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New England Aquarium
Melhor época para visitar
Weekday mornings before 11 a.m. are the calmest, when school groups are still shuffling off buses and feeding demonstrations draw modest crowds. Spring and fall weekdays beat summer and holiday peak season by a wide margin.
Dicas para economizar
Adult tickets run roughly $34 online, with kids 3-11 at $25 and reduced rates for seniors and students. CityPASS and Go Boston passes bundle admission, and booking timed tickets online the night before always beats walk-up pricing.
Recomendado para
Families with young kids, Marine life enthusiasts, Photography enthusiasts, Rainy-day travelers
Planeje sua visita
2-3 hours
Sobre
Fatos rápidos: A staggering 200,000 gallons swirl through the Giant Ocean Tank, a four-story coral reef cylinder you circle like a lighthouse staircase. Myrtle, a green sea turtle who showed up in 1970 and now tips the scales past 500 pounds, has outlived decades of visitors while still cruising laps alongside the sharks.
Destaques: From the spiral ramp hugging the Giant Ocean Tank, you can watch divers in full scuba gear hand-feed the reef fish midwater, then lean in for the daily dive presentation where Myrtle swims straight past your nose. The penguin colony, one of the largest in New England, keeps African, rockhopper, and little blue penguins on rocky ledges where chicks hatch right in public view each breeding season.
Dicas de quem conhece
- Arrive right at opening and take the Giant Ocean Tank ramp to the top first, before the school-group wave floods in.
- Check the posted feeding schedule, then claim a stairwell rail spot about 10 minutes early for the diver presentation.
- Skip photos from the tank's ground floor, the upper ramp gives face-to-face angles with Myrtle and the rays.
- Wear comfortable layers, the penguin and shark galleries run cool and damp while the café atrium warms up fast.
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