Aquarium tropical du Palais de la Porte Dorée
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- Aquarium tropical du Palais de la Porte Dorée
Description
Since the 1930s, the Palais de la Porte Dorée located on the edge of the Bois de Vincennes has been home to an aquarium dedicated to tropical marine species. It today has no fewer than 15,000 guests broken down into 730 species and 84 pools, which can be visited.
For a long while it was the capital’s only aquarium and is a popular visitor attraction for Parisian families. Your children will love watching the comings and goings of the fish, with their shimmering colours and occasionally surprising shapes. In addition to the clownfish, skates, electric fish and piranhas, it is also home to a terrarium for turtles and a second of 135 m² for the site’s star animals: the crocodiles, including the small albino alligators, an extremely rare reptile species. They are safe and sound in the aquarium, which helps preserve endangered species.
With its explanatory posters and touch screens, a visit to the aquarium provides a great way to discover how marine species live and the many forms they take, in a fun and educational manner. 4 visitor trails explore the themes of reproduction, feeding, habitat and defence mechanisms, enabling you to understand how life is organised in our seas and oceans.
To round off the visit, all year round the aquarium proposes numerous workshops, exhibitions and guided tours to be enjoyed as a family. You won’t want to go home!
Discover the Aquarium tropical du Palais de la Porte Dorée through one of the treasure hunts in the Paris Region Adventures application specially designed for families and downloadable free of charge.
Community facilities
Access and contact
Tramway T3a - Porte Dorée Metro : Line 8 - Porte Dorée Bus : 46 Vélib' station 12032
Days and opening hours
From 01/06 to 31⁄12 between 10 am and 5.30 pm. Closed on Monday. Saturday and sunday from 10:00 to 19:00
Cash register close 45 minutes before closing time. Evcauation begings 10 minutes before closing time.
Prices
- Group rate available for > 10 people.
Combined ticket (Museum + Aquarium) : - Full price: 14 € (for the Museum and the Aquarium) - Reduced rate : 11 € (for the Museum and the Aquarium)
Reservation of a time-stamped slot is mandatory on the online ticketing site: Ticketing https://palaisportedoree.tickeasy.com/fr-FR/accueil.
Facility
- Exhibition space
- Restaurant
Services
- Educational visits
- Room hire
Tour
Spoken languages
- English
- French
Guided tour languages
- French
Documentation languages (home)
- French
Bulletin board languages
- English
- French
Single mean time tour
90 minsSingle services tour
- Unguided individual tours available permanently
- Guided individual tours available permanently
Accessibility
See on accessible.net- General
- Physical disability
- Deaf / Hard of Hearing
- Visual impairment
- Mental / Cognitive
- Family
- Senior
Access
Pratical informations
- access to the establishment: graspable outside call button
- floor-level pathways
- pathways that change levels are offset by a sloping surface
- adapted access control to the car park
- reserved and adapted parking space located close to the entrance of the site
- parking spaces laid out and connected to the road or building by an accessible pathway
- reception desk easily identifiable and accessible
- free admission for one accompanying person
- free admission on presentation of proof of entitlement
- the accessible entrance is the main entrance
- the accessible entrance is the secondary entrance (indicated)
- staff informed or trained
- specific tariff policy
- manual entrance door
- accessible information plates
- all documentation graspable
- performance room with a reserved space
- accessible cloakroom
- multimedia content access system
- spaces equipped with reserved spaces and adapted to people in wheelchairs
- floor-level establishment
- wheelchair loan
- seated area available
- seated areas available (several spread out across the entire site)
- présence d’un lave main dans les sanitaires adaptés
- accessible communal toilets
- toilets: transfer direction onto the toilet seat to the right
- toilets: transfer direction onto the toilet seat to the left
- Communal staircase adapted for secure movement
- adapted elevator
- elevator
- visual intercom
- adapted access control to the car park
- acceo: instant speech transcription and visio-interpretation in French sign language (LSF)
- reception/information desk equipped with a hearing assistance system with a magnetic loop
- reservation/contact via SMS and/or email
- reservation possible by webcam
- staff trained in French sign language (LSF)
- uniform signage to help people find their way around
- text/image signage
- performance or tour assistance aids
- visual alarm with flashing light in isolated spaces
- intercom equipped with a hearing assistance system with a magnetic loop
- audiovisuals are in French sign language (LSF)
- subtitled audiovisuals
- performance equipped with a sound transmission or amplifying system
- adapted elevator
- independent visit possible
- guided tour in French sign language (LSF)
- guided tour in international sign language (ISL)
- guided tours with lip reading
- guided tours with an amplifying device
- guided tours with a magnetic loop device
- exterior pathways identifiable by touch
- exterior pathways visually identifiable
- exterior lighting control system in communal areas
- interior pathways identifiable by touch
- interior pathways visually identifiable
- Braille documentation
- documentation in enlarged characters
- swell paper documentation
- floor-level establishment
- offset or no obstacles at face height
- navigation assistance tool (e.g. map/model - in relief/large characters/contrasting colours)
- possibility to record conversations and transfer elements onto a tool on loan (mp3, dictaphone)
- possibility to control the lighting
- magnifying glass loan
- glass surfaces identifiable via contrasted elements in relation to the immediate surroundings
- audiodescription system
- elevator with audio announcements for each floor
- elevator with identifiable call buttons
- Legible information plates
- specific accessible information plates
- tactile tour
- the dangers identified have been addressed
- brochures/documentations classified by topic
- simplified adapted documentation (illustration through images, photos, drawings)
- adapted signage
- adapted activities
- educational workshops
- specific supervision
- adapted room cards
- specific tours
- floor-level pathways
- adapted opening hours (morning performances)
- childcare service
- family tariffs/free admission for children
- secure and closed establishment
- large lockers or left luggage lockers for pushchairs
- possibility to leave pushchairs at the cloakroom
- floor-level establishment
- baby carrier loan
- pushchair loan
- toilet facilities suitable for children (toilet seat and washbasin height)
- changing table
- children's/family applications for the tour
- children's visit booklets/games
- pushchairs accepted for the tour
- floor-level pathways
- pets accepted on site and during guided tours
- reception desk easily identifiable and accessible
- reception/information desk equipped with a sound amplification system
- cloakroom
- floor-level establishment
- wheelchair loan
- magnifying glass loan
- cane wheelchair loan
- seated areas available (several spread out across the entire site)
- diagonal support rail to enable the seated person to raise themselves up easily
- communal staircase adapted for secure movement
- private staircase adapted for secure movement
- stairs compensated for by a lift or an elevator
- Legible information plates
- Specific accessible information plates (large characters)
- Copyright image:
- D.Manchon / Aquarium de la Porte Dorée