Observatories that I have visited:
Sardinia Observatory, Italy

Content:

1. Sardinia island
2. The road up to the observatory
3. The observatory

2: The road up to the observatory

After many kilometers slow driving on the curved roads we for our first time could see the observatory. The road up here is fine, but don't drive your first time here in darkness! There is a small village with hotel not far from here, maybe 5 kilometers.

The view is fantastic from this place and we shall go even higher.

At close to the summit there is a smaller road the last part. Steeply uphill and full of big holes in the road. But no need for a four wheel drive car and it's just a few hundred meters.

An even more steeply uphill road take over from here. But we parked the car here and walked upwards the last part.

Half way up we took a break to get some air, this is about 1100 meters altitude, good for astronomy but we have spent the last week sitting in a car, we feel that now!

Strange, a big power cable up here, how could they afford that?

The power station, there must something else here that use a lot of power and need the fine road up here.