Genoa Aquarium Tickets: Prices, Time Slots And Combo Passes

The Aquarium of Genoa sits on the Porto Antico, the old harbour of this coastal city in Liguria, north-west Italy, and it is open 365 days a year. The Aquarium's own ticket page lists fixed-date tickets from 26.00 EUR for an adult, with children aged 4 to 12 from 16.00 EUR and under 4s free, all under a dynamic pricing system that moves the exact figure by date and time slot. This page sets out every published price, the combined Bigo and Biosfera passes, the reported flexi option, the transport fares that get you to the door, and how the ticket interacts with the Genoa Museum Card, which covers city museums but not the Aquarium itself. The Aquarium opened in 1992 as part of the redevelopment of the old harbour for the Columbus Expo, reported as designed by Renzo Piano alongside the Bigo lift that still stands beside it.

How Much Do Genoa Aquarium Tickets Cost?

A fixed-date adult ticket (age 13 and over) starts from 26.00 EUR, a reduced ticket (military, over 65, disabled) starts from 20.00 EUR, and children aged 4 to 12 start from 16.00 EUR, while under 4s enter free, according to the Aquarium's own ticket page. Every price is dynamic, so the figure for a given day and time slot moves with demand, and the printed rate is always a starting point rather than a fixed sum.

The pricing structure rewards anyone who can commit to a date in advance, because the dynamic bands step upward as popular slots fill. The ticket page publishes only the "from" rate for each category, so the exact total only appears once you select a day and an entry time. Booking a fixed-date ticket also locks your slot, which matters on a site that opens every day of the year and sells timed entry rather than open admission.

The entry ticket product sold through this site covers the same timed admission, and it can be reserved in the same transaction flow as a day trip or a walking tour:

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For the wider sightseeing picture around the harbour, see things to do in Genoa, which covers the old town, the Strade Nuove and the seafront beyond the Aquarium itself.

What Ticket Types Exist For The Aquarium Of Genoa?

There are three ticket families: the fixed-date ticket described above, a combined Pianeta Acquario ticket that adds the Biosfera and the Bigo panoramic lift from 37.00 EUR for an adult, and a reported Open Flexi ticket at 38.00 EUR adult, 35.00 EUR reduced and 30.00 EUR for ages 4 to 12, which carries one year of validity and allows one date change. An Acquario Village combination that also adds the Città dei Bambini is listed from 51.00 EUR adult on the Aquarium site.

The fixed-date ticket is the cheapest route in and suits anyone with a settled itinerary. The Open Flexi ticket, reported on the Aquarium's ticket page, trades a higher headline price for flexibility: one year of validity from purchase and a single permitted date change, which is worth weighing if your travel dates are not yet firm or you are building the visit around how to get to Genoa plans that could still shift.

The combined tickets are the better arithmetic when the Porto Antico itself is part of the day. The Biosfera and the Bigo sit within a short walk of the Aquarium doors on the same redeveloped harbour front, so a Pianeta Acquario pass turns a single attraction into a half-day around the water.

The Biosfera is a glass sphere among the harbour greenery, and the Bigo is the panoramic lift named for the harbor crane it evokes; both belong to the same Porto Antico complex the Aquarium anchors. More on the lift on the Aquarium's official attraction page.

Should You Buy A Combined Ticket With The Bigo And Biosfera?

The Pianeta Acquario combined ticket starts from 37.00 EUR for an adult against 26.00 EUR for Aquarium entry alone, so the Biosfera and the Bigo together add from about 11.00 EUR to an adult day, and the Bigo lift alone is reported at 6.00 EUR adult and 5.00 EUR reduced, which makes the bundle cheaper than buying the pieces separately. For ages 4 to 12 the combined rate starts from 24.50 EUR, and the reduced combined rate starts from 28.50 EUR.

The arithmetic only works if you will actually ride the lift and enter the Biosfera. If the Aquarium is a two-hour stop inside a packed day that also includes the caruggi of the old town or a boat departure, the single fixed-date ticket is the leaner purchase and the harbour viewpoints are free to walk regardless.

If the day is built around the water rather than the tanks, the alternatives are worth a look as well: a Portofino boat tour from Genoa or a Cinque Terre tour from Genoa spends the same hours on the Ligurian Sea instead.

