Groupalia Reviews

Aquarium was ok but nothing that gives you a vow effect. There are different places to visit that are more interesting.

Amazing place! I recommend it a lot. There are a lot of fish to see here! A bit pricey but totally worth it

Great Experience..
I would suggest to go early.. They have timings for feeding time of different species..

Fantastic aquarium! Aquarium diving option available, as well as undervater cage. Great underwater tunnel. Friendly, inquisitive manta rays.

Always fun and interesting to see and learn more of the world around us

Nice entertainment place for kids and adults. Spent there around 2 hours and price is reasonable (Jan 2019 20 per adult).
Many nice animals there. You can see there a lot of kinds of fishes, different sharks and even penguins. Plenty joyful moments.

Indeed, don't miss it! Excellent aquarium with the glass tunnel covered with water and the sharks and other fish wandering around and over you making it probably the best aquarium in Europe. It's even better than London Aquarium which is brilliant. General ticket costs 20 , but you can get a discount of 10% with hop-on hop-off tickets etc. Definitely a "must do" for everyone visiting Barcelona!

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.

Great place to visit when in Barcelona (even if it is to get out of the sun for a few hours), good location and easily accessible by public transportation. It might not be the most modern aquarium but our two daughters had a blast finding Nemo. There is also a good diversity in the amount of species and the backdrops of the enclosures are modelled with care as well. Routing through the aquarium itself could be better since we had difficulties finding the elevators and walked into the gift shop without even seeing the top floor.

Very nice aquarium but not very big. Enough stuff to do tho'.

We arrived around 10.30 am (30 min after opening). right after we passed the gates, we didn't know where to go. no signs or hints on how to plan your journey through this place. so we went up the stairs, we saw some fishes, some facts etc, then we went to the room with rays and penguins. we stayed there until 11.30, beacuse we knew, there will be penguings feeding (again no information about that on walls or anywhere - we've heard some communicate from speakers, also in English, but I didn't undserstand a word). so far everything was fine.
we left the penguins feeding little earlier, beacuse we didn't know where to go, and we wanted to see the sharks feeding at 12.00. so we went downstairs where we were forced to take some photography. then we quickly moved through some small aquariums/exhibitions (without looking at them or reading the information) and achieved the big aquarium with sharks, rays and other fishes. aaaaaand again - no information about "the feeding", no sign. and this event (shark feeding) is why we went there on Friday, instead of some other day, and why we came only 30 minutes after opening.
So... we've heard again some speakers communicate and again no understandable word. So we waited at the big aquarium from 11.50 till around 12.45. Nothing happened. so we decided to go to finish and then start again from the beginning to see all the staff that we've missed (because we were in hurry to see sharks feeding).
of course right after we left the area, a lady tried to sell us the photography from the very beginning and right after this, it was the point that I couldn't make it further. We wanted to go back downstairs again, but the line for the forced photography was so LONG, I said "I'm leaving. I'm not going to wait another 30-45 minuted to take photo I don't want.". And of course I was mad, beacuse I was hyped for the sharks feeding. :(((
Afterall, I was pretty disappointed - wanted to see a lot, didn't see much.

Love the tunnel where I can see sharks and other fishes swim over my head. Not a lot of penquins or variety of fish species though.

We read a lot of reviews about ppl feeling they were robbed of time because there was nothing to see and such a short visit. Nothing is far from the truth. I am glad we went...especially with our toddler. This place was fantastic and it blew his mind and ours. There are a lot of things people like us who have come from tropic and desert countries saw for the first time in our lives. We saw Sharks, manta rays and penguins. There are also a lot of activities for kids that can keep you at this place for 2 hours easily. We ate at their amazing restaurant and had the best Sangria we have ever had. They have that stuff on tap!! It was an amazing adventure and we will definitely recommend it.

This is a must visit place in Barcelona. I was initially reluctant due to the entry fee, but I felt it is worth a visit. You will have a feeling of standing in the ocean starring at those awesome and beautiful creatures :) Its is a great fun place for kids. Just loved the color, variety and beauty of the sea life. The collection is huge and is amazing to see.

Great place. It was faster then expected but amazing

Worth the visit! We had a great time. Very recommended if you have children with you!!!

Dont waste your money.
The aquarium in Dubai Mall is better that this one.
Everything they have is old, the staff is friendly but the building really needs an update.

great fun with kids. Sharks and octopuses are so close to visitors

Very cool aqarium with lots of big fish, like sharks, tuna and rays, jelly fish, moonfish (very rare) and even penguins. There are better value aquariums in Europe, eg Genoa or San Sebatian are probably better and maybe even cheaper. But if you are in the area and are looking for some sealife to look at, give it a visit. It was the first aquarium I ever visited and seeing sharks and all the other exotic fish was definitely an experience I will remember for a lifetime. It's on the expensive side for what it is, but so is everything in Barcelona.

