During the summer, expect the worst in terms of the amount of people who will be joining you. The crowds coupled with regular scaffolding constructions can make it appear to look more like a construction site than a 2000-year-old monument. The best time to visit is early in the morning or in the evening, before the tour buses and guided tours arrive. Expect to wait for up to an hour in a queue to actually get in. There is the option of jumping the queue if you take up one of the offers of a guided tour in your own language as part of a group for an extra few euros. However, you can usually discreetly tag along behind a guided tour to listen in on what is being said. The quality of the tours vary.

It costs around 12 euros to get in, with a discount available to those below the age of 25 who have a photographic passport or driving licence as proof of age. During the summer, it is open from 9am until 7:30pm and in the winter between 9am and 4:30pm, with the last entries one hour before closing.