With its foundation having been laid in November 2011, the giant aquarium opened its doors for the first time on August 15th 2012. Antalya Aquarium was designed as a center of attraction with indoors area of 15.000 meters on a total area of 30.000 square meters with a distance of only 70 meters to Konyaaltı beach at the heart of Antalya. Having been constructed in only 260 days, Antalya Aquarium has become one of the leading centers of attraction of Antalya with its entertaining food and beverage areas, indoor Snow World and Ice Museum with natural snow, the WildPark that offers a tropical adventure with poisonous reptiles, giant insects and colorful creatures as well as the Oceanride XD Cinema that will travel you around the seas of the world with multi-dimensional cinema technique.