Visit a fab future now

France's Futuroscope park is a stunning collection of buildings containing fabulous, interactive visions of the future, writes Conor Power.

The Kinemax building at the Futuroscope park.

For many years, people of all age groups and nationalities had been telling me how wonderful France's Futuroscope was.

When you asked them if it was worth visiting, they would invariably nod their heads, solemnly proclaiming it to be one of the best things they had ever visited.

But when you asked them to explain it, their case appeared to sag a little. It seemed to be a sort-of kind-of sort-of place where ...