Santa Monica Pier - Santa Monica Zoos and Aquarium

  • Address: Colorado St & Pacific Coast Hwy, Santa Monica, CA 90401
  • Phone: 3103948042
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  • Website:www.healthebay.org
Average Rating
5.0
 38+ reviews
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Yahoo! Travel
5.0
 26+ reviews
Yelp
5.0
 12+ reviews
Santa Monica Pier
Colorado St & Pacific Coast Hwy
Santa Monica, CA 90401

Santa Monica Pier Details

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  • Wheelchair Accessible

Descriptions from Across the Web

  • Perched over the Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica, \"The Pier\" feels more like a carnival than a place to shop. Cirque du Soleil pitches their tent on the beach here annually, and there are concerts and dances on the weekends in the summer. In addition to the many restaurants and souvenir stands, t... more on Yahoo! Travel
  • The Santa Monica Pier Aquarium (SMPA) is a marine science aquarium located beach-level, just below the Carousel, at the Santa Monica Pier The Santa Monica Pier Aquarium offers school groups, families and visitors a unique view into the ocean world just outside its doors and is home to dozens o... more on Healthebay.org
  • A variety of activities and attractions are available at this well known 413,056 square foot pier that includes the Pacific Park amusement park, arcade, historic carousel, a boardwalk, and much more. Many movies ... more on Yahoo!
  • Built underneath the Santa Monica Pier for the purpose of research and education, the Santa Monica Pier 'Heal the Bay' Aquarium (formerly the UCLA Ocean Discovery Center) features interactive displays, touch tanks filled with animals found in tide pools, and other small aquaria exhibits.Families ... more on GoCityKids.com
  • Souvenir shops, a psychic adviser, arcades, eateries, and Pacific Park are all part of this truncated pier at the foot of Colorado Boulevard below Palisades Park. The pier's trademark 46-horse Looff Carousel, built in 1922, has appeared in several ... more on Fodor's

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5.0
Greeeeeeat :)

The newly added attractions to the pier make it even better than when I was a kid. Bubba Gumps truly found the perfect location. While you wait (not that long of a wait either) you can walk across the pier, down to the beach, and just enjoy. Then bubba gumps has a family ... singing_in_the_rain17, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

Santa Monica Pier

...rides, arcades, fast food, the usual parade of interesting passerby and all the honkey-tonk you could want make up the carnival atmosphere at this cheap, convenient kid heaven jutting ... Zagat, a user of Zagat. Read full review on Amazon.com

2.0
EAT, DRINK, THEN RIDE THE ROLLERCOASTER

We stayed in a hotel near by the Santa Monica Pier because we thought we might be spending a lot of time there. The hotel was nice (see Georgian Hotel), but the pier was a let down. There are essentially four things to do on the pier: 1) fish (don't expect too much); 2) eat & drink at the ove... Larry, a user of yahoo_local. Read full review on Yahoo!

Pier Lover

I Love the Pier Me and my kids are so in to the water, they love to get Thrashed by the waves, and the like to ... citysearch.com, a user of citysearch.com. Read full review on OpenList.com

5.0
Seb T. 's review

I got to touch the starfish, the uni mommy likes to eat. The starfish grabbed my finger. It sucked it and it startled me a bit. The nice man drew a shark ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp

Directions

General Directions All directions below are to the 1550 parking lot. (also know as Lot 1 North). Please refer to the street map at the bottom-left for other parking locations. From Malibu ��� Take Pacific Coast Highway south into Santa Monica ��� Move to

Hours

Weekends 12:30pm — 6:00pm; Tuesday thru Friday 2:00pm — 6:00pm; Monday closed.

Miscellaneous

  • Admission: Children 12 & under Must be accompanied by an adult Free! Over 12 $5 suggested ($2 minimum) Adults All adults $5 suggested ($2 minimum) Groups Groups of 10 or more, including children $2 per person

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