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INAF Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory

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Napoli, Italy

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INAF Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory Reviews | Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars (2 reviews)

INAF Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory is located in Napoli, Italy on Salita Moiariello, 16. INAF Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory is rated 4.6 out of 5 in the category observatory in Italy.

Address

Salita Moiariello, 16

Phone

+39 815575111

Amenities

Good for kids

Accessibility

Wheelchair-accessible entrance

Open hours

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Giuseppe Romeo

Last June I attended an event at the Osservatorio about Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe with my 3 sons. I was positively surprised to see that the parking was well organized. After entering the park in the observatory I noticed a statue of Gagarin and wondered what was the connection between an astronomical observatory and the first man in space. In any event, the presentation was, using my 17 years old son, underwhelming. We also asked if we could tour the annexed museum, and were willing to come at a different time; a nice lady try to talk with the professor responsible for the observatory, but he claimed that the observatory was a research center and not a museum. The whole purpose of our visit was the tour of the observatory as claimed on the ticket that we purchased. Never mind! The only positive aspect was the capability of looking, through small telescopes, at Jupiter and its moons. For the rest, una noia totale!

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GSR GSR

The Museum of the Observatory is everything tourists hate about museums in Italy. The information on the website about visiting the museum is not accurate. The bus line listed to the observatory has a typo. The line is c63 from Piazza Dante, not the r63 given on the website. When you get to the stop in front of the Museo di Capodimonte there are road signs to the observatory, but not the museum. When you get to the entry gate, there are still no signs about the museum. The gate guard only speaks Italian and knows nothing about the museum. After he made a few futile phone calls he tells me the museum is closed, even though the website says it is supposed to be open. And so he sends me away and I never got in. I went to the Museo di Capodimonte instead. If you try this visit yourself, be prepared to be turned away, but you can go to the other museum instead so your time is not totally wasted. However, the Museo di Capodimonte is an art museum and not a science museum so you may not be interested in that one, but there is a nice view of the city and the bay of Naples from the grounds. The bus ride from piazza Dante was about 20 minutes. You get to the piazza on metro line 1. I had to wait 40 minutes for a bus to return to the piazza.

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