Malta National Aquarium: Explore Aquatic Life and Enjoy Facilities
3.9
483 Ratings
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The Malta National Aquarium includes a public fish tank, a beautifully-designed viewing terrace and a play zone for children at promenade level. It also offers a multilevel parking garage, dining options such as a beach club, and a store for souvenirs and merchandise.
Duration:
1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Malta National Aquarium - The Malta National Aquarium has 51 tanks, including reptiles, insects, and amphibians, as well as Mediterranean fish, including fish that can often be found in Maltese waters, and historical artefacts that can be found in the seas around the Maltese islands.
The main tank inside the Aquarium measures 12 meters in diameter and contains a walk-through tunnel that allows visitors to see the fish much closer. A variety of Indo-pacific animals are housed here, including black tip sharks, zebra sharks, rays, and other exotic species.
An iconic curved shell structure resembling the shell of a starfish houses the Aquarium. The adjacent promenade provides pedestrians with additional recreation facilities, which include a children’s play area.
What's Included
- Parking fees included
- Access to Children’s Play Area
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
Malta National Aquarium
Triq It-Trunciera, St. Paul's Bay
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
3.9
(483 Ratings)
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Sharonkk8265ro
May 30, 2024
Morning at Malta National Aquarium - Fun time at the aquarium. Very informative with touch screen pad at each exhibition. Wide range of species to view. Loved the octopus and then going through shark tunnel. A guide gave an very good talk about sharks. Area highlighting the plastics in our oceans. The simulator was good fun. The Gift shop had a great choice of eco friendly gifts and displayed some of the awards they have won.
Book online for a better entry rate.
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Jrt24
May 8, 2024
Pleasant as a couple, family or solo - The aquarium and the exhibition above are very nice, you can learn a lot about ecosystems, there is an experience in a “submarine” not to be missed. The bar on the ground floor offers a wide choice of drinks. All in all a pleasant experience.
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D8799uulaurav
May 29, 2024
A fun trip out - We did the back stage tour which included a shark feed (not all of them do) l, and this we would rate 5 stars.
We were shown the feeding prep area, the lab and the shark tank. Our guide talked at length giving us many interesting facts and engaged extremely well with the audience. The kids came away feeling passionate about the need to safe guard our marine environment.
Our guide was a shark expert and showed us the zebra sharks being fed.
The aquarium has a fun tunnel you can walk through to see fish and sharks swimming over head.
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Marmaille974
May 18, 2024
Aquarium visit - Nice visit to the aquarium during a somewhat gray day. Not a very long but interesting visit. Negative point, the activities are not very well indicated and as a result we missed them during our visit. Tip: buy tickets online in advance, it’s a little cheaper.
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Vicwillems
May 9, 2024
Beautiful but small. - We visited the Aquarium without great expectations, we had already read that it was not very big. Which is not a bad thing in principle. It is nicely decorated and the fish/aquariums are certainly fun to look at. There were quite a few people when we went. The “new” part of reptiles and amphibians is far too small, not accessible enough for the people who have to pass through. We had to skip this because everyone is stuck on top of each other and stays there for far too long for photos etc... otherwise it was a nice visit.
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Jjv83
May 2, 2024
Things to do if you are in the St Paul area - I can't rate it very good when we have experienced other aquariums...
But it's a fun tour for kids around St Paul Bay
It's not worth the detour if you're staying in Valletta but if you're in St Paul your children will surely be delighted with this water break
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Alexby44vv
May 8, 2024
Just an hour - Cute, small and disorganized structure.
Too many people enter concentrated in a single small structure, they should be screened out in sectors.
Very basic aquarium... don't expect anything, in an hour you'll be fed up.
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Prokies
Apr 27, 2024
You should not have any walking difficulties in the aquarium in Malta! - The aquarium was a goal for us. But we discovered that although they charge a higher entrance fee, there are no facilities for disabled people (such as a wheelchair). The aquarium's service team is also not very competent and boastful!
What is good is the attached restaurant. In a very modern atmosphere, you can at least get something to eat there if you are prevented from visiting the aquarium.
It's a shame that they don't offer any facilities for disabled people - with the high entrance fees, that should be the case!
Knut Krabbes - Prokies
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101awsb
May 22, 2024
Disappointed with this aquarium - We were really disappointed with this aquarium. It's so small that we made it in an hour.
Frankly, given the price offered, they had to make a larger aquarium with more species.
Don't waste your time to visit it.
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624darrenf
May 20, 2024
Run down feeling - Long queues
And take 10mins to walk around
Over priced
Disappointed
So told Kids they could pick something small from shop, lifted two small teddy's, lady at the tills said that would be €50 euro
No thanks
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