Almost 80 thousand visitors in August at the Royal Palace of Caserta: despite the limited access to the Museum due to anti-COVID 19 measures

Royal Palace of Caserta. Over 46 people opted for the full visit, immersed in the charm of the Royal Apartments and the lushness of the Royal Park, enriched by the romantic and wild views of the English Garden. The Park + Apartments tickets in almost all time slots, due to the numerical limitation of entrances introduced to guarantee the safety of staff and visitors, were sold out.

Many have then opted for the evening tour (more than 3000 tickets issued) to admire the residence of the kings from 17 pm onwards. Around 20 thousand have instead purchased the ticket for the Green Museum only. The old forest, the Castelluccia, the pine forest, the waterway with its monumental fountains, the slopes and the exotic tree species of the English Garden have conquered everyone. Many young people and very young people. Almost 7 thousand young people between 18 and 24 have, in fact, chosen the Royal Palace of Caserta as a stop on their August holidays. Thousands of children too, many of whom have discovered the Royal Apartments thanks to the new audio guides dedicated to them.

Visitor numbers have increased compared to the same period last year when there was already a clear recovery in tourism in the summer months after the first lockdown. The month of August 2020 closed with 73 thousand admissions, for a total with June and July of 158 thousand compared to 170 thousand in the same three months this year.

"I want to thank those who work to make the Royal Palace of Caserta an increasingly welcoming place - says the general director Tiziana Maffei - today a turning point is needed in the management and enjoyment of these places that attract such a vast public from all over the world. We intend to offer a visiting experience worthy of the prestige of the Royal Palace of Caserta.

Unfortunately, despite the commendable efforts of the internal staff, concessionaires and volunteers of the Royal Nucleus of the Carabinieri Association, our services are still undersized compared to the cultural potential of our extraordinary and unique Complex.

An uphill road considering the responsibility of making the best use of the allocated funding and the need to proceed as quickly as possible to an ordinary management based on the programmed conservation and the expansion of cultural experiences in which to merge knowledge and wonder. I express great satisfaction for the results achieved, the merit of which is the teamwork carried out, certain that the future holds great successes for the Royal Palace of Caserta”.