Aquarium Barcelona

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Aquarium Barcelona is an aquarium located in Port Vell, a harbor in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

The 35 aquariums at the facility are home to 11,000 animals representing 450 species. The aquarium contains a total of 5,000,000 l (1,300,000 US gal). This includes an ocean tank for sharks, rays and other large fish, which is 36 m (118 ft) in diameter, 5 m (16 ft) deep, contains 3,700,000 l (980,000 US gal) of water and has a 80-meter (260 ft) underwater tunnel. The Aquarium of Barcelona is part of the Aspro Parks.

The aquarium is a member of the Iberian Association of Zoos and Aquaria (AIZA).

The Barcelona Aquarium (Catalan: Aquàrium Barcelona) is an aquarium located in Barcelona, Catalonia.

It is placed in the Port Vell and has 35 different aquariums, 11.000 animals of 450 different species and an underwater tunnel of 80 meters. The aquarium is part of the Aspro Group. It has a good collection of fresh-water sharks. Even got a glimpse of penguins. A couple of very rare species of sea-horses are there too. These species could mimic and hoodwink predators among the maritime flora in order to save themselves.

Official website: http://www.aquariumbcn.com/AQUARIUM/index.php?wlang=en

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26.07.2021 Sasi
I visited the place with my wife and her parents. In my opinion its a place for kids to enjoy, we did not find that exiting. And the Aquarium is quite small given the touristic advertisement it has. However I would recommend this place if you have kids, they will love it.
26.07.2021 Nathan
The underwater tunnel was a lovely experience and that was very much the highlight. Perhaps it's a little dated, but I would like to see more information about conservation perhaps?

There are way more things you could do with your €20 if you're just visiting the city.
26.07.2021 Carolin
The animals seem reasonably taken care of - as far as I can judge. But the tanks are small for the big fish and an aquarium with this many visitors should be more dedicated to preservation! "Awareness" is pushed into the farthest, smallest corner.
Do the fish a favour, take the 20€ and donate them to a worthy cause.
26.07.2021 Wayne
A great place and easy to get to. Lots of exhibits in a relatively small area covering shallow waters to deep ocean. At the end, you can squeeze into the mouth of a (model) whale to see jellyfish exhibits
26.07.2021 tami
This is overall a nice place but it did make me quite sad as a few of the creatures look injured and unhealthy, the penguins are in a completely unsuitable environment and was really sad to see the poor thing stuck there, they're 'tank' was filthy as were many throughout the place. The Sharks looked unwell, there are humpbacks then there's them :( and many with cuts and looking ill and the cafe and drinks here are ridiculously overpriced, 9€ for a chicken burger! And 3.50€ for a small water. Did not purchase food from here. But there was a variety of fish and the sea tunnel was cool, but overall a short and not great experience.
26.07.2021 Marta
Fun place to take your children. Educational part of the museum is interesting for adults too -led map of the Earths tectonic plates, volcanos and ocean currents was fun. We enjoyed the jellyfish and the penguin feeding. Rare corrals and fish from the Great barrier reef.
25.07.2021 Agalakov
Like the beginning of the aquarium is not bad. The scope is not too bad but very little. But the 2nd floor is a gesture.... penguins is sadness... if you ribofl like... and so do you and miss I think Valencia is better. As if there was not 5 here is not really to put
25.07.2021 Anton
Really cool place, one of the must to visit! Regardless of age I am sure that you will not regret visiting this aquarium. There are discounts for children and seniors, as well discount coupons.
25.07.2021 Alena
Interesting place, but the collection is not much, and the underwater tunnel is not particularly impressive size.
25.07.2021 Omar
This place is an abomination to the human species. The fish are in such small tanks and, therefore, they look so dead its not even remotely amusing to watch. The tour is so short and quiet frankly useless. This place is made more for kids (and the only reason why you'd take your kids there is if you want them to grow up to be horrible little creatures who will manifest their lives in ruining the environment just like this aquarium is doing).
Do me a favor and take your kids to watch Finding Dory first before going to this place. Other than it being an amazing movie, maybe then they'll realize how horrible it is of an organization and their little innocent human heart will tell them to not go.
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