- Address: Carrer Manuela de los Herreros i Sorà, 21, 07610 Palma, Illes Balears, Spain
- Phone: +34 902 70 29 02
- Opening hours: Opening hours today • 9: 30-18: 30 (vary depending on the season)
Palma de Mallorca is just teeming with attractions - not to mention the magnificent beaches , which simply do not want to leave and because of which many tourists refuse to view the sights. However, on the island there is still one place, from the visit of which it is simply impossible to resist! This is the aquarium of Palma de Mallorca. More correctly, even call it an oceanarium - it consists of 55 aquariums, home to more than 8,000 different marine creatures.
The Palma de Mallorca aquarium was built in 2007, and over the years of its existence it has repeatedly become the owner of the title "The Best Aquarium in Europe".
Palma aquarium is also one of the largest in Europe: its total area is more than 41 thousand m & sup2, the area of premises is more than 12 thousand m & sup2. The length of the excursion route is 900 meters; The tour lasts about 4 hours.
Here is the deepest (with a depth of 8.5 meters) aquarium in Europe - its inhabitants are sharks.
How is the aquarium organized?
Palma aquatium (Mallorca) - an open area, designed as a jungle, along which you can walk among the lush vegetation and admire the waterfalls. The very premises with aquariums are located around.
The oceanarium in Mallorca is divided into thematic zones:
- Mediterranean area includes 24 closed + 1 outdoor aquarium; Here you can get acquainted with the inhabitants of the Mediterranean and even touch the sea cucumber and sea urchin;
- zone of tropical seas - contains 25 aquariums with inhabitants of all (except the Arctic) oceans;
- tropical forest - it is reproduced directly on the roof of the complex; this is also one of the largest tropical gardens in Europe, arranged on the roof;
- botanical garden - a zone where there are swimming pools with turtles, rays, freshwater doradas; the most favorite place for children in the aquarium - not least thanks to the pirate ship installed here;
- an aquarium with jellyfish.
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How to get there and when to visit?
If you came to the island as part of an excursion group, most likely your program will include a visit to the oceanarium; for those who wish to visit the Aquarium of Palma de Mallorca on their own, we will tell you how to get there the fastest: you should take the bus route 15, 23, 25 or 28 and get off at the Aquarium stop.
The address, which is the oceanarium of Palma de Mallorca - calle Manuela de los Herreros i Sora, 21. It is in the city limits, however it will take quite a long time to get there, since it is located right behind the airport.
Visit will cost an adult at 24 euros; Children under 3 years visit the oceanarium for free, and a ticket for children over 3, but under 12 years, will cost 14 euros.
The Palma de Mallorca aquarium operates year-round and without days off; the opening is at 9:30; closing in the summer - from April 1 to October 31 - at 18-30, in the winter - at 17-30. The last entry takes place one and a half hours before the closing of the aquarium.
Interesting Facts
- from 15-00 to 16-00 - the time of feeding the inhabitants of the aquarium; at this time there is an influx of visitors with children;
- experts of the oceanarium are engaged in the problem of coral reef restoration;
- Palma aquarium is the author of the initiative to protect bluefin tuna;
- the world's largest collection of corals belongs to the aquarium;
- The aquarium provides an opportunity for visitors to try themselves as a diver;
- in the aquarium they often celebrate weddings.
Another attraction, the visit of which is admired with delight by children, are the Cave of the Dragon in Mallorca.