The largest aquarium in Europe is definately worth a visit.
Situated in the middle of the expo 99 park, the aquarium is a fine piece of architecture with various smaller exhibits and tanks on 3 floors all around one vast central tank.
When you enter walk straight past the 1st viewing window ... Read review
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Advantages: Sea Otters, sharks what more can you want Disadvantages:
The largest aquarium in Europe is definately worth a visit.
Situated in the middle of the expo 99 park, the aquarium is a fine piece of architecture with various smaller exhibits and tanks on 3 floors all around one vast central tank.
When you enter walk straight past the 1st viewing window where the crowds gather as there are alternative less busy viewing points just around the corner.
The main tank is truely ... ...be sure to view from all levels to see different views of the "ocean"
Of the other exhibits it is unique in providing close up views of puffins and sea otters (at least I've never seen one in real life before) and the otters play to the audiance, touching your hand throughthe glass.
The largest aquarium in Europe is definately worth a visit. Situated in the middle of the expo 99 park, the aquarium is a fine piece of architecture with various smaller exhibits and tanks on 3 floors all around one vast central tank.
When you enter walk straight past the 1st viewing window where the crowds gather as there are alternative less busy viewing points just around the corner.
The main tank is truely enormous and contains sharks rays and numerous other large fish, be sure to view from all levels to see different views of the "ocean"
Of the other exhibits it is unique in providing close up views of puffins and sea otters (at least I've never seen one in real life before) and the otters play to the audiance, touching your hand throughthe glass.
Advantages: can't think of any this time around Disadvantages: Can get busy, sometimes full of screaming kids over the holiday periods, dumbed down feel
Seeing as there are no recent reviews of the London Aquarium on here, I thought I should add an update!
I had not been here since early 2007, so I thought it warranted a visit seeing as I had some time off work. A lot has changed...
First of all - the prices:
Adults (15 yrs): £16
Children (3 - 14 yrs): £11.75
Babies/Toddlers: Free
(All children must be with an adult of 18 years or older!)
Students and OAPs: £14
Family ticket (2 adults + 2 children): £50
Disabled Adult: £14
Disabled Child: £9.75
Secondly - the London Aquarium layout has changed quite a bit!
1) They have placed a sweet shop right in the middle of the aquarium, next to the theatre.
2) The information posters about the fish are not displayed very well. They use LCD monitors now which have pages that are only displayed for 5 minutes at a time. This is quite bizarre as ...
Advantages: A wonderful experience and day out Disadvantages: Expensive shop
Aquarium La Rochelle, unsurprisingly is in La Rochelle on the West Coast of France. It's located in the centre of the town, a few minutes from the station, and within 5 minutes walk of the main shopping area. It boasts 12,000 marine animals, 20 species of shark, 70 aquariums and 3 million litres of water.
Opening Times and Prices
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Adults are 13 Euro, children aged 3 to 17 years (and students with student card) are 10 Euro and children under 3 years are free
If you want a narrated visit (with audio guide), you need to add 3,50Euro to the individual prices.
We decided against the narrated visit and it didn't spoil the enjoyment at all, because all the notices and information about the different species is written in English as well as French.
The aquarium is open every day of the year, from October to March it's open ...
Advantages: Tiger tiger burning bright Disadvantages: On a busy day I think I would have hated this place
We took a trip to Colorado last May and despite staying close to Denver, we really didn't spend much time in the city. With just a couple of days to go before we flew home we thought we'd better do some intense sightseeing and set off into Denver to see as much as we could in just one day. Our final stop was a trip to the Downtown Aquarium. We'd done a bit of history at the State Capitol, had a hefty dose of culture at the Denver Art Museum and now we needed a seriously fishy experience to top off a great day out.
I love big aquariums so I was quite excited to see what Denver would have to offer. However I've been to enough aquariums that I'm getting a bit picky about what I like and what I don't and I've become more than a little cynical about the ploys such places employ to try to make the already fascinating underwater world more ...
