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Malta National Aquarium: Explore Aquatic Life and Enjoy Facilities
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622 Ratings
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The Malta National Aquarium features a public aquarium, a landscaped belvedere, a children’s play area at promenade level, and a multi-story car park.
The Malta National Aquarium features a public aquarium, a landscaped belvedere, a children’s play area at promenade level, and a multi-story car park.
Duration:
1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Malta National Aquarium - The Malta National Aquarium has 52 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…
- Malta National Aquarium - The Malta National Aquarium has 52 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
- Parking fees included
- Access to Children’s Play Area
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- 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.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
3.9
(622 Ratings)
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M3407hnjohnm
Sep 29, 2025
Simple The Best - lovely, well organised, very clean water, and tasty lemonade at the bar.
Highly recommended.
One thing - size of small photos for magnet and keys was a bit too big.
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Mossip27
Sep 16, 2025
Malta aquarium - Family trip, adults and kids enjoyed it, and it was a nice enjoyable way to get out of the sun for a couple of hours! Highlights being the tunnel with the sharks and other fish swimming above us.
Informative displays, interactive design a fish which loads into a digital aquarium.
Plenty to see, won’t take you hours to go round but it’s a good way to see some of the fish and marine animals that live in that part of the world.
Conservation, pollution info area as well.
Well staffed with friendly and knowledgeable employees.
Nice restaurant on site as well.
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S2098edpaulm
Sep 13, 2025
Just brilliant - What a fantastic experience. Really stunning aquarium great viewing areas and the full motion deep sea submarine film and interactive ride was brilliant.
Thanks for a fab time
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Fearless24149805094
Sep 5, 2025
A lovely day out - It's definitely a must do when you come to Malta. It wasn't overly busy, and we stayed for lunch afterwards, which was incredible. The sushi was the best I have ever had!
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Acvl27
Sep 3, 2025
Wonderful. - We loved it.
Recommended 100%
I would come back and recommend
Very cool all species
The surrounding area great
It is next to a natural pools
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Devonrules16
Aug 27, 2025
Brilliant family morning. - Brilliant visit. Lovely exhibits with nice clean tanks and well cared for fish. Lots of info and a clean big place to enjoy as a family. Good value. Helpful staff. Cafe inside, toilets and a nice play area outside for young kids.
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K674xjgianlucam
Sep 13, 2025
Small but worth seeing - In the aquarium located in the bay of San Paolo, certainly not very large, but with many species exposed and very well maintained and organized. Very beautiful is the area of the tanks in the basement, where there is also a small reptilarium, and very spectacular the largest tank with specimens of small sharks, in which it seems to dive even to them. On the ground floor there is a restaurant and shop, while above there is an interesting small cinema. Prices a bit high, even as far as parking is concerned, but in any case it is a nice refreshing break from the summer heat.
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Johnandfamily1
Sep 4, 2025
Good place to visit - Not a massive place, but very enjoyable, plus they had a little ride inside which was good and made it different to any other aquarium I have visited. Good customer service too
Would recommend
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Thilde
Sep 28, 2025
Not for people with autism! - It is a really beautiful aquarium but the acoustics in the room is horrible and there is very noisy - and on top of that there are a lot of background sounds.
Probably fine for a “regular” family but for a special needs family this is not a good place to go. We basically ran through in turbo speed to get out.
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96mandyh
Sep 18, 2025
It’s ok, but not as good as the advertising. - Have visited Malta numerous times over the past twenty years. Finally decided to go to the aquarium, sadly left a little disappointed. Not as good as the pictures on social media or in the advertising. There’s an area that some people can’t visit due to the health warning, we couldn’t due to epilepsy. We were disappointed at the overall size compared with other aquarium’s we’ve visited. Will we return again? Not sure, we visit Malta five times a year, so may return if really bored.
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