The tickets "cut" the line, make it very easy to get to the palace. It is highly recommended to use the audio guide - you'll get an interesting information about every thing you see, and you see a lot. I strongly suggests to hire a golf car for your tour at the gardens so you can enjoy this beautiful gardens without walking much (if you have movement difficulties, like me).

Unfortunately we had a very long waiting time upon entry (we arrived at 11:15) and we were forced to wait out in the open Square with no shade at all... we then already ran out of our 4 bottles of water just waiting there in full noon 12:00 blistering sun. Our initial appointment was at 11:30 but due to unknown reason we were only able enter the Palace at around 12:15... Once in the Palace it was magnificent. Bit crowded and little bit chaotic in the beginning though, the audio tour was okay, you can wander about in your own pace, pushing the corresponding numbers on your audio device to receive the clear spoken explanations. Maybe next time we will get a guided tour. At (different) entry to the Gardens we were surprised to hear we needed to buy additonal tickets for our two kids, 8yrs and 12yrs old. We mentioned we already booked the 4 person Full Access excursion to the Palace including Gardens, but then they told us children are for free to enter Palace but not the Gardens.

So much amazing history to see and hear about. Be prepared to be there the majority of the day. Comes with an audio guide phone to help listen to the history more. Every room is different and unique in its own way. Although signs tell guest to pay attention to their children, you will still see them running around and being loud. The garden is simply amazing to see and walk through.