- Barcelona Aquarium
- Parc de la Ciutadella
- Mammoth museum
- Chocolate Museum
- Cosmo Caixa Science Museum
- Amusement Park on Mount Tibidabo
Planning a vacation to the Catalan capital with the whole family? You are unlikely to be puzzled by the question: “What to visit in Barcelona with children?”, Because there are many places in the city that can interest young travelers.
Barcelona Aquarium
35 aquariums are home to tropical and deep-sea fish from the northern waters. Here you will be able to walk through an 80-meter glass tunnel. As for children, there is a children's mini-aquarium “Miniaquaria” and a developing exhibition “Explora!” For them. (at their service - 50 interactive exhibits, which are dedicated to underwater life).
Prices: tickets for children cost 13 euros (5-10 years old) and 6.5 euros (3-4 years old), and adults - 18 euros.
Parc de la Ciutadella
In this park (admission is free), large and young guests can walk along any of the 3 alleys, admire the cascade fountain, park sculptures and a large lake (you can ride a boat along it), visit the Museum of Geology (to view the exhibits presented in it, you need to pay 3, 7 euros) and the zoo (families with children can move around its territory in a rented 3-wheel electric car; at the zoo, guests will meet pandas, pygmy hippos, lions, nutria, parrots, white gorilla, chimpanzee, brown bear, kangaroo; adult a ticket will cost 19.9 euros, and a ticket for children - 11.9 euros).
Mammoth museum
In this museum, you will have the opportunity to view skeletons and life-size reconstructions of representatives of ancient fauna. In addition, the museum will be able to see copies of rock carvings and purchase products from mammoth ivory, and children will be offered to attend thematic excursions.
Prices: adults - 7.5 euros, children 6-14 years old - 3.5 euros.
Chocolate Museum
Those who come here will embark on a journey dedicated to the history of chocolate. The museum is divided into several zones:
- “Art and Inspiration” (this zone will allow you to find out which works have appeared thanks to the chocolate delicacy);
- “Machines” (here they will talk about the machines with which chocolate was produced at different times);
- “Cocoa and Chocolate” (here you can learn how cocoa is grown, all kinds of it, how chocolate is made);
- “Barcelona Hall” (here you can admire the sculptural compositions made of chocolate, as well as landscapes and still lifes);
- Cafe (sweet tooths should come here to taste sweets).
Ticket prices: adults - 4 euros, children - 3 euros.
Cosmo Caixa Science Museum
In this museum (first of all, visitors will meet the figure of Albert Einstein), children are invited to visit temporary and permanent exhibitions that will introduce them to the world of science. Here you will be able to touch your favorite exhibits, conduct chemical, physical, technical and other experiments with sound, optics and water, visit the “Swampy Forest” (the hall is dedicated to the Amazonian jungle), “Hall of Matter” (visitors will learn about the origin of the Universe), children's halls “Click”(children 3-6 years old learn the world here) and“Flash”(the play space is intended for 7-9 year old children who get knowledge about scientific experiments and physical laws of the world in this hall) and in the planetarium (it is equipped with a 3D system; his visit will cost 2 euros).
The cost of tickets for adults from 16 years old is 4 euros, and for children 8-15 years old - 2 euros.
Amusement Park on Mount Tibidabo
Once on the mountain, they will be able to admire Barcelona from a height, inspect the Church of the Sacred Heart, visit the Museum of Automata, ride any of the 25 attractions, attend performances and shows (for example, on weekend evenings, theatrical performances are organized with the participation of artists from street theaters and circuses, which are accompanied by fireworks).
Tickets for adults are sold at a price of 28.5 euros, for children up to 1.2 m tall - 10.3 euros, and for children up to 0.9 m tall - free of charge.
Vacationers in Barcelona with children are advised to stay in the Eixample area (there is a square and playgrounds in almost every block) or Barceloneta (suitable for those who want to live next to the beach).
