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Aquarium de Biarritz

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Aquarium de Biarritz
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#8 of 43 things to do in Biarritz
Aquariums
9:30 AM - 7:00 PM
Monday
9:30 AM - 7:00 PM
Tuesday
9:30 AM - 7:00 PM
Wednesday
9:30 AM - 7:00 PM
Thursday
9:30 AM - 7:00 PM
Friday
9:30 AM - 7:00 PM
Saturday
9:30 AM - 7:00 PM
Sunday
9:30 AM - 7:00 PM
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Elizabeth H
San Sebastian - Donostia, Spain8 contributions
Very child friendly
Nov 2023 • Family
This is the second time we have visited the aquarium in 2 months. It has a really good variety of sea life and is very child-friendly. Our two year old son loved both visits. We will definitely visit again soon
Written 19 November 2023
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Daphne P
Crowthorne, UK49 contributions
Escape from the weather
Jun 2023 • Family
We struggled to find much useful info before we left so please see my photos with map, parking etc. Bellevue is possibly the nearest (underground) parking. We were in Clemenceu (underground) but had a nice walk through the town to get to the Aquarium. Cost about €7.50 for 3 hrs.
Entry €16.50 for adults and €12 for children - poor facilities on entry - one dirty loo for three desperate children!
If you have a pushchair there are no storage facilities, you have to push it round which is a pain and carry it up to all five levels or squeeze in small lift).
Some English giving fish names but on interesting displays - old photos giving history- there was no English which was very disappointing. I used Google translate on some.
No info given on seal feeding times (apparently 10.30 & 5) after that they sleep all day :( There is shark feeding apparently, again no info so ask on arrival.
Cafe and huge shop!!
Not the best place but gives entertainment on a dull day and Biarritz is a beautiful town with plenty of food & icecream opportunities :)
After the aquarium there's a lovely walk to the end of the promenade, interesting rocks & photos.
Written 23 June 2023
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SunSeaSurfSail
74 contributions
Good size aquarium
Nov 2022
This appears to be small from the outside but once inside you realise it is built into the hill.

They stopped the seal feeding during covid but you can still enjoy watching them through the large window.

Best bit is the large tank with sharks etc.
Written 9 January 2023
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AnaOrchid
London67 contributions
Great for a rainy day. Better than London Aquarium and half the price!
Nov 2022 • Solo
Really well looked after and displays/tanks particularly impressive. The sharks and rays were in the most amazing tank that can be viewed from all angles.
Written 11 November 2022
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bolshiera
hertfordshire22 contributions
Average experience
Aug 2022 • Family
An average experience with huge queues and hordes of people. Pleasant staff . Sadly very little translated into English in the museum area which was a shame because we would have liked to have an understanding of Biarritz maritime history. Very expensive at €65 for a family of 5 with a teen and 4 year old. I would save your money and go to the beach
Written 11 August 2022
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juliesingle
Bonn, Germany56 contributions
Nice experience
Jul 2022
Very worth the visit , lots of nice opportunities to view the sea life in under water glass tunnels and caves. There is also a splendid exhibition of the mammals skeletons arranged in size. The only down side is that all the information given is in French so all the cinema experiences were only fun to watch not to listen too. It seems like they are not expecting foreign visitors.
Written 30 July 2022
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607krisztianb
London, UK271 contributions
Worth of visiting
May 2022 • Family
The aquarium is worth visiting if you are in Biarritz.
The aquarium is built into a hill side, and it gives a very natural feeling when you are in the building.
There are different levels for each exhibitions, and the sea lion feeding is on the top.
The aquarium is high class exhibition - the turtle part is amazing, the shark tank and ray tank are trully mesmerising.
The middle of the building is filled with skeletons and real life size animals - very visual.
The explorer part, the whale hunting exhibition are really informative, the ship models are very precise and detailed.
It is a great program on a rainy day - but even if it is sunny, well worth visitning.
Recommended for everyone, from early ages.
Written 26 May 2022
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Edouard F
Luxembourg136 contributions
Well worth a visit to enjoy beautiful marine life
Apr 2022
Excellent way to enjoy a few hours inside on a very cold windy April day. We enjoyed all of the displays, particularly all of the different tropical fish displays. The explanations were posted in French and English (and other languages too), and we were free to wander through the exhibits at our own pace. It was very wheelchair friendly and we had no barriers and no need to ask for help along the way. The displays were interesting and there was an amazing assortment of species from around the world and all climates.
Written 22 May 2022
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Myday
Oxford, UK32 contributions
Beautiful fish
Sep 2021
We had no luck with the meteorology, so we came to visit this aquarium, there were many remarkable fish species
Written 6 October 2021
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Belley, France12 contributions
A really enjoyable 2 hours
Aug 2021 • Family
Really enjoyable visit. The new control’s for entry we’re in place which perhaps reduced the number of visitors but maybe this was an advantage. The numerous tanks were very well presented and digital displays gave a lot of information on the Marine résidents.
The larger animals, particularly the turtles apparently arrived following rescue and some are released when fully recovered. The shark tank was the most popular with the family and indeed there were many viewing windows at different levels that allowed a full appreciation.
Looking at some of the round tanks with the mask made some of us sea sick which perhaps pushed us around faster than we would have otherwise.
The building itself is a beautiful work of Art Deco and the surroundings will occupy a good bit of time as well.
Written 10 August 2021
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