Oasys MiniHollywood — Tabernas
Carlo Simi, for Sergio Leone’s For a Few Dollars More · 1965 · off the N-340, near Tabernas, Almería
Photo: CarlosVdeHabsburgo / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), taken 27 April 2022, as published in Street Art Utopia; full photo.
Oasys MiniHollywood is a western town in the Tabernas desert that Carlo Simi designed for Sergio Leone’s For a Few Dollars More in 1965. It was used again for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and is now a western theme park with daily stunt shows; in March 2026 its owner, the Senator group, announced a plan to invest about €20 million by 2031. Source Source Source Checked
Standing Mar 2026: Alicante Today reported on 25 March 2026 the owner’s plan to turn the park into a year-round destination, and the park’s own site lists a western show in its programme for the 12 August 2026 eclipse. Source Source Reported
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💡 4 things to know
- Built as El PasoA location blog says the set was built as the town of El Paso for For a Few Dollars More, designed by Carlo Simi, with work starting at the end of May 1965. Source Reported
- Bought by the extrasAfter The Good, the Bad and the Ugly was filmed, the extras bought the set and ran it as a tourist attraction, according to Wikipedia and ESdiario. Source Reported
- From El Fraile to Hoteles PlayaThe Spain Film Commission says it was first called Poblado El Fraile after owner Alfredo Fraile, and Hoteles Playa took it over for tourism in the early eighties. Source Reported
- A €20 million planIn March 2026 Alicante Today reported that owner Senator group plans to invest around €20 million by 2031, including a western-themed hotel. Source Reported
📍 Where it is
Off the 364 km mark of the N-340 road, near Tabernas, Almería Source Checked
Opens a map at Oasys MiniHollywood on the N-340 near Tabernas.
🗓️ Sightings
- 1965May
Construction of the El Paso set begins for For a Few Dollars More
- 20204 Oct
Photo of the park entrance
- 202227 Apr
Photo of the saloon
- 20247 Sep
Visit report with the noon stunt show · ESdiario
- 202625 Mar
€20 million master plan to 2031 reported · Alicante Today
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🗞️ In the sources
Hollywood está más cerca de lo que piensas: Almería, la otra meca del cine
“los extras que participaron en el rodaje decidieron comprar el decorado y publicitarlo como una atracción turística”
The film's extras decided to buy the set and promote it as a tourist attraction.
MiniHollywood in Tabernas set for €20 million transformation into a year round destination
“planning to invest around €20 million by 2031”
✅ The facts
- First name
- Poblado El Fraile (Spain Film Commission) or Yucca City (Wikipedia); we lean to the Spain Film Commission, which names the owner it was called after Source Conflicting
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All sources & image credits
- en.wikipedia.org — Mini Hollywood
- westernsallitaliana.blogspot.com — spaghetti-western-location-oasys-mini.html
- Alicante Today — MiniHollywood in Tabernas set for €20 million transformation into a year round destination (25 March 2026)
- minihollywoodoasys.com — solar-eclipse-in-almeria
- ESdiario — Hollywood está más cerca de lo que piensas: Almería, la otra meca del cine (7 September 2024)
- spainfilmcommission.com — en
- commons.wikimedia.org — File:Oasys MiniHollywood 20201004.jpg
- commons.wikimedia.org — File:Saloon (Mini Hollywood).jpg
- Hero image: Photo: CarlosVdeHabsburgo / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), taken 27 April 2022, as published in Street Art Utopia; the share image is a 16:9 version of it.
- More photos: Ismael Olea / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0), 2020.
- More photos: CarlosVdeHabsburgo / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), 2022.
Last checked: 11 November 2026 · How we verify art