Things You Must Do In...Poitiers ; Poitiers Is the Back to the Future Destination. This Ancient City with Roman Roots Is Where a Famous Feisty Queen of England Once Ruled France. Now It Looks Forward Millions of Years, in One of Europe's Most Exciting Theme Parks. Gareth Huw Davies Took the Fast Train to the Heart of France. Here Is His Must-Do List.

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FUTUROSCOPE (www.futuroscope.com), just outside Poitiers, is France's main theme park after Disneyland Paris. Most of the attractions are high-octane film shows in a dozen strangely shaped, futuristic buildings. The French word for these presentations is seance, and you certainly do cross to the other side in terms of experience.

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Things You Must Do In...Poitiers ; Poitiers Is the Back to the Future Destination. This Ancient City with Roman Roots Is Where a Famous Feisty Queen of England Once Ruled France. Now It Looks Forward Millions of Years, in One of Europe's Most Exciting Theme Parks. Gareth Huw Davies Took the Fast Train to the Heart of France. Here Is His Must-Do List.

The screens are vast. You wear 3-D glasses and other sensory devices. Clever hydraulics make your seat lurch crazily in time with the action. All of which convinces the brain you really are flying down the Nile, or...

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