An ocean in Antalya Aquarium

Have you ever seen Antalya Aquarium up close? The largest tunnel aquarium complex on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey can bring you entertainment and education in addition to the pleasure of walking next to the fish. To put it more simply, this aquarium is designed so that you can watch more than a few thousand aquatic species and even feed them by entering it.

The visiting period of this aquarium is from April to November, that is, in the hot seasons of the year, every day from 9:30 to 23:00, and in the winter season, every day from 10:00 to 20:00. The aquarium door will be closed 1 hour before the scheduled time so no one else will enter it.

The important thing is that the viewing route from the aquarium, zoo, ice world, etc., takes 4 to 8 hours. One of the attractions of this aquarium is the combination of 4 oceans and the sea. From the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea to the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

In addition, I suggest that you don’t miss the snow world, ice museum, 3D cinema, restaurants, and cafes when visiting this spectacular aquarium. In the continuation of this article from Nabtrip Tourism magazine, I will tell more and more details about the giant aquarium in the world.

aquarium tunnel; Swimming with the fishes

Karbeldi designers, who were active on the tunnel project and the Antalya aquarium complex, started the construction of this aquarium in 2011 and opened it in 2012. The aquarium tunnel, with a length of 131 meters, a width of 3 meters, and a water storage capacity of 5,000 tons, forms the central part of this water complex.

This aquarium has 40 themed aquariums with colorful Mediterranean aquatic animals of different ranges. Suppose you divide them into two coral and themed sections. In that case, you can feel this variety better, from live corals, lionfish, clownfish, giant eels, seahorses, and octopuses in the coral section to the show section known as the shark tank. Is.

I recommend not missing watching the feeding of the sharks because it is spectacular and exciting. This is done every day at regular hours. This tunnel is designed in such a way that you can watch aquatic animals through its glass.

There is even a place for you to rest between the tunnels. Antalya aquarium tunnel is so captivating and attractive that according to statistics, more than 2 million tourists visited it from 2012 to 2014. Such a number can be significant for an aquarium.

In the first part of the aquarium tunnel, you will see one of the most extensive tropical reefs in the world; in the second part, the lost city of Atlantis; and in the third part, you will see the shipwreck.

Antalya Aquarium; skirt of nature

Although this aquarium is not one of Antalya’s night entertainments, if you want to glimpse the attractive or poisonous land animals after watching the water animals, the Antalya complex allows you to enter the wild park or the zoo. Antalya Aquarium, enjoy seeing the life of land animals.

With this, the officials of this aquarium made the visitors, when visiting the complex, go from the heart of the aquarium and the world of fishes with its different forms to aquatics. It is as if a collection of land and water animals is in the heart of the modern world whose voices are heard.

3D cinema; Experience living with sharks

It is interesting that Antalya Aquarium also has a 3D cinema. For those of you who don’t want to watch aquatic and land animals up close, or you want to sit on a comfortable chair and watch boating and fish life in 3D, 3D cinema can be a different experience.
You can’t swim with sharks in the aquarium. Still, the experience of swimming with the wildest and most beautiful aquatic creatures is possible in the 3D cinema of this aquarium. Despite having a safe environment, it will convey the same excitement to you.

Swimming with fishes in Antalya Aquarium

Although this aquarium is not one of Antalya’s water attractions, you must have craved a basic swim and dive after watching sailing and swimming with fish in the 3D cinema. If you want to swim in the aquarium waters and among the fishes and marine plants of Antalya Aquarium and experience diving, I suggest you wear a diving suit and go to the sea.

Snowballing in summer

One of the most attractive most visited, and large parts of Antalya Aquarium for foreign tourists in the summer season is a 1,500-meter hall in the snow world. If you go to Antalya on hot days, visit its snow world. Or if you feel like snow in the middle of summer, you can throw real snow at your friend in the snow world of this aquarium.

Airplane wreckage in Antalya Aquarium

Is it possible to see everything in the sea in one aquarium? The designers of Antalya Aquarium wanted their aquarium to be so natural that they enlisted the help of an Italian sculptor to design a large plane wreck, a shipwreck, and submarine wrecks as aquarium decorations.

When you visit this aquarium, you will feel more natural, like swimming and walking on the bottom of the ocean. This is a kind of water entertainment in Antalya.

Eskimo’s house and Santa’s hut are not empty in Antalya Aquarium

You wouldn’t even think that in Antalya Aquarium, you will see the Eskimos’ house and Santa’s place in addition to the wreckage of the ship and plane. I think this Santa was too little for an aquarium to add. Of course, do not underestimate the pleasure of a hot drink in this space, which can be a good seasoning.

What does Antalya Aquarium have for you?

Don’t miss the facilities of the aquarium, and the sights of Antalya, whether it’s comfort or entertainment. You can’t walk into an aquarium tunnel and not need something. While visiting the aquarium, you must visit the aquarium’s shops, cafes, and restaurants. Well, the good news here is that the facilities of this aquarium are more than a simple aquarium; in addition to the visual appeal, it has other features that I will mention below.

• Wheelchair rental and a suitable place for a wheelchair
• Parking
• holding ceremony
• stores
• Zoo
• restaurants
• Children’s playgrounds
• toy store
• Diving in the water
• Landscapes for photography

In what ways can you go to Antalya Aquarium?

Antalya Aquarium is located in Konyaalti, Antalya province, and I will include its phone number, internet address, and address below. Regarding metro and bus access, you can go to Kenyalti Beach by bus and sea taxi.

• Address: Antalya Province, Turkey
• Phone: +90 65 65 245 242
• Internet address: antalyaaquarium.com

Sea taxi

You can use the bus station or sea bus/taxi from Kemer City to get to this aquarium. Kemer sea buses will take you to the yacht port at 10:30, 13:30, and 17:30.

After arriving at the port, you only have to take a UC11-A bus from Cumhuriyet Street, head to the Dumplupinar intersection, get off there, and take a short walk to the aquarium.

Five ocean travel tickets to Antalya Aquarium

Suppose you have read all the tourist information and facilities of this sightseeing place and are counting down the minutes to go there. In that case, the entrance price of Antalya Aquarium will be vital to you. This year, the ticket price for each person is 100 Turkish lira, equivalent to 273 thousand tomans. Of course, the interesting point is that you do not need to buy a ticket for children under two years old.

After all the facilities I mentioned about Antalya Aquarium, I don’t think you have any excuse left. If you want 40 themed aquariums, you want to experience life with dangerous sharks in 3D cinema; if you wish to cool weather in the middle of summer, you want to go to the zoo, you want to see Santa’s cabin, and if you want to see the world’s largest tunnel aquarium Go to Antalya Aquarium. You can also go to Antalya Mouse Island on your trip to this city.