STARGAZING · TICKETS
Good observatory tickets fill up around the new moon and the great ones go first.
Spend a full day at Miami’s Frost Science Museum, with access to its three-level aquarium, hands-on science exhibits, live programming, and one planetarium show. See hammerhead sharks and jellyfish, touch a stingray, meet a 30-foot dinosaur, and choose between space and Earth science films.
“Indeed it was very good and could even spend plenty of time with kids.”
Choose one 20-minute dome show at Houston’s Burke Baker Planetarium, with topics ranging from black holes and Atlantis to the night sky. High-resolution projection carries you across planets, galaxies, and asteroid fields. Check the date-specific schedule before booking, since show titles and times change.
“Very good. I just wish the sits could be a little more giving and let you really lay back to enjoy a fuller vision of the dome and not having to move your head from side to side at some parts”
Spend 90 minutes inside Jasper’s Planetarium Dome Theatre and outside with the Rockies’ most powerful telescopes. You’ll explore First Nations constellations, the Milky Way, and deep space, then handle real meteorites, Moon rock, and Mars rock. Clear skies bring live views; clouds bring 4K telescope replays and a two-year rain check.
“Very good. Everybody give us a lot of attention, they explained all questions. Only the place structure wasn’t what I expected, but the crew members compensate it.”
Join a Royal Observatory astronomer inside the 120-seat Peter Harrison Planetarium for a live 30-minute show. Depending on the day, explore tonight’s sky, satellites, the Solar System, or a star’s life. Your ticket also includes planetarium special exhibitions, but not Royal Observatory entry.
“Unfortunately, the show was cancelled (or changed). But the Observatory Planetarium staff was so kind to admit us for free for another show. and it was excellent experience. very interesting and educational for my 11 old son.”
Join an English or Italian-speaking guide for a 90-minute evening walk from the Temple of Hera to Concordia, Heracles, and Zeus. Your ticket is included and provided at the meeting point. Expect glowing ruins, ancient stories, and a bilingual tour that may move at a slower pace.
“navetta per il rientro al parcheggio, soprattutto per la sera perché il sito chiude.”
Pick a desert, a summit or a telescope.
