Acquario di Cala Gonone, Public aquarium in Dorgali, Italy.

The Acquario di Cala Gonone is an aquarium facing the Gulf of Orosei in Dorgali, Sardinia, inaugurated in July 2010. It has 40 tanks: 15 for acclimatisation and care and 24 display tanks with typical Mediterranean species, plus one tank for tropical fish. About 300 species and 2000 specimens are housed, and a touch pool lets visitors handle rays, hermit crabs and starfish.

The aquarium was inaugurated in July 2010 in Cala Gonone, on the Gulf of Orosei. Its design was by architect Sebastiano Gaias, while the interior layout and technical systems were handled by architect Peter Chermayeff. In 2020, after the COVID-19 closure, it reopened in late May and temporarily suspended guided tours.

The facility focuses on Mediterranean species that visitors can observe up close, particularly through a touch pool where people interact directly with marine animals. This hands-on approach brings marine biology to life for families, turning abstract knowledge into direct experience.

The visit route runs about 200 metres and takes around 40 minutes on average. The aquarium draws roughly 50,000 visitors a year. In 2020, after the COVID-19 closure, it reopened at the end of May without guided tours for a time.

The single tropical tank is the only one outside the Mediterranean set, and the touch pool lets visitors handle rays, hermit crabs and starfish. The building was designed by Sebastiano Gaias, with interiors and technical systems by Peter Chermayeff.