Acquario Anton Dohrn
Riviera di Chiaia
KnownNature & hiking
The story
The oldest aquarium in Europe, opened in 1874 inside the Villa Comunale: historic tanks inhabited only by the fauna of the Gulf of Naples, behind the glass.
Access
€ (to be checked), Metro L6 San Pasquale
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