The Great Aquarium – Saint-Malo is an aquarium in Saint-Malo, France. It opened in 1996 and now belongs to the group Compagnie des Alpes, which also owns many other parks in France and Europe.
The aquarium houses 11,000 marine animals representing 600 species. It covers Шаблон:Convert and holds Шаблон:Convert of water (The largest aquarium, Nautibus attraction excluded, contains Шаблон:Convert).
360,000 people visit this site each year making it the second most visited tourist site in Brittany.
History
- 1996 – Opening of the aquarium, the project was initiated by
Maurice Chicheportiche.
- 1997 - Launch of the 3D movie.
- 1998 - Creation of the touch pool
- 1999 - Acquisition of the Great Aquarium by the Compagnie des
Alpes group. Frédéric Charlot is the new director.
- 2000 - The visit is fully redesigned
- 2001 - Creation of the “Nautibus”
- 2002 - Nautibus receives the Themed Entertainment Association
Award for its design and the Tourism Trophy of the Ille-et-Vilaine
department
- 2003 - Several partners, including the Great Aquarium create
the eco-association “Caution! Sea in danger”
- 2004 - Creation of “In Blue” a Sensory attraction
- 2006 - The Great Aquarium celebrates his 10th birthday
- 2007 - New logo and colours
The visit and the
attractions
During the visit, you can discover the underwater world in
different rooms:
- Cold and temperate seas
- Tropical collection
- Mangrove
- The wreck of the ship where sharks dominates.
Three attractions complete the visit:
- The touch pool that allows you to touch some marine species of
the Brittany coast such as rays, bats, sea stars and spiders
- A sharks ring. 7 sharks (4
different species) and 4 sea turtles swim in a basin which contains
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water and completely encircles the room. You can also spend one
night in the heart of this ring, surrounded by sharks.
- The Nautibus, a journey in a small submarine, presents 5,000
fishes swimming in a pool of Шаблон:Convert
of water.
Caution! Sea in danger
The association was created in 2003 at the initiative of the
aquarium with some partners such as the city of Saint-Malo.
Caution! Sea in Danger aims to sensitize and educate people about
dangers that threaten the sea and the shorelines. Its scope extends
throughout the Emerald Coast, and they initiate various operations
such as cleaning of natural sites, lessons for children during
classrooms or participation at the “Ocean world day” established in
1992 by the United Nations.
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