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National Museum of Naples, Italy

 
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Wazling's pictureby Wazling History & Culture travel tip
added on the 12th of January, 2010
If you are interested in greek and roman culture, you should definitely visit the national museum of Naples. There you can see excellent findings for example from Pompeii or other ancient digging sites.

Address:
Piazza Museo 19, 80135 Napoli
Tel. 039.081.440166 - Fax 039.081.440013
e-mail: archeona@arti.beniculturali.it

Price:
ENTRANCE FEE
€ 6,50
Admittance free: under 18 years and over 65 from the EU and reciprocally conventioned countries; students of some university faculties.
Reduced: € 3,25 from 18 to 25 age and school teachers.
Cumulative ticket: € 8,50 (valid for 3 days) including the visit to the Museums, monuments and archaeological areas of the Campi Flegrei.
ArteCard: € 13,00; reduced € 8.00 (valid for 60 hours) including the visit at other Museums of Naples and public trasportation. (http://www.artecard.it)

Opening Hours:
VISITING HOURS Every day:
9:00 am - 20:00 pm (entry actually allowed 19:00 p.m.) Closed: Tusday, a° January, 25 December

How to get there:
Take the taxi or the subway (station: Piazza Cavour).
The Museum can be reached by Sorrento, Pompeii or Herculaneum by using the Circumvesuviana train.
There´s no direct parking space available next to the museum.

 
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MadSuh wrote on Jan 25, 2010 0:26:
When I was there, they actually opened a closed section of the building just for me and 2 of my friends. This really made for a beautiful experience of the National Museum in Naples.Reply
 
 
 
 
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