passionate, it was his thing. But when he passed away, I’ve been left with it. What keeps me buoyant is the fact that people come here and have a good time, they say how much fun they’ve had. That’s the main thing, it unites families and brings people together. “We had a lady in her 80s who was here with her family, four generations of them. The rest of the family were ready to go and they sent Brian in to get her out of one of the mazes, so he went and found her, and she said, ‘well, I’m not ready to go, I’m having too much fun’. “If you can have an 80-year-old say they’re having too much fun, I think we’ve hit on something pretty special.”
place is one of those that you have to come and experience to really get what it’s about.” At its core, Tasmazia is built on joy, daring and the belief that dreams aren’t age restricted. It is more than a tourism icon, it is a place built on a moment in Paris, on handwritten letters crossing oceans, on the decision to say yes – to risk, to love, to possibility.
Just as much as it is a maze, it is a monument to choosing adventure. And in the words of countless families wandering its hedges, the real magic of Tasmazia is that, for a little while, it makes the world feel uncomplicated. “Brian had this dream to have a maze from the time he was eight, all because he’d seen a movie that had Laurel and Hardy in it,” Laura says. “At 54 he started. It’s never too late. When most people are thinking about retiring, he was just starting his next thing.” And if there is one thing Tasmazia represents, it’s the binding together of generations, laughter, and the courage to get lost on purpose.
Tasmazia has been on the market for several years, but Laura knows taking on such an iconic landmark isn’t for everyone. There is space and vision for further development, but it’s a site that a needs to be experienced before jumping in the deep end.
“There’s so much more potential here. But this
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