Barcelona Aquarium

The Barcelona Aquarium is open every day of the year. Only closing hours vary especially on public holidays like for Christmas or New Year's Day.

We recommend visiting Barcelona Aquarium as soon as it opens which is a 10 am every day of the year.

It takes at least 2 hours to visit Barcelona Aquarium and enjoy the place. You can, of course, stay longer and enjoy all the facilities.

From city centre - that is Plaça de Catalunya-  to the Aquarium, it takes 25 minutes to walk. A very pleasant ride which goes, of course, through the Rambla.

You can also get to the Aquarium in Barcelona:

• By metro : To get to the aquarium from Barceloneta metro station (L4) you have to go to the port and then to Moll d'Espanya. The entrance is on the city side. From the Drassanes station (L3) or the bottom of the Rambla you have to go to the Rambla de Mar and bypass the Maremagnum shopping center by the left.
• By bus:  V17 and 39, 45, 59, 91, 120, D20, H14, V13, V15
• By Hop on Hop Off Barcelona Bus: stop Port Vell (Red Route))
• By bicycle: Bicing station at “L’Aquàrium”
• By car : Ronda Litoral, exit 21 and 22

The counters close one hour before the aquarium closes.

The aquarium is very popular, we can only advise you to anticipate your visit and buy a ticket online.

For children under 3 years old accompanied by an adult, the entrance to the aquarium is free. Discounts are then phased in for children aged 3 to 4 and 5 to 10. From 11 years old the entrance ticket is at the adult price. Refer to the aquarium rates indicated on this page.

No, once out you can no longer re-enter the Barcelona aquarium. Your ticket is only valid for one entry.

There are many fish species to see at the Barcelona Aquarium. As we specify in the description of the visit - on this same page - we talk about 11,000 animals of 450 different species. This is enough to surprise both adults and children!

The Barcelona Aquarium is fully accessible by wheelchair and adapted to visitors with reduced mobility.

No, Barcelona Aquarium does not have its own parking lot, but just next door there is a shopping centre, with its parking. To book your car park online - at the best price - please access this page: Barcelona car Parking

The Aquarium has a cloakroom where lockers are at your disposal.

No, it is forbidden to visit the aquarium with a pet. It should also be noted that the centre does not have any pet daycare services.

A 100% mobile ticket simply means that your ticket - which you will receive by email just after your purchase - will be - in its electronic form (PDF) - sufficient to enable you to make your visit with your smartphone or tablet. All you have to do is present it at the checkpoint. A simple scan will allow you to make your visit.

You can of course print your ticket if you don't have a smartphone, a tablet or if you simply prefer this option. Upon receipt of the confirmation email, simply print the PDF of the ticket. Then just present your printed ticket at the checkpoint.

A 100% skip the line ticket means that the ticket in question allows you to enter the place you want to visit in Barcelona without queuing, for example at the ticket office. All you have to do is present your ticket directly at the entrance. This way, you won't lose any time on your day of discovery.

On this same page or on the ticket reservation page - the services included with the purchase of your ticket are systematically indicated. See the "Included" or “Inclusions” section for details.

When you are asked to specify the date of your visit, it is because the monument or service you have chosen to visit also requests it. Most of the time, this date allows tourist sites to limit the number of visitors and therefore to make the visits more fluid. Please note that if you are not asked to specify the time of your visit, this means that you can arrive at any time to visit the site - while respecting the visiting hours of the site in question.

Same as before, but here in addition to the date - the monument or service you have chosen to visit - also asks you to specify the time you wish to visit. Once again it is a matter of limiting the number of visitors so that your visit is as pleasant as possible.

On the ticket that you will receive by email after your purchase, it is normally specified how much time - in addition to the scheduled time - you are granted in order not to lose your visit. Please note, for example, that a visit to Park Güell entitles you to entry 30 minutes after the stated time. The Sagrada Familia ticket indicates a time slot of 15 minutes. It is therefore important to respect this time slot. If the ticket does not specify a time slot, then the timetable must be respected.

We talk about combined tickets in some of our offers when they offer, for example, two places to visit in Barcelona. The ticket itself is not combined. It is two separate tickets that we combine to make a more economical and attractive offer. You will receive these two tickets by email. As they are separate you can use them according to your preference when the tickets are open or according to the dates and times you choose.

When purchasing your ticket, discounts are always indicated when available. For example, there are regular discounts for children in different age groups, ranging from free for very young children to discounts for seniors over 65 years of age. Discounted tickets for students are indicated in the same way. 

Don't forget your proof of discounts - identity card, student card... - to be shown during your visit to Barcelona.

To pay online your tickets to visit Barcelona, are accepted the classic means of payment used worldwide such as:  Visa, Mastercard, Alipay, iDeal, GiroPay or Paypal.

The difference between tours and tickets is that both types of tickets allow you to visit the main monuments of the city with a guide who speaks your language for the tours (or guided tours) or by yourself with the tickets. You can find the guided tours and tickets in our section: Barcelona Tours