If you plan to go, buy tickets in advance on the website, perhaps several weeks in advance. I bought tickets for 4:30 pm and was able to enter at 4:00 pm with no wait. The line to buy tickets was very long.

It was hard to find the entrance location for the Royal Palace tickets. The website and ticket said different things and when I contacted the company, they kept giving me locations that were not searchable on Google Maps and then finally sent a screen shot of a map that had the wrong place circled.

If you are in the square with the black metal fence where people are taking pictures of the Royal Palace (Google maps will take you to the palace), the building to the right of the fence is where you enter for individual tickets or to buy tickets. There is a separate entrance for group visits around the left side plus another entrance for an Asian art show around the side. I included pictures of where to enter.

It is about 25 Euros a ticket plus 5 more Euros if you want the self guided audio tour on a Samsung tablet with audio. I recommend you get the self guided tour if you don't have a tour guide since you will get a little introduction to each room you can visit.

After you enter the visitor area, to left of where you rent the audio tablets is the bathrooms. Go now, since there will not be in any bathrooms during your tour and we were there over 2 hours. You would think with over 3,418 rooms, the palace would have another bathroom besides in the visitor center but unfortunately not for us.

After you rent the audio tablet, enter the door on your right. The one on the far left takes you to an art exhibit which requires a separate ticket unless you are there during the free hour, around 5:30 pm.

It is definitely worth visiting the Royal Palace and taking at least a self guided tour. The rooms with their magnificently painted ceilings, decorated walls, inlaid intricate floors, and some of the furniture will give you an idea of how royalty lives. The amount of artistry and craftmanship that went into building the rooms, some of which took decades to create, is amazing. You get to see where the dignitaries are received and wait in ante chambers, the throne room, chapel, a few bedrooms, dining area, ballroom, and a number of other beautiful rooms.