A REAL-LIFE winter wonderland has opened just down the road in Windsor’s Great Park.
The annual award-winning illuminations is back.
Running until Monday, January 2, the light trail has a host of new installations and some firm favourites, all in the confines of Windsor Great Park.
The mythical-themed trail features a breathtaking lifelike Pegasus, as well as griffins, dragons and other creatures all amongst the ‘Enchanted Wood’ in the trees.
The folkloric thread extends to the Obelisk Pond with Myths on the Lake – a spectacular new projection show over the water.
The Obelisk Pond is also home to a series of 15-metre tall Dancing Fountains, while elsewhere along the trail additional new displays include a majestic crown, befitting the Windsor Great Park location, magical Swirl Pools and a Spira-light Forest of stylised, glowing Christmas trees.
Back by popular demand, the dreamlike laser scape ‘Laser Symphony’ lights up the woodland and the much-loved fairies have made a welcome return with the popular Fairy Disco, as well as Sparkle Step’s Cottage which, with its mischievous sprite storyline, is captivating children and adults alike.
Rounding off the perfect evening out, a selection of mouth-watering street food is on offer at cosy rest spots throughout the trail. With loaded chips from Naked Chips, crepes from The Crepe Stop and hot drinks from Drip & Drive to name a few, as well as plenty of perennial crowd-pleasing marshmallows that can be toasted at specially designed fire pits.
New for this year is The Windsor Tavern, an Alpine-style bar for people to gather over a mulled wine or nice warming hot chocolate, and where, on select dates, singer/guitarist Joey Oscar Bradick will be playing uplifting acoustic sets between 6.30pm and 9pm..
Organisers say this year’s Windsor Great Park Illuminated is more magical than ever, the perfect evening out with family and friends, where long-lasting festive memories will be made.
Popular dates sell out quickly and advance booking is strongly recommended to secure the day and time of your choice.
It is open every day apart from Christmas Day, between 4.30pm and 10.30pm, with last entry 8pm.
For more details, or to book, log on to: www.windsorilluminated.com
