The Marineland of Antibes is a theme park founded in 1970 by Roland de La Poype in Antibes (Alpes-Maritimes), in the French Riviera. Covering 26 hectares, it includes a marine zoological park with dolphinarium, a water park (Aquasplash), a children's play park (Kid's Island), mini golf (Aventure Golf) and a three-star hotel (Marineland Resort). It is the property of the Spanish multinational company Parques Reunidos, whose majority shareholder is the British investment fund Arle Capital Partners. The current director is Arnaud Palu. It is one of the four French dolphinariums and one of the two European dolphinariums presenting orcas. With 1.2 million visitors in 2014, it's the most visited site in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. The zoological park is one of the most visited in France. Since 2010, it has been criticised by the opponents to cetacean captivity, who claim that dolphinariums can't assure proper & healthy captivity conditions for that species. They also claim that this leads to more premature mortality of individuals. From Wikipedia
