Gijón Aquarium
Enjoy a special and different day visiting Gijón Aquarium. A tour of 60 fresh and salt water aquariums to learn about the flora and fauna of the world's seas.
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The Acuario de Gijón offers a tour of 60 fresh and salt water aquariums that will allow you to know in detail the flora and fauna of the world's seas.
More than 2,000 cubic meters of water to recreate life in the Asturian ri, the Cantabrian Coast, the Caribbean Sea, the Pacific and Indian Oceans, the Red Sea, the African Indian Ocean, the South Atlantic Ocean and the Subtropical Atlantic Ocean. All in two hours.
Salmon, eels, trouts, sturgeons, chest fish, bull sharks (about three meters), gray and nodrice live in the Aquarium of Gijón next to the boba turtles. These are just some of the 5,000 animals you can see during the visit.
The Aquarium aims at education, dissemination and conservation of the oceans. To this end, a "touch" zone, where in small pools you can touch sea stars, small fish or sea cucumbers.
There are different ticket schedules you will see at the time of booking.
You can access at any time within the chosen time slot, that is, from the chosen time until just before the beginning of the next strip (59 minutes later).
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- How to access by car:
- From the A-66 / Oviedo: Follow signs to “city center”, the motorway ends at the Plaza del Humedal (leaving train station to the left), turn left until you reach the Plaza del Carmen (with fountain in the center), set to the left, and turn towards Oficina de Turismo, exiting to the beach of Poniente, at the end of it is the Aquarium of Gijón.
- From AS-248 / León / Siero: Follow signs to “City Center”, arriving at Avenida Ramón y Cajal, which ends on the beach, turn left following the beach, once on the beach continue straight to the end. Follow direction Puerto Deportivo/Acuario. In the Plaza del Carmen (with central source) follow the direction of the tourist office, going to the beach of Poniente, at the end of it is the Aquarium of Gijón.
- From A-8 / Santander: Departure The Guide/Viesques address The Guide. Take on the next roundabout the second exit that follows the course of the river to the beach, once on the beach continue straight to the end. Follow direction Puerto Deportivo/Acuario. In the Plaza del Carmen (with central source) follow the direction of the tourist office, going to the beach of Poniente, at the end of it is the Aquarium of Gijón.
- How to access by bus: The nearest bus stop is called “Aquaario” have bus stop 1,4,6,12 and 16 in both ways.
- How to access by train: The Gijón-Sanz Crespo train station is 900 metres from the Gijón Aquarium. From there, turn left to Av. From Juan Carlos I, crosses the Plaza del Padre Máximo González, turn right on Mariano Pola street and turn left, at the end of the explanade is the Aquarium of Gijón.
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Playa de Poniente S/N, 33212, Gijón, Spain