Description:
One of the most impressive testimonials to sea life anywhere opened in 1996, in Barcelona's Port Vell, a 10-minute walk from the bottom of La Rambla. The largest aquarium in Europe, it contains 21 glass tanks positioned along either side of a wide, curving corridor. Each tank depicts a different marine habitat, with emphasis on everything from multicolored fish and corals to seagoing worms to sharks. The highlight is a huge "oceanarium" representative of the Mediterranean as a self-sustaining ecosystem. You view it from the inside of a glass-roofed, glass-sided tunnel that runs along its entire length, making fish, eels, and sharks appear to swim around you. Kids can let off some steam in the Explora section, a collection of touchy-feely educational exhibits on Catalonia's Costa Brava and Ebro Delta.
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Awards:
Frommer's
- Highly Recommended 2009
- Highly Recommended 2010
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Contact:
- visit website
- tel: 93-221-74-74
- fax: +34 93 221 9226
- send email
Address:
- Moll d'Espanya del Port Vell
- Moll d'Espanya-Port Vell
- Barcelona 08039
Neighborhood:
Port VellHours:
- July-Aug daily 9:30am-11pm; Sept-June Mon-Fri 9:30am-9pm, Sat-Sun 9:30am-9:30pm
Strenuousness:
- No Sweat
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