvious that through this kind of play students do their physical activity, that these days has been decreased due to the new virtual world we live in, full of screens and social media that undermine our health. They also strengthen their muscles and build their endurance and stamina.
Our students with sensory issues have gained play value from the interaction of rope and the feel of its’ coarseness. Another strength of this type of equipment lies on the motor challenge that they pose. For instance, children with ADD or ADHD benefit from the need to concentrate on their movements. At the same time, they can blow off steam by using their whole body.
Many times, we transfer our lesson inside the playground to make our activities more fun and engaging for our students. When our students are calm and happy, they foster better relationships, positively affecting both their mental and physical health.
Finally, our Ropeland playground is a great chance to have fun as well, allowing them to create memories and build a stronger bond with their classmates. Yes, that’s the greatest way to socialize!
We saw our students feel a sense of dominance, achievement, self – confidence and independence. They have gained more control over their legs and arms, so they have been prepared to deal with more difficult and complex challenges in their everyday lives.”
Chrysoula Vasileiadou IB Teacher, International School of Piraeus
Location: ISP, Piraeus, Greece
Realization: September 2021
Products by: Ropeland
- Published in Ropeland