This is a 3.5 star review really. It's a nice aquarium but the pressure to have your photo taken on the way in is really off-putting. Those staff (and the ones then trying to sell the photos at the end) were pretty much the only ones we saw all day. It's also a hard place to keep tabs on young children. Several of the play areas for little ones have low ceilings making it hard for adults to enter, and more than one exit that can't be seen at the same time, so it's super-easy to lose preschoolers. Our 1 year old also started trying to squeeze himself through this gap between the balustrade and the wall on a high balcony and I think he could have done it if we hadn't been close at hand. Overall a bit scary. But entertaining as long as you are on your toes and schedule something relaxing afterwards for parents to recover!

Well-maintained and diverse selection of sea- life. Geared mainly towards families - give yourself about an hour or so to explore it all.

Nice . The big tank is beautiful. Nice for kids. Pice is a bit high for the experience you get ... but nice to go see.

Quite typical aquarium but the "moving walkway" glass tunnel through the big shark tank is well worth seeing especially when the divers are in the tank to feed them

Perfect place to bring kids. The corals are amazing.

Highly recommend, cheap and cheerful great as a family day out or even a couples date

The family had half a day to kill before we had to fly to Rome and this aquarium was perfect.

The sharks and aquarium tunnel made for a great sight.

They had a little station where you can bottle feed koi which was fun for the whole family.

This is a great place to walk your kids through and get out of the hustle and heat! Nice clean aquarium!

It s nice place for kids. They have small area for playing and feeding koi.
But not so much attraction to join or learn.
Sometimes they have an event. So better to check their schedule first. If you are tourist and book some tourist bus, they will give you discount ticket for this aquarium.

Very nice place to spend a couple of hours with children.

Nice Aquarium. Not the largest I have seen, but it has penguins :)

Some great exhibits. Loved the baby cuttlefish and baby rays. I've never seen cuttlefish on display, let alone baby ones. Lots of rays on exhibit. We had a great time watching the rays eat. Afew disapointments: jellyfish exhibit was bad, no touch tanks and, worst of all, served straws at the restaurant. Plastic straws are so terrible for marine life. This type of place should be at the forefront of conservation and nearly every animal care facility in the US has done away with straws.

The aquarium was good. A little too short in my opinion, it took me and my girlfriend an hour at most to get through everything. A great place to bring your kids though

Very interesting place! Good for families with children.

Great experience of the underwater world! You enjoy the diversity of the marine life from all over the world...a must visit!

This place has a lot of small aquariums with many types of sea creatures. It was also a fun experience to go below the water to see the all the fish, sharks and other creatures. There is a small garden you can go in. The trip here lasted around 2 hours. I expected more as I have seen bigger aquariums other countries before.

Its a kind of sea life or sea world. It was very educating and fun ,you could even feed little fish with an bottle ,the prices match quality and very much good photo-oppertunities all in all a very nice experiance. The shark are awesome.

There s some nice fish to look at. Enough to keep the small kids entertained, but teenagers on up get pretty bored. Buy your tickets online and save yourself 30 minutes to an hour of waiting in line.

After having visited Chicago aquarium and other spectacular aquariums around the world, this one pales in comparison. My kids however did still love it.

It was the biggest aquarium I saw so your experience may differ. I liked it a lot. The offer is good and there is a lot of se creatures to see. The biggest tank is very impressive with all the sharks and rays swimming around. We didn't see the sunfish although it is suppose to be huge and we were very attentive so I would say they do not have it anymore. As others have said, it doesn't take you long to see all of the big tanks (it took us about 80 min) but there is other stuff to see like the manta ray pool and jellyfish cave which are both interesting. If you have kids there is a play are where they can interact with fish and play around water.

Always like an aquarium. This one very well done. Liked the moving pavements through the tunnels. And you can do the shark cage but I didn't!

It is a pretty big aquarium with plenty to see. From tropical fish, sharks and seahorses to Stingrays, jellyfish and penguins. It also has a nice cafeteria inside with good food at a decent price.

Very informative and well-kept aquarium; the biggest one in Europe. Turtles are missing; the rest is awesome! You can even dive with sharks.

It was good. Very interesting animals, sharks, stingrays, huge fish, seahorses, octopus, penguins, jellyfish, even frogs!
Kids would absolutely love it.
Little pricey for entry. 21 for one adult.
We took our time and spent about 2 hours here. So its not an 'all day' activity. But really cool to see!

I didn't like the smaller aquariums they have because i felt like the fish didn't have enough room or that in some cases it was overcrowded but the big one with the sharks was great.

Very nice... but a little bit expensive!!! For four person payed 80 !!

A good aquarium. Took about an hour to walk through and to see everything.

Good for children. Not very impressive. No special animals. But must be visited when in Barcelona.

Nice place to vizit when with family.
Should need a litle cleaning

Great aquarium but a bit pricey. With the same amount of money you can visit the zoo and spend more hours there. Our visit on the aquarium lasted one hour only.

