Poema del Mar, Canary Islands, Spain
4.0 (948 reviews) Wednesday: 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM Spent 2-3 hours Ranking #8 in Gran Canaria Aquariums
Beautiful and well looked after
We loved this aquarium, fantastic for children with the different themes (jungle, beach and deep sea). The final huge tank with the shark was brilliant and we all sat there and watched it for ages. There was a queue to get buy tickets and then to actually get into the aquarium and the start was very very busy but it eases as you make your way through and it was a rainy day in August so likely a peak time. Worth setting aside half a day for and it's near the science museum if you want to fill a whole day. The supermarket/shopping centre has free parking for 3 hrs and it was a couple of euro for the xtra hour or two we went over,it was also easy to get to from the south, just follow the main motorway all the way through
Address
Muelle del Sanapu, 35008 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria Spain
Mobile
Website
https://www.poema-del-mar.com/
Working hours
Monday : 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Tuesday : 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Wednesday : 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Thursday : 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Friday : 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Saturday : 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Sunday : 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Current local date and time now
Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 18:07
User Ratings
4.0 based on (948 reviews)
Reviews
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5Jean-Paul N 5:00 PM Dec 18, 2022
Spectacular surprise
Was on a cruise, and since we had been here in the past and did not take any cruise excursions we walked around the port area and stumbled upon the aquarium... It looked interesting and we thought why not! Well are really glad we did, it's beautiful, well laid out and quite informative. We stood in awe in front of many 'windows' the large room with the massive windows is spectacular; it was not cheap, but worth every penny we thought. We would go again
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4MattAndLol 5:00 PM Mar 12, 2023
Excellent modern aquarium
Drove about 1 hour from Playa del Ingles/Maspolomas area with my husband and son on Sunday 26th Feb to this aquarium, paid on arrival €25 each for entry, don't think there's any need to book in advance. Used Google to navigate here as didn't take our Sat nav on holiday, had researched the nearest car park which was directly behind the building, we were in the city centre several hours & it was very cheap when we came to pay for parking at the end. It's also near the cruise ship dock so that was interesting to see, a shopping centre & Santa Catalina park where there was a joyful & colourful family & dogs carnival going on that day as it was carnival month in Las Palmas which we visited after. The aquarium is set in 3 zones & is very modern & well designed, there's more to it than fish eg giant tortoises, crocodiles, pig nosed turtles, jellyfish, sea horses & lots more amazing creatures. The big tube of fish is amazing but the star of the show for us was the massive curved acrylic tank with the sharks & stingrays & masses of fish, it was so clear & there were plenty of seats so you could study it for as long as you wanted, we felt really calm & in awe of nature afterwards. We spent over 2 hours here & really enjoyed it, they had the names of all the animals in Spanish, German & English on touch screens. It was the best aquarium we've been to & the creatures all looked happy & healthy though I've taken a star off because some of the animals in the smaller tanks such as the pig nosed turtles could have done with a much bigger tank, it's a difficult question whether any of the creatures should be in captivity at all but we learned a lot & enjoyed the experience & would recommend it for anyone.
