Biosfera

It's a small place, but it's SO beautiful! I loved it even more than the aquarium of Genova. You'll find 8 species of birds within this sphere, and nice plants and flowers as well. I can imagine some people won't enjoy it as much as we did (a family of four), since you 'can' walk through the Biosphere in 5 minutes of time. But then you won't have seen it all! I'd suggest you to make another round. And another one. And another one. Look at new places: look down, above, to the left, the right... You'll see new things, new flowers, new plants. Try to spot every bird species (we succeeded in this quest). Again; this is a beautiful place to visit! Special kudoos to cockatoo, who'll provide you with great photo moments ;-)

Unusual experience, just the place is too small and several visitors together is a little bit inconvenient. Birds and plants are nice and it’s wonderful to view them. The ticket is 5€, guess it’s a expensive for the place.

The place is *very* small, most labels are in italian only, and the lady at the register was very unfriendly. Its very sad, because the birds are quite lovely in there. However, given the facts presented today, unfortunately not worth the money.

A small tropical atmosphere in the middle of Europe. You can observe a couple of tropical plants and animals inside. The only penalty is they put the long distance flying wild parrot in a cage (while other animals are completely free). I hope they are setting him free when there is nobody inside. Otherwise it is not acceptable.

It’s very nice and everything is very well cared for but it is expensive for what it is… There are exotic birds and curious plants, like tamarindo tree, arabian coffee tree and even the chewing gum tree. But you see all in about 5-10 minutes so it is not worth the price (5€ adult).

As it ways on the website: The Biosphere is a striking sphere of glass and steel designed by the architect Renzo Piano, which you can find in Genoa’s Porto Antico (the Old Port). Here you can learn about the plant and animal life in tropical forests, and find out more about these fragile environments that are highly endangered by human activities. Visitors will have the chance of taking a close look at more than 150 species, with their fragile beauty, and you will also find out why their survival depends on all of us. You will see rare tropical plants: not only tree ferns, but also plants that are traditionally used for human activities, such as gum trees, coffee plants, banana trees and cinnamon. The tree ferns that grow in the Biosphere are the tallest cultivated plants of this species in the whole world. However, if you are not really interested in the plants and tropical animals do not go there. In size, it's really small. I personally liked it because you get close to wild animals and birds (please just don't touch them it's not allowed). It could take 5 mins to look around or half an hour it depends solely on your level of interest. If you buy the tickets that includes several attractions be careful because the Biosphere closes early (I think the last group of people enters at 18:30). We made this mistake thinking that everything closes at 19:00 and could not get in, so we came back the next day.

A small biosphere, but a good experience. Can not complain because the price was a good deal. Got to see some pretty birds, turtles, and fish. It was nice.

It’s fun! The Biosfera took me back to my childhood in the eighties and early nineties with it’s magical combination of glass, metal and nature in perfect geometrical harmony. The sphere is a small artificial tropical climate that has many tropical plants and a few animals. The plants provide an interesting remembrance to the origin of certain spices, materials etc. The animals (some birds, a tortoise or turtle (I should have paid more attention) and a few walking stick insects in a terrarium) are cute. The staff was very friendly and enthusiastic. I really liked it, but was maybe biased from memories to times when such domes offered a glimpse to a better future for mankind. For not that much entrance fee (5.00 euro, with possibility of reductions) it is its money’s worth.