A popular attraction at Barcelona's waterfront is the Aquarium, which boasts a large oceanarium with ferocious looking
sharks that you can see up close from an 80 meters (262 ft) long underwater tunnel.
The Barcelona Aquarium opened in 1995 at Port Vell as Europe's largest aquarium with twenty bassins that show marine life in the Mediterranean and beyond. There are more than 8000 fish in the tanks that contain about six million liters of salt water. The aquarium is divided into a number of thematic areas.
The aquarium puts a large emphasis on the Mediterranean area, with ten tanks simulating the diverse habitats. The first exhibits in the Barcelona Aquarium show life near the shore. Here you find colorful morays, octopuses and flat fish. As you progress, the tanks show sea life in the deeper parts of the sea. You'll encounter species that live in shallow water like dogfish, red star fish and sea horses, and species that live in the coral forests, up to 45 meters below the surface. Here sea life becomes more colorful, with red precious coral and the John Dory fish, noted for the black spots on its sides.
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