Nausicaá One-day Ticket with Shark Guided Tour Experience

Explore Nausicaá, Europe’s largest aquarium, with full-day skip-the-line access and a guided shark-focused tour in one visit.

Getting started

Begin at the main entrance of Nausicaá, where your ticket is validated for skip-the-line entry and all-day access. Pick up a visitor map or use the mobile app to orient yourself, then head straight into the exhibitions and live shows. Before your shark guided tour, make your way to the Info Point in the Nausicaá hall a little early to check in with the Nausicaa team.

What to expect

Nausicaá - National Sea Center

Nausicaá brings together 85 aquariums and terrariums with immersive zones and events that focus on marine biodiversity, climate, and human–ocean connections.

Features

• Explore the Journey on the High Seas zone, centered on a vast tank with ocean giants like sharks and manta rays, and walk through the 18-meter ocean tunnel where sharks and manta rays glide overhead.

• Visit the Mankind and Shores and In the Eye of the Climate exhibits to see how coastal life and climate change shape marine ecosystems through interactive and digital displays.

• Access permanent spaces such as the Giants of the High Seas and Malpelo Island exhibits, following creatures like the leatherback turtle and learning about endangered marine species from this region.

• Spend time at the Touch Pool with Catsharks and Thornback rays, where these animals may approach your hands, and move between different live animal feedings and sea lion medical training sessions.

• Join shows and exhibitions including Sea Lion Training, Lagoon Feeding, and Meet the Penguins, and attend special events like Dans les Pas d'un soigneur to hear directly from caretakers.

• Make the most of cultural evenings such as Nuit des Chercheurs, along with wider access to exhibitions and live shows included in your all-day ticket.

Nausicaá - National Sea Center shark guided tour

The shark guided tour focuses on coastal shark diversity and ecology, led on-site by the Nausicaa team.

Features

• Follow an expert guide from the Nausicaa team on a structured route through the shark habitats, keeping the group focused on specific displays and behaviors.

• View Ocellated Epaulette Shark, Leopard Shark, Small-spotted Catshark, Zebra Shark and Blacktip Reef Shark, observing how each species looks, moves, and uses its environment.

• Hear information on diverse coastal shark species, with explanations of how life in coastal zones differs from open-ocean conditions and how these sharks are adapted.

• Gain insights into sharks' role in ecosystems, from their position in marine food webs to the effects of declining shark populations on oceans and people.

• Listen to myths and anecdotes about sharks that address common misconceptions and connect shark science to human stories, making details easier to remember after the visit.

Wrapping up

Once the guided shark tour ends back in the shark area, you can continue using your all-day access to revisit zones like Journey on the High Seas, explore exhibits such as Giants of the High Seas and Malpelo Island, or attend later exhibitions, live shows, and cultural evenings at Nausicaá.