Adult
Ages 26+
€24
- Royal apartments + Scalone d'Onore
- 3-km axial park + Cascata Grande
- English Garden + Bath of Venus
- Skip-the-line priority queue
Walk the largest royal palace on earth, along a 3-kilometre cascade
Reggia di Caserta skip-the-line — 1,200 rooms, an axial park three kilometres long, and Europe's most dramatic Baroque cascade. The Bourbons' answer to Versailles, built bigger.
See ticket options- 1,200 rooms Largest royal palace on earth by volume
- 3 km Axial park from palace to the Cascata Grande
- UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1997
- 1 M / yr visitors to the palace
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Reduced (EU 18–25)
EU citizens, 18–25
€18
- Palace + park + English Garden
- Skip-the-line priority queue
- Bring EU ID at entry
Family
2 adults + up to 3 under-18s
€66 €58 Save €8
- Palace + park + English Garden for the family
- Under-18s free at the gate — we handle the paperwork
- Skip-the-line for all
Palace + Park Shuttle
Adult + round-trip park shuttle bus
€32
- Everything in the adult ticket
- Round-trip shuttle bus along the 3-km axial park
- Saves 6 km of walking (to Cascata and back)
- Bike rental also available at the gate as alternative
Edinburgh, Scotland
“Did Versailles the month before. Caserta is bigger. The Scalone d'Onore made my wife cry — marble, scale, light all at once. We got through the palace in 90 minutes, then the shuttle out to Cascata Grande was the best €8 of the trip.”
Zagreb, Croatia
“Walked the park from palace to cascade both ways. 6 kilometres in July heat. Kids hated us. Take the shuttle. The cascade itself is extraordinary — Diana and her hounds carved in marble at the base of a mountain.”
Singapore
“Pairs perfectly with Pompeii. Pompeii in the morning (scale, outdoors, rough), Caserta in the afternoon (interiors, shade, opulence). Different register of 'you see everything', same day.”
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About Reggia di Caserta
Charles VII of Naples commissioned the Reggia di Caserta in 1751 with a direct brief: outdo Versailles. His architect Luigi Vanvitelli delivered — 1,200 rooms, 1,742 windows, 34 staircases, and an axial garden three kilometres long ending in a 78-metre cascade down the face of a mountain. The palace opened in 1780; the gardens took another fifty years to finish.
The royal apartments hold some of the finest Bourbon-era interiors in Europe — the Throne Room with its 44-metre ceiling fresco, the court theatre, the royal chapel modelled on Versailles, and the private apartments preserved largely as Queen Maria Carolina (Marie Antoinette's sister) left them. The Scalone d'Onore, the grand staircase, is what even seasoned palace-goers stop dead in front of.
The park is the other half of the visit. A canal runs 3 kilometres from palace to the base of Mount Tifata, broken by five colossal fountains and ending at the Cascata Grande with a marble tableau of Diana and Actaeon. George Lucas shot Naboo's royal palace here (Episodes I and II). It's also the one Italian site where bringing a bike or the shuttle makes the difference between seeing the gardens and giving up halfway.
Practical information
- Opening hours
- Palace: daily (except Tuesdays) 08:30 – 19:30, last entry 18:30. Park: daily 08:30 – one hour before sunset. Closed 25 December and 1 January.
- Address
- Viale Douhet 2a, 81100 Caserta CE, Italy
- Getting there from Naples
- Direct train from Napoli Centrale to Caserta (35 min, every 30 min). The palace gate is 5 min walk from Caserta station.
- Getting there from Rome
- Train Rome Termini to Caserta (1h30m via high-speed + regional). Realistic as a long day trip, easier overnight.
- Time needed
- 3.5–4 hours minimum: palace interior 1.5h, park + cascade 2–2.5h (with shuttle), English Garden another 45 min. The park alone is 6 km round trip on foot — the shuttle is strongly recommended in summer.
- The park walk vs shuttle
- The park's axial walk is 3 km each way (6 km round trip) with minimal shade. Most visitors either take the shuttle bus or rent a bike at the gate. The cascade at the far end is the highlight — but if you walk both ways, your palace visit is done before you get there.
- Accessibility
- Palace lifts to all floors. Park paths are long but flat. Shuttle bus is wheelchair-accessible. Wheelchair loan at the entrance.
- Photography
- Permitted without flash or tripod inside the palace. Drones prohibited. Wide-angle for the gardens — the axial perspective is the shot.
- Closed Tuesdays
- The palace is closed every Tuesday. The park stays open. If your only day is Tuesday, you can still do the gardens.
About our service
Caserta Palace Tickets acts as a facilitator to assist international visitors in purchasing skip-the-line tickets directly from the Reggia di Caserta (Italian Ministry of Culture), the official operator. We do not resell tickets — we provide a personalised booking and English-language support service. Our concierge service fee is included in the displayed price. For those who prefer to purchase directly, the official ticket site is reggiadicaserta.cultura.gov.it.
Frequently asked
What's included in the skip-the-line ticket?
Priority entry at the main gate, plus access to the full complex: the royal apartments (throne room, court theatre, chapel, private apartments), the 3-km axial park with its five monumental fountains, the Cascata Grande at the far end, and the English Garden (Maria Carolina's exotic-plant garden in the northeast corner). All on one ticket.
Should I take the shuttle or walk the park?
Take the shuttle, especially in summer. The park is 3 km each way (6 km round trip) on a straight line with minimal shade. Most visitors who walk both directions burn out before seeing the Cascata. Shuttle is a standard add-on (our most-popular tier bundles it at €8 above the base). Bike rental at the gate is an alternative — fun if the weather's cool.
How long does a visit take?
3.5–4 hours minimum: palace 1.5h, park 2h with the shuttle (or 3h+ walking), English Garden 45 min. A full day if you want to linger in the royal apartments or have lunch in town.
Is the palace really bigger than Versailles?
Yes — by volume (about 2 million cubic metres vs Versailles's 1.3 million), by room count (1,200 vs Versailles's ~2,300 smaller rooms — measured differently, but Caserta's spaces are bigger), and by axial length. Charles VII's brief to Vanvitelli was explicitly to out-build the French.
Is it a day trip from Naples or Rome?
Easy from Naples (35-min train, every 30 min). From Rome: doable as a long day trip (~1h30m by train each way); easier as an overnight with Pompeii or Herculaneum before/after.
Can I combine with Pompeii?
Yes — our most common pairing. Pompeii in the morning (outdoor, big, exposed), Caserta in the afternoon (indoor, opulent, shaded). Both reachable from Naples by local train. Can do both in one long day, better as two. We don't sell a combo ticket — we'll route you to our Pompeii concierge service.
Closed on Tuesdays?
Yes — the palace is closed every Tuesday. The park stays open. If your only day is Tuesday, you can still do the gardens and the cascade.
Can we change the date?
Two situations trigger a full refund: (a) we cannot secure your chosen slot, or (b) the palace closes (25 Dec, 1 Jan, Tuesdays). Outside those, tickets are non-transferable once issued. Reply to your confirmation email 48h+ ahead and we'll try.