Oceanogràfic tickets: €37.00 to €43.05 by season, dolphin presentations in the price and the extras that cost more

💡 The Short Version: An adult Oceanogràfic ticket is €43.05, €39.45 or €37.00 by season (2026 prices), and three dolphin presentations a day are included. The 4D cinema (€3), audio guide (€4), ARCA del Mar (€5) and Backstage Tour (€12) are extras. Plan about 4 hours; it opens at 10:00 and the ticket offices close an hour before it does. You can leave and return only on a combined ticket with a second building that day, and you must ask for a wristband. Food may not be brought in. An online ticket goes to the turnstile, and a resold skip-the-line label buys nothing more. Prices are in euros. Or book a tour: the Oceanogràfic ticketad is from €37 and the three-building comboad from €45.55 (GetYourGuide).

Tickets and prices

Prices are from the Oceanogràfic’s own price page and are the 2026 prices. Each date is high, mid or low season, and the City of Arts and Sciences page lists the high-season dates, among them 31 October to 1 November and 5 to 7 December 2026, 20 to 28 March 2027 and July and August 2027. Buy from the operator at entradas.oceanografic.org or tickets.cac.es: searches for Oceanogràfic tickets return several sites with the aquarium’s name in their web address that are not the operator.

Reduced tickets need documents at the door. Groups write to reservas@oceanografic.org.

Extras

Each extra needs an Oceanogràfic ticket on the same day.

Combined tickets

A combined ticket is valid for one, two or three consecutive days. You name a date for each building when you buy, and you cannot enter the same building twice.

Where to buy

GetYourGuide’s “from” prices equal the operator’s low-season prices. The City of Arts and Sciences page covers the other two buildings.

Tours worth paying for

These listings are the same tickets the operator sells; the Backstage Tour is sold at the aquarium. Prices are the lowest “from” prices, per person.

Oceanogràfic entry ticket

From €37 · 4.7 stars from 11,646 reviews

Valencia: Oceanogràfic Entry Ticketad is sold by GetYourGuide and labelled “Official ticket”.

All three buildings

From €45.55 · 4.5 stars from 3,530 reviews

Valencia: Oceanogràfic, Hemisfèric & Science Museum Comboad adds the Museu de les Ciències and the Hemisfèric on the dates you name.

Oceanogràfic and Museu de les Ciències

From €38.90 · 4.7 stars from 2,894 reviews

Valencia: Oceanogràfic & Science Museum Comboad leaves out the Hemisfèric.

What to see

The aquarium covers 110,000 square metres, and the operator says it is the largest in Europe. Each building is one aquatic environment: the Mediterranean, Wetlands, Temperate and Tropical Seas, Oceans, the Antarctic, the Arctic, Islands and the Red Sea, with the Dolphinarium. The Access Building and the Underwater Restaurant have roofs by Félix Candela.

The Oceanogràfic’s Access Building, under the curved white roof by Félix Candela. Photo: Javier Yaya Tur, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.

1. The map. The operator publishes a PDF plan of the aquarium, and its information point is in the Access Building. The “Aquarium today” page lists the day’s activities, with the dolphin times.
2. The dolphin presentation. Three a day, about 20 minutes, at the Ágora del Mar, and included in the ticket. The Dolphinarium holds 26,000 cubic metres of water, 10.5 metres deep.
3. The underwater tunnel. The aquarium says it is the longest in Europe, and it passes under the sharks.
4. The Arctic. The aquarium says its belugas are the only family of beluga whales in Europe.
5. The extras. The 4D cinema runs short films of about 12 minutes, in Spanish and English at set times.

A dolphin presentation, with the stands behind. Photo: Javier Yaya Tur, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.

The order that works: be there at 10:00, pick the day’s dolphin presentation from the “Aquarium today” page and plan the other buildings round it. The operator puts the whole visit at about 4 hours. What to skip: the extras unless you have the time. The Backstage Tour (€12, from age 6) is the only one that goes behind the scenes.

Hours, rules and getting there

• Hours. It opens at 10:00. In low and mid season to 31 March 2027 it closes at 18:00, or 19:00 on Saturdays; from 20 to 28 March 2027 at 20:00, or 21:00 on 26 and 27 March; from 1 April 2027 at 18:00, or 20:00 on Saturdays; from 19 June 2027 at 20:00, and in August at 21:00 until 27 August. On 24 December 2026 it closes at 16:00, on 25 December it is open 12:00 to 18:00, on 31 December it closes at 16:00 and on 1 January 2027 it is open 12:00 to 18:00. Ticket offices close one hour before closing. The operator’s calendar has every date.
• Re-entry. Only on a combined ticket with a second building that day, with a wristband from the information point.
• Food. No food or drink inside except in the designated areas, and none may be brought into the park. The Océanos restaurant, the Lonja self-service restaurant near the Dolphinarium and the Underwater Restaurant are on site.
• Cameras. No flash, selfie sticks or underwater cameras. No drones, and no pets except guide dogs. Under-12s must be accompanied.
• Lockers. €3, €4 or €5 a day by size at the Access Building, by card only.
• Wheelchairs are free against a €10 deposit.
• Changing the date. Tickets are not refundable, but you can change the date twice, up to a year ahead, by phone or email, paying any difference.
• Getting there: Carrer d’Eduardo Primo Yúfera 1B. Metrovalencia line 5 to Alameda or line 10 to Ciutat Arts i Ciències - Justícia, tram line 10, or EMT buses 13, 14, 35 and 95. The Turia Gardens lead to it on foot or by bike. The Umbracle car park is €2.30 an hour, and €7 a day with any ticket.
• The one thing that ruins a visit: arriving in the last hour expecting to buy a ticket, since the offices close an hour before the aquarium, or leaving for lunch without a combined ticket and a wristband.

What to book in Valencia has the closed days for every sight. The City of Arts and Sciences page covers the Museu de les Ciències and the Hemisfèric. Valencia with kids sorts the family sights by age, and the Bioparc is the other animal ticket. Valencia Tourist Card: is it worth it? runs the 10% discount. Valencia public transport has the bus and tram fares, and the hop-on hop-off bus has a stop at the aquarium. 3 days in Valencia puts the Oceanogràfic on one day. For a bed, see where to stay in Valencia.