swap_horiz Cité de la Mer Alternatives

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Oceanário de Lisboa

Oceanario de Lisboa is a Lisbon oceanarium opened for Expo 98, designed by Peter Chermayeff and built around a large cen...

Portugal Lisbon Public Aquarium Ocean Park

9.4 Excellent

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Monterey Bay Aquarium

Monterey Bay Aquarium is a nonprofit public aquarium in California, opened in 1984 on Cannery Row at the former Hovden s...

USA California Conservation Ocean

9.3 Excellent

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Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan

Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan is a Japanese aquarium opened in 1990, notable for its Pacific Ocean tank and whale shark displa...

Japan Large Scale Whale Sharks Public Aquarium

9.3 Excellent

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Georgia Aquarium

Georgia Aquarium is a public aquarium in Atlanta, Georgia, opened in 2005 and notable as the largest aquarium in the Uni...

USA Large Scale Atlanta Whale Sharks

9.1 Excellent

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Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium includes the Suzanne and Walter Scott Aquarium, opened in 1995 with 1.2 million ga...

USA Zoo Omaha Public Aquarium

9.1 Excellent

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Oceanogràfic Valencia

Oceanogràfic Valencia is Spain's major oceanarium, opened in 2003 in Valencia and noted as Europe's largest aquarium com...

Spain Valencia Public Aquarium Beluga

9.1 Excellent

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S.E.A. Aquarium

S.E.A. Aquarium was Singapore's Sentosa oceanarium at Resorts World Sentosa, opened in 2012 and rebranded as Singapore O...

Singapore Large Scale Public Aquarium Sentosa

8.9 Great

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John G. Shedd Aquarium

John G. Shedd Aquarium is a public aquarium in Chicago, opened in 1930 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 19...

USA Chicago Marine Freshwater

8.8 Great

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Aquarium of Genoa

The Aquarium of Genoa is Italy's largest aquarium, opened for Genoa Expo 1992 and designed by Renzo Piano in the Old Har...

Italy Mediterranean Large Scale Genoa

8.7 Great

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Musée Océanographique de Monaco

Musée Océanographique de Monaco is a marine science museum and aquarium founded by Prince Albert I and inaugurated in Mo...

Historic Mediterranean Monaco Public Aquarium

8.7 Great

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Vancouver Aquarium

Vancouver Aquarium is a Stanley Park public aquarium opened in 1956, recognized as Canada's first public aquarium and la...

Canada Conservation Pacific Vancouver

8.6 Great

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Nausicaá

Nausicaa is a national sea centre and public aquarium in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, opened in 1991 and now among Europe's...

France Large Scale North Sea Public Aquarium

8.6 Great

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Two Oceans Aquarium

Two Oceans Aquarium is a Cape Town aquarium at the V&A Waterfront, opened in 1995 and named for the Atlantic and Indian...

South Africa Cape Town Public Aquarium Sharks

8.6 Great

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National Aquarium Abu Dhabi

National Aquarium Abu Dhabi is a public aquarium at Al Qana in the UAE, opened in 2021 and organized across multiple hab...

Modern Large Scale Uae Abu Dhabi

8.5 Great

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Océanopolis

Oceanopolis is an ocean discovery centre in Brest, France, opened in 1990 and organized around temperate, polar, and tro...

Research France Atlantic Public Aquarium

8.3 Great

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Aquarium La Rochelle

Aquarium La Rochelle is a family-owned public aquarium in France, opened in 1988 and moved in 2001 to a larger site near...

France Family Atlantic Public Aquarium

8.0 Great

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Aquarium de Biarritz

Aquarium de Biarritz is a French aquarium and sea museum opened in 1933 in an Art Deco building facing the Rocher de la...

France Marine Biology Atlantic Public Aquarium

7.7 Good

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Aquarium de Saint-Malo

Aquarium de Saint-Malo is a public aquarium in Brittany, France, opened in 1996 and known for its large tanks and Nautib...

France Family Atlantic Public Aquarium

7.4 Good

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Aquarium Mare Nostrum

Aquarium Mare Nostrum was Montpellier's public aquarium, opened in 2007 and merged with the Galilee planetarium as Plane...

France Family Mediterranean Montpellier

6.8 Fair

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Aquarium de Paris-Cinéaqua

Aquarium de Paris-Cineaqua is a Paris aquarium under the Trocadero gardens, reopened in 2006 on the site of the 1878 Tro...

Entertainment France Urban Paris

6.6 Fair