Useful information

Vai su Go to “Plan your visit” and find you ticket price. .

Check our daily opening hours.

Here is a list of the facilities you can find inside the Aquarium:

– Toilets with baby-changing facilities;
– A staffed cloakroom, where visitors can deposit items of clothing, luggage and helmets (for a fee);
– A coffee bar;
– Gift shop;
– Lift for disabled visitors;
– Rest areas;
– Hot and cold drinks machines;

Try the new free App that allows you to organize your visit to the Aquarium, planning the journey from home and buying the tickets online. Inside the Aquarium you can receive pieces of information thanks to 25 beacons , low-frequency Bluetooth chips, placed along the exhibition route.

In the Old Port Area are located parking, restaurants and bars, ATMs, toilets.
Click here to download the map of the Old Port of Genoa.

Within the Aquarium it is forbidden to:take photographs using a flash, take video footage using supplementary lighting, eat or drink anywhere along the exhibition route, admit animals, except for guide dogs for blind people.

During your visit you’re welcome to take pictures for your personal use only. Please turn off your flash when taking photographs inside the Aquarium.

Yes but you’re not allowed to use supplementary lights.

IThe closest parking lot is in front of the Aquarium and provides 155 seats (for a fee). For further information please check the “Parking” section.Click here.

You cannot reserve a parking space, but within the Old Port Area there are other parking lots covered and uncovered. Click here for more information.

No. Free parking spaces are available, however, for motorcycles in the area in front of the Aquarium. Click here for more information.

Within the Aquarium shows are not offered, but you can interact with the staff during the feeding of some animals at various locations throughout the visitor pathway.
To know the timetable of the speeches, please go to the next question.

SHARKS BAY: Wednesday, Frida, Sunday at 2:45 p.m.
CETACEANS PAVILION : underwater floor – Nursery tank: every day at 11:30 a.m.
CETACEANS PAVILION : underwater floor – Main pool: every day at 2:15 p.m.
CETACEAN PAVLION: upper floor: every day at 12:00 a.m. and 4:15 p.m
PADIGLIONE BIODIVERSITA’: area Blue Safari: martedì, giovedì e sabato alle 14:45
BIODIVERSITY PAVILION : aBlue Safari Area: every day at 10:45 a.m.
SEALS ISLAND : second floor – every day at 3:00 p.m.

Please note that times may be changed without prior notice.

No, you cannot exit and re-enter without paying admission again.

No, it’s not allowed to dive in the tanks with the animals. At the touch pool you can pet the skates, following the recommendation in the panels close to the exhibit.

Yes, our buildings and grounds have been designed to provide full access and quality experience for guests with special needs.
Further information can be founD at the “Services” section.

No, within the Aquarium it is forbidden to admit animals, except for guide dogs for blind people.

Further information can be found at the “Getting here” section.

Yes, it is indicated by arrows and panels.

An average visit lasts about 2h30’.

No, the Tropical Garden “Un Battito d’ali” is along the visitor pathway, but to visit it you need to purchase the ticket at the entrance of the exhibit. Price is 2€ for adults and 1€ for children. The entrance to the Tropical Garden “Un Battito d’Ali” is included in the “Pianeta Acquario” combined ticket.Pianeta Acquario.

Yes, along the exhibition gallery you find the Tender café, the new coffee bar of the Acquario di Genova.

No, the parking spaces in the Old Port Area do not have places assigned to camper vans.The closest camper van parking area is the Marina Park. For information and reservations please call at +39 010 2510378.

The entrance to the Aquarium is organized by time slots, whether you book online and you buy your ticket at the ticket office, to enable an optimal management of flows.
However, during the high season, most visitors tend to concentrate in the middle of the day.
So, to enjoy the best the visit, we recommend in these periods (long weekends, feast days) to choose the earliest times of the morning or those from mid-afternoon onwards.