Its nice, a bit small and pricey but has nice exhibitions and tanks. Does the trick for children

Experience of wild ocean world.
Different locations on Earth are here.
Great time to spend with children.
Feeding sharks and penguins process.

Amazing place! The best one I have visited so far. Its worth the 21 euros. I really recommend

Great place to visit with the whole family. Many exotic species inside well decorated aquarium tanks.

Interresting, nice tunnel, fish-feeding was a great experience, but the whole place design is a bit old-fashioned

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

It was a nice experience. Three stars are only because there was no clear reason of presenting the specific kinds of fish with the specific sequence(for example geographically), plus the description could be better. The part with the moving floor around the sharks was the best!

Amazing aquarium experience.
Very full Aquarian with a large range of aquatic life, very well arranged and accessible and very affordable.
Enjoyable for all ages.
Shop is well stocked and they have a cute little area for children.
Full cafe on site with meals and refreshments and a lovely facility for photos!
Would return

Beautiful space, remarkably calm given the large number of small children. Unfortunately, the aquarium is very, very small - takes less than an hour for 2 adults to slooowly cover the whole thing. I wouldn't mind this if the ticket price wasn't so high: 21 euros, same cost (minus 0.40 euro) as the much larger zoo.

Really cool aquarium, through it was a good size and had lots of information on the fishes in lots of languages which was helpful. It wasn t too busy but some things were crowded. The food in the food court is okay, and expensive for the quality.

It was a beautiful aquarium with lots of various fish. Unfortunately the Penguins looked sad, almost fake as the stood staring at the wall.

Small amount/varaiety of animals and aquariums. Old infrastructure, lack of cloak room/lockers, a lot of screaming kids, baf smell and very expensive.

Amazing place if you love everything about sea. Sharks, octupus, pinguins and many fishs from all over the world.

It has quite a variety of fishes, mollusks and medusas. It has some sharks, frogs and a couple of chameleons. The price was quite high at 21 per adult. There are some lockers available that can easily fit a cabin luggage and even fewer to fit bigger luggages. It's also kid friendly with some play grounds.

Diving with the sharks is a MUST. Many thanks to our guide for the round trip !

Lovely inside. Great for kids, we spent a couple of hours here. Interactive section for children. Fairly priced restaurant. Nice gift shop. Nearby parking.

Awesome experience and plenty of things and activities to do

Cool place if you want to avoid sun in Barcelona as a tourist.

Amazing aquarium! The water is so clean and everything is so beautiful and easy to see!

Not the biggest aquarium, but definitely worth a visit if you're in Barcelona. Tons of different species of fish and there's a nice penguin exhibit as well. Great place for kids as there is a lot of interactive activities to be done.

it was good but nothing fancy. Too pricey for experience.

It was good but could be better,it was absolutely packed therefore barely got any visibility of the smaller fish.All in all it was OK.

Good place to spend time with the kids. Fun for everyone, the glass tunnel is very impressive for the little ones. A lot of different creatures can be seen here. It is still one of the best aquariums I have seen.

One of the best aquariums we've been to! It's big enough so that there is plenty to see and experience, but not so big that it takes longer than a couple of hours to get through. Really well laid out, lots of information and well kept (and clean). Really recommend going here when in Barcelona!

If you have few days in Barcelona, go there. If you are not a fan of the sea world, you can miss this place. It is although perfect to go with kids and spend even three or four hours with them.

A really beautiful place to visit
I booked the Shark diving experience and it was amazing to say the least

Definitely interesting. Children will enjoy it. At the end of the tour you can eat well. Important when you go with kids. They have an aquarium with an "underwater tunnel" where they are smaller sharks. Not all aquariums are perfect.

If you dived or snorkeled in Red Sea, you wont see much of new species (except big ones). Otherwise it's quite interesting, but expensive (~21 )

A nice place to visit when the rain hits you on your trip in Barcelona. More suitable for families with kids, but Im sure that everyone will enjoy the tour through the Aquarium.

Nice, clean and good layout but more variety of fish would nice!

You'll love the aqua world... Mesmerizing colors of the fishes and kids will love looking at various deep sea collections

They gave me a surprise for my birthday. Enjoyed since it's been very long time not going to an aquarium.
They bought the ticket online so no need to wait for the queue.
I enjoyed

Nice place to visit for kids. My 3 nd 6 yr old loved it. The close encounter with sharks was exciting for them, they also enjoyed feeding the fish ( 4) each. A little pricey for what it is but glad we went. Max 2 hours and you've seen everything. Would recommend going early so it's not too busy. Also booking online saves waiting in the heat.

Very busy, but some very nice exhibits. Try and watch the shark feeding if you can, really good fun!

Great for people of all ages. Wide variety of fish, great play area for kids. We had a wonderful time.

Great experience with our son who at the time was 3 years old. Penguins are a show apart! Going inside the aquarium of the sharks was spectacular. A worthwhile tour in Barcelona!

Nice place,the kids enjoyed it. The sharks and the big pool are impressive