Barcelona Aquarium is the world's most important marine leisure and education centre concerning the Mediterranean. Through its areas of discovery and over 50 interactivities, children can touch, see, listen, investigate nature and the whole family can explore what lies beneath the surface of the planets oceans.
There are a series of 35 tanks, 11,000 animals and 450 different species; six million litres of water and an immense Oceanarium – which is the only one in Europe - turn this centre into a unique, reference leisure show that has already been visited by more than 14 million people.
Divided into themed areas, there's everything from freshwater stingrays, giltheads, tiger sharks, sea-horses, colourful coral and cute penguins. Walk the full length of the aquarium's 80 metre underwater tunnel and feel like you're swimming with the sharks, without getting your feet wet or your feet nibbled.
