Get a head of the line tour or be prepared to wait...

Get a head of the line tour or be prepared to wait a very long time. We waited for close to 4 hours to get in. The ticket office is to the left side of the courtyard. So put one person in the waiting line and another go get tickets.

Very grand place, but without a tour you miss a lot of information. We did it without the tour and had no idea what all the huge paintings meant.