Recently Viewed
Malta National Aquarium: Explore Aquatic Life and Enjoy Facilities
3.9
569 Ratings
Qawra
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
-
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
(569 Ratings)
5 stars
4 stars
3 stars
2 stars
1 star
Kamil
Feb 15, 2025
Aquarium of Malta - Submarine experience, corridor with a sharks and other big fishes worth to see. Good restaurants at the side and nice people who are helpful at any point
Review provided by Tripadvisor
504mandyk
Jan 31, 2025
Beautiful aquarium - Great aquarium with several types of fish. The sharks swim above you. Restaurant next door. Great activity in bad weather. Highly recommended with children. Enough space to drive me through the stroller.
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Pennyp345
Jan 22, 2025
Wonderful Gem - Well worth the trip! Having been to Cape Town’s aquarium, I was still impressed! Beautifully exhibited with loads of old artefacts and a wide selection of species.
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Roving62238247959
Feb 10, 2025
Happen Chance - Went here on cool day. Had intended to go to car museum but it was shut due to holiday. Thoroughly enjoyed this. Plenty to see. Much bigger inside than seems from outside. While seemed busy at entrance once inside no problem in seeing tanks. The dive in a “submarine” experience was fun. We picked up a talk which was worth listening to. Good value for money.
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Simelk_0
Feb 5, 2025
Nice, a little small for what it costs - It was my first time at an aquarium. It was very nice to see so many different species of fish. Unfortunately I couldn’t experience going underwater with the elevator because I’m claustrophobic. I have to say that when you go out you feel a bit dizzy, maybe it will be looking at the water for a while. The price I think is a bit high because anyway the aquarium is not very big and I expected to see the sharks a bit bigger. Overall however it is an experience to do
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Dbluciano
Jan 14, 2025
Recommended stop for families, two hours of leisure and culture for children , for adults take advantage of the barRestaurant - Small but well done, nice reproductions of the environments with pieces of aircraft wrecks and ships. Impressive experience in the simulator , very realistic .
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Oliver
Feb 26, 2025
Rude - It is a lovely place. Had a talk about sharks which was interesting. Although, the customers are the most vile and rude people I have ever come across. One staff member snatched a ticket out of my son’s hand and pushed him to one side. He was quite rude afterwards as well. Some locals in Malta are quite pleasant but there is a definite norm of being quite aggressive in the Maltese culture.
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Relax03920288974
Feb 22, 2025
Aquarium 3/5 - Quite interesting, but not big enough for national aquarium. Put the amount of price they should offer more. In general still worth visiting.
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Senorcharlie
Jan 29, 2025
Malta Aquarium - A longish journey from Valletta and rather disappointing when you arrive. What is there is well presented but nothing is particularly exciting. Only two small Sharks liven things up. Being extremely crowded on our visit didn't help.
On the plus side the restaurant served nice food at a reasonable price with pleasant service.
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Tanielv1918
Feb 6, 2025
it falls short... - Compared to other European aquariums (for instance the one in Lisbon, which is truly formidable), this place is quite… modest.
Which is in direct contradiction with some elements of its staff - who, I assume, are students, scientists or whatever, in the maritime filed at hand -, and who are rigid, arrogant, full of themselves. Border-line impolite.
Get over yourselves, guys (the ones of that type which I encountered during our visit, were all males…) Who do you think you are, to treat people like that ? But I assume that you behave better, with fish...
The universe is larger than your aquatic world. I wish you, with age, to understand that.
“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy” …
(The dude at the reception-cash was not like that, btw. Unlike the ones assigned to operate the restaurant…)
Kids will have fun, though.
Review provided by Tripadvisor