Aquariums and Zoos in Spain

Palma Aquarium with kids - Sharks in the Big Blue, a jungle walk and a pirate ship

What would your kids say if a shark glided right over their heads? Here they can find out, standing in a glass tunnel under 3.5 million litres of seawater.Palma...

Skip the queue at the Oceanogràfic - A zone-by-zone guide to Europe’s largest aquarium

Most visitors head straight for the sharks. Start under the ice instead, where white whales glide past the...

Selwo Marina tickets, opening hours and dolphin show times

Outside, it's 30 °C on the Costa del Sol. Behind one glass wall, a colony of king penguins...

Is Oasis Park Fuerteventura worth it? Camels, elephants and a giant cactus garden in the south

There are more camels here than anywhere else in Europe. The elephants and hippos you'll meet later are...

Loro Park tickets and tips - Orcas, penguins in real snow and the world’s largest parrot collection

It opened in 1972 with 150 parrots on a small plot of land. Today the same park keeps...

Marineland Mallorca before you go - Shows, animals, tickets and getting there

Dolphins have been the stars of this seaside park since 1970. More than half a century later, they still draw the biggest crowds of...

7 things not to miss at Safari Zoo Mallorca - The safari drive, Daisy the elephant and the monkey zone

Somewhere on a three-kilometre track in the east of the island, a baboon may decide your wing mirror looks interesting. Keep the windows up...

First visit to Barcelona Zoo? Gorillas, Komodo dragons and a Sahel savannah in Ciutadella Park

Most big-city zoos sit on the edge of town. This one has been tucked inside a 19th-century park in the old centre since 1892,...

Inside the Barcelona Aquarium - An 80-metre shark tunnel, penguins and a submarine ride to the deep

A moving walkway hums under your feet, while a long shadow lined with ragged teeth slides silently across the glass above your head.Barcelona Aquarium,...

Is Bioparc Valencia worth it? Lemurs at arm’s length, gorillas and Spain’s only underwater hippo view

A ring-tailed lemur drops from a branch onto the path, a metre from your shoes. There's no fence, no glass, just a keeper smiling...

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