SP1 takes you directly to the Lower City Gate, then wraps left, then immediately right at the 'Y' CONTINUING UP THE LEFT HILLSIDR. ( Don't stop at the first gate. And don't loop 'all the way around to the left' and 'BACK DOWN' SP1; Rather, continue 'up' the main road, the SP1, up the hill along the left side of town. Thereon, you'll pass the first of 'two' bus stops 'on your left', then further up the hillside (near the top), you"ll pass a gas station on your left, followed by 'a 2nd' Bus Stop AND 15 Minute Parking area 'on your left' (This is at 'the top' of the hill directly across from the San Matteo Gate (on your right). NOTE: If parking is available 'on your left' backing up to the hillside at the Bus Stop, PARK HERE to unload and deliver your luggage to the Palace just 1 short block inside the gate on your right (Note: 15 minutes is just enough time to unload, walk your luggage up through the gate, past a restaurant with outdoor seating on your right, past the 1st side-street, past a glass-faced store on your right, to the next door on your right within the 2nd block going up the hill (Look for a dsrk brown wood french door). If there is 'no' 15 minute parking available, and you have a companion, Drop the companion with the luggage off at the SAN MATEO GATE, have them wait there for you, then contine down hill and around to the left for free parking along rightside of the road. There is more parking further down the hill on the right.