Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
La Zona Alta
COSMOCAIXA
Museum
(Museu de la Ciència; ; 93 212 60 50;
www.fundacio.lacaixa.es
; Carrer de Isaac Newton 26; adult/child
€3/2; 10am-8pm Tue-Sun; 60, FGC Avinguda Tibidabo)
Kids (and kids at heart) are fas-
cinated by displays here and the museum has become one of the city's most popular at-
tractions. The single greatest highlight is the re-creation over 1 sq km of a chunk of
flooded Amazon rainforest (Bosc Inundat). More than 100 species of Amazon flora and
fauna (including anacondas, colourful poisonous frogs and caymans) prosper in this
unique, living diorama in which you can even experience a tropical downpour. In another
original section, the Mur Geològic, seven great chunks of rock (90 tonnes in all) have
been assembled to create a Geological Wall.
These and other displays on the lower 5th floor (the bulk of the museum is under-
ground) cover many fascinating areas of science, from fossils to physics, and from the al-
phabet to outer space.
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