Published on Sep, 2023
We are currently staying in Caserta for 2 months so we are taking our time to visit .
We went to the palace twice : one time to visit the gardens and another one, to visite the castle itself.
cost : 15 euros per person for the castle and the gardens.
The gardens: We went their on a very hot day and it was refreshing. It is well kept. Of course, you can't walk on the grass for obvious reasons, if you do you will be whistled at by the surveillance guy. We chose to walk all the way up to the waterfalls but you can rent a electric bycicle or take a shuttle. We chose to walk uphill and then we went on the right, in the english garden. (We even walked barefeet their, an amazing feeling. ) It smelled so good outside ! (3 hours walk, slow paced and we didn't see everything. You really need to take your time, it's extremely relaxing)
the Castle: the architecture is magnificent especially the entrance , the big hallway. The rooms are beautiful, there are not many furnitures. What you'll see the most is the architecture, the embellishment, lots of paintings... You don't get to see how people lived in this time or what dresses they wore. You don't get the feeling of the life from before. (which i would love to see )It took us about 2 hours to visit and it was enough for me.
I would say that you'd need a whole day to visit the gardens and the palace. Bring food and drinks and eat in the gardens, rest under the trees . The garden is big enough not to be seen by a gard ;)