City break in Oklahoma City. Active leisure ideas for Oklahoma City - attractions, recreation and nightlife

Oklahoma-City is a real entertaining paradise offering its guests amusements meeting each taste, fancy and budget. Tourists traveling with kids will love to visit the Oklahoma City Zoo. The guests of the park will meet lazy elephants and clumsy rhinoceroses, severe tigers and bright parrots. The territory of the park is equipped with a large fun area for kids featuring different attractions and playing grounds. After the open air observation tour among enclosures the park visitors may relocate to the great reptile houses.

The Frontier City amusement park can justly be called the most popular and heavily visited park of the city. The park is a scale entertaining center featuring roundabouts, fountains, slides and sport grounds as well as rest zones equipped with lounge chairs and sun protecting umbrellas. The youngest visitors of the park may try various attractions in full play, ride a kids tram and try and taste sweet specialities of one of the local coffee houses after walking through the scenic area of the park.

Open air leisure enthusiasts will be greatly surprised with plenty of majestic parks and gardens of Oklahoma-City. The Myriad Botanical Gardens are well worth visiting as the place presents a vast collection of exotic plants and flowers. One of the gardens presents a collection of cacti which are of ultimate beauty in the blossom. The gardens feature as well a separate zone presenting vast collections of medical herbs and ornamental plants. Apart from beautiful plants and flowers the gardens feature as well stunning statuary groups which add specific charm to the atmosphere of place and enhance the aesthetic pleasure of the tour. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

The Martin Park Nature Center park will be a perfect place for hiking. The park features not only plenty of flowers and beautiful plants but various inhabitants as well. Tourists will find a small pond in the heart of the park which is home to turtles. During the hiking the park guests will meet frogs and lizards as well as numerous birds. The Earlywine park will be of great interest for active leisure enthusiasts. The park locates a popular aqua-center. During the warm season its visitors may enjoy an open air swimming pool and spacious terraces for sun bathing.

Night entertainment fans will not be disappointed with the vastest choice of night amusements offered in Oklahoma-City. Among numerous night entertainment establishments the McFinns pub is best worth attention. The pub is always filled with pleasing music and the best treats will add to the pleasure and comfort of its visitors. The Park and Coyote Ugly Saloon night clubs are as well of great popularity among local folks and the Partners dance floor is the most in demand dancing spot of the city.

The city also has some excellent golf centers, and Lake Hefner Golf Course and Lincoln Park Golf Course are considered the best ones. Well-groomed lawns, picturesque views, perfectly organized game conditions - these are perhaps the main advantages of both golf clubs. For those who want to experience the mini version of the game, it is worthwhile to mention Topgolf Club where all conditions are created for an enjoyable game. Right on the Oklahoma River embankment, there is a place of attraction for many tourists, in particular children. This is Wheeler Ferris Wheel, which gives not only feeling of an adrenaline buzz but also wonderful views of the city, the river, and the surrounding area.

Those who wish to jump with a parachute but are not yet ready for some reason can experience indoor parachuting in iFLY Indoor Skydiving. The good news is that small tourists can have fun too, as there are no age restrictions for such sport here. When it comes to climbing gyms, the most popular ones are Climb UP OKC and Threshold where, besides indoor climbing walls, there is are fitness rooms and spa. As is the case with indoor parachuting, everyone is welcome, regardless of age.

Bad Ax Throwing is another great entertainment center where you can have a great time, especially if you come in the company of friends. Ax Throwing is one of the Americans' favorite sports, and you'll surely understand why if you try this fun activity. Well, if you'd rather have fun shooting airguns, the right clubs for you are H&H Shooting Sports or Big Boys Guns and Ammo. Fans of sports often gather at the Chesapeake Energy Arena that regularly hosts major basketball matches. Music concerts are sometimes held here too - in any case, be sure to check upcoming events so as not to miss an interesting one.

Gamblers will be pleased too: especially for them, the city has Remington Park Hippodrome where you can bet on a favorite horse. You will surely love this place if you like watching these graceful animals. One should not miss such a center as White Water Bay - here you can find swimming pools to suit every taste and age, water attractions of various types (including extreme ones), and a great sunbathing area. Clean and well-groomed facilities are another advantage of the water park for which many people consider it to be one of the best centers of its kind.

Oklahoma City has some great theaters and art cafes where you can enjoy yourselves watching great performances. Some of the best cultural institutions are Max's Magic Theater, The Criterion. Fans of comedy shows should head to The Loony Bin, and those wishing to enjoy a strong drink listening to classical music are welcome to Malarkey's Dueling Piano Bar. For quality rest, people go to excellent Oklahoma City spas, the best among which are Sweet Mimosa and Simple Elegance.

Escape room clubs are very popular with tourists and locals, and Sixth Sense and The Escape OKC stand out among others. The first center offers to save Christmas, to escape from prison or to get honestly won money from a casino that does not want to give it back. Visitors to The Escape OKC will have a chance to expose a powerful corporation, save the city from a poison released by a mad scientist, or find a spy among agents. Participants need to solve the problem in 60 minutes, during which they will have to deal with interesting puzzles. Of course, it is recommended to play with a family or friends.