How Do Time Slots And Dynamic Pricing Work?

The Aquarium sells timed entry for every day of the year, and the price of each slot is dynamic: the ticket page states that rates change daily, so a mid-morning slot on one date and the same slot a week later can carry different totals, and the published figures of 26.00, 20.00 and 16.00 EUR are the starting points. There is no printed schedule of which dates sit in which band, because the system reprices continuously.

Practically, this means the price you see when you select a date is the price for that date, and selecting a different day in the same session is the only way to compare. Choosing an entry slot early in the planning process, rather than the night before, keeps the widest choice of times. The site does not publish guidance on which slots sell first, so nothing here predicts that.

The Open Flexi ticket is the hedge against the whole question: reported at one year of validity with a single date change allowed, it converts a dynamic price into a fixed one at a premium. Travellers connecting the visit to a Genoa cruise port day or a fixed ferry departure from the Genoa ferries terminal may prefer the certainty of a fixed-date ticket, since those itineraries rarely move.

What Concessions Apply To Genoa Aquarium Tickets?

The reduced tier at the Aquarium of Genoa, from 20.00 EUR, applies to military personnel, visitors over 65 and disabled visitors, while children aged 4 to 12 pay from 16.00 EUR and children under 4 enter free, according to the Aquarium's ticket page. The reduced rate is also carried into the combined Pianeta Acquario ticket at from 28.50 EUR, and the reported Open Flexi reduced rate is 35.00 EUR.

There is no student tier and no family rate listed on the published ticket page, so a group of two adults and two children prices as two adult plus two child tickets at the rates for the chosen slot. Groups travelling with young children may also want the dedicated planning in Genoa with kids, which folds the Aquarium into a child-paced day.

Concession categories are narrower than at some city museums, which matters when comparing passes. The Genoa Museum Card, set out below, has its own resident and student pricing, and the two schemes do not overlap: one covers the museums, the other the Aquarium.

Is The Genova Museum Card Worth It Alongside Aquarium Tickets?

The Genoa Museum Card does not cover the Aquarium of Genoa: at the 2026 rates effective from 1 January 2026 it costs 24 EUR for 24 hours and 45 EUR for 48 hours and opens 28 city museums (19 municipal plus 9 others), while the Aquarium is priced entirely through its own ticket system. The card is a museums instrument, and the Aquarium belongs to the Porto Antico rather than the civic museum network.

For a visit built around the Palazzi dei Rolli, the Strada Nuova museums and Genoa museums generally, the card pays for itself within a day of serious gallery-going. A full comparison of the 2026 rates, the annual and resident options and what the "+bus" variants add sits in the Genoa Museum Card guide.

Only the "+bus" variants of the card include AMT buses, and even those exclude Volabus, Navebus and trains. The Aquarium day itself therefore runs on ordinary AMT tickets or the Met Daily, summarised in the next section.

How Do You Get To The Aquarium Of Genoa?

The Aquarium sits on the Porto Antico, reachable on the AMT network with an ordinary ticket at 2.00 EUR valid 110 minutes across the whole Città Metropolitana network, or on the Met Daily 24-hour ticket at 10.00 EUR, while the metro's 8 stations include San Giorgio, Sant'Agostino and Darsena close to the harbour front. An integrated AMT plus Trenitalia 110-minute ticket costs 2.20 EUR for arrivals by regional train.

The metro runs 7 km from Brin to Brignole with 8 stations: Brin, Dinegro, Principe, Darsena, San Giorgio, Sant'Agostino, De Ferrari, Brignole. The stations Canepari and Martinez are not open, with Canepari reported as targeted for June 2027 and Martinez for December 2028. Arrivers from Genoa train stations at Genova Piazza Principe or Genova Brignole are each a short hop from the harbour.

From Genova Cristoforo Colombo airport, Volabus runs to Principe, De Ferrari and Brignole in about 30 minutes, and it requires the 10.00 EUR Met Daily ticket rather than a single fare; the fixed airport taxi to the centre is 25 EUR per car, 30 EUR over 4 people, plus 2 EUR at night and on holidays. Full detail sits in Genoa public transport and Genoa airport.

