Rating: 8/10 (1 votes)
Cretaquarium
A sea aquarium on the east side of Iraklion
Cretaquarium is suitable for everyone, from baby to granddad. Excellent, during the winter 2008/2009 renovated premises, huge aquariums and giant-sized glass walls. A new cafeteria, new child care rooms and a souvenir shop are all extremely well organized. All these things together make it a five star destination for families. It is also a good place for the physically challenged and the elderly., and it is pleasantly cool inside. Here's a panoramic image from the excellently organized area where there is plenty to see.
The entrance has also been renovated and there are plenty of new aquariums on the exhibition premises. There is an enormous amount of water in the huge tanks and when you look through the glass it looks like real sea life. Cretaquarium is also a part of the Thalassocosmos complex, the biggest sea research, technology and free time center in the Mediterranean area.
The sharks are an intimidating presence up close
The watertanks contain beautifully lifelike conditions
Cretaquarium is a great experience for the whole family, and the audiovisual equipment makes it possible to listen to the sounds of the underwater world while looking at the fish. One should reserve a little under an hour to be able to see the whole exhibition, but you can easily spend more time looking at the beautiful creatures of the sea.
How to find Cretaquarium?
Näytä suurempi kartta
There are good signs on the National road starting almost from Chania.
From Iraklion it is about a 15 kilometer (10 mile) drive east on the National road. Follow the signs.
From the Iraklion bus station it takes about 20 minutes by bus. (Take the bus that goes to the old American military base, Gouves. The Aquarium is located in that area).
Travel distances and driving times:
Chania - Cretaquarium 160 km (100 miles) / 2h 45minRethymnon - Cretaquarium 100 km (60 miles) / 1h 45minAgios Nikolaos - Cretaquarium 46 km (29 miles) / 54min
Additional information:
Website: http://www.cretaquarium.gr
Virtual Tour: Cretaquarium
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Arkadi | 2010-11-21 16:15 EET