Is it worth visiting Caserta?

Is it worth visiting Caserta Palace? Caserta Palace is one of the best sights around Naples and can easily be done by car or public transport. It's worth visiting Caserta Palace to see the large and ornately-decorated rooms in the Royal Apartments, but Caserta Park is also a highlight and shouldn't be missed.



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The Royal Palace of Caserta is immense, so it takes at least half a day to see it all. -For a coffee break you can stop at the food courts located at the beginning and the end of the Royal Palace: you will find one inside the building, just before entering the park, and one another near the English Garden.

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Caserta's main attraction is its Palace of Caserta (listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site). The royal palace (Reggia) was designed in the eighteenth century by the Italian architect Luigi Vanvitelli, recalling Versailles, as a residence for the Bourbon kings of Naples and Sicily.

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There is no dress code. Most everyone is casually dressed.

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Any kind of long trousers (including jeans) and long skirts are OK for the Grand Palace. Just bring a long-sleeved shirt or scarf to slip over your shoulders.

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It's huge, covering an area of 47,000 square meters, making it the largest former royal residence in the world. To be clear: though this comes as a surprise to most people interested in history or architecture, Caserta is much, much bigger than Versailles.

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The central station at Naples, Napoli Centrale has regional trains available that will take you to Caserta. Even if you're arriving from elsewhere, take the train to Napoli Centrale and from here you can catch a train to Caserta. As Naples is the capital of the region, all regional trains will stop at Napoli Centrale.

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One of the last great European gardens, Caserta Royal Palace and Park borrowed from creations such as Versailles and the 16th century villas in Rome and Tuscany. But unlike those sites, this Italian masterpiece combined manicured gardens and natural woodland, with hunting lodges and a silk factory.

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The Royal Palace of Caserta has been used as a location for the filming of two of the movies from the Star Wars series.

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The Hall of Mirrors, the most famous room in the Palace, was built to replace a large terrace designed by the architect Louis Le Vau, which opened onto the garden.

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