What Else Sits Around The Aquarium In The Porto Antico?

The Porto Antico around the Aquarium holds the Biosfera, the Bigo panoramic lift, the Galata Museo del Mare and the city's ferry and cruise terminals, all on the redeveloped old harbour reported as designed by Renzo Piano for the 1992 Columbus Expo, the same year the Aquarium opened. The port's own published figures record 2.4 million cruise passengers and 2.6 million ferry passengers a year across the terminals.

To link the harbour sights with the rest of the city, book a hop-on hop-off tour ticket here.

The Galata Museo del Mare is the maritime museum of the complex, open 10:00 to 19:00, with its own separate ticketing; consult the museum's own booking page. The Porto Antico guide and the Galata Museo del Mare page carry the fuller picture.

South-east of the harbour front, the Waterfront di Levante works are ongoing, with the Centro del Mare reported as targeted for 2028. The practical consequence for a visit is simple: the Aquarium side of the water is the finished, ticketed complex, while the Levante side remains a construction site with a park.

Does Weather Matter For An Aquarium Day In Genoa?

The Aquarium is entirely indoors and open 365 days a year, so rain does not close it, but the official 1971-2000 climate normals for Genoa Sestri show why the shoulder seasons dominate planning: October averages 171.3 mm of rain, July 24.2 mm, August a mean daily high of 27.7 C, and January a mean daily low of 5.5 C.

The table below is drawn from the official Aeronautica Militare CLINO 1971-2000 normals for Genoa Sestri, the station at the airport about 7 km west of Piazza De Ferrari. A wet-weather day that empties a beach plan is a natural Aquarium day, and the Genoa in the rain page builds a full itinerary on the same logic, as does the best time to visit Genoa for the seasonal picture.

What About Visiting With Children?

Children aged 4 to 12 enter the Aquarium from 16.00 EUR on a fixed-date ticket and from 24.50 EUR on the combined Pianeta Acquario pass, under 4s are free, and the reported Acquario Village combination adds the Città dei Bambini from 51.00 EUR adult, which is the child-centred option in the Aquarium's own ticket range. The Aquarium opened in 1992 and has been the family anchor of the Porto Antico since.

The Città dei Bambini inclusion is what separates Acquario Village from Pianeta Acquario, so the choice between them is a choice about how much of the day belongs to hands-on play rather than the tanks. Families stretching the day further can pair the morning slots with the seafront at Boccadasse or the parks at Nervi, both reachable on the same AMT ticket structure described above.

The reported bathing-water picture for 2026 classes Boccadasse as poor and Nervi as good in ARPAL's scheme, reported per ARPAL's published classifications, which is worth knowing before promising anyone a swim after the Aquarium.

Where Does The Aquarium Fit In A Longer Genoa Stay?

A single timed visit of the Aquarium slots naturally into the first morning of a stay, with the Porto Antico, the old town caruggi and the Strade Nuove palaces filling the same day on foot, and day trips by train or boat to Portofino, Camogli or the Cinque Terre filling the days after; straight-line distances from Piazza De Ferrari run to about 18 km for Camogli, 25 km for Portofino and 67 km for the Cinque Terre. The Aquarium is a half-day anchor, not a full-day destination.

The itinerary pages cover the sequencing in depth: Genoa in one day places the Aquarium against the cathedral and the Rolli palaces, while Genoa in two days and Genoa in three days add the Nervi parks and the Lanterna. For where to sleep, where to stay in Genoa maps the districts against the harbour.

One budget line to add at booking: the city's imposta di soggiorno runs 2.00 EUR per person per night at 1-star hotels, 2.50 EUR at 2-star, 4.00 EUR at B&Bs, with 3-, 4- and 5-star rates of 3, 4 and 5 EUR reported, and only the first 8 consecutive nights taxed.

Common Questions About Genoa Aquarium Tickets

A final word on sequencing: buy the ticket before the travel day, choose the slot that fits the rest of the itinerary, and add the Biosfera and the Bigo only when the harbour itself is part of the plan. The prices above come from the Aquarium's own published ticket page and the AMT fare table, the reported figures carry their reporting status, and the Genoa Travel Guide carries the rest of the city around them, from the Strade Nuove to the boat schedules to Portofino.