Paris Versailles Guided Tour with Gardens & Trianon Access
Description
Experience the splendor of French royalty on a captivating guided tour of the Palace of Versailles! Step inside the opulent State Apartments, the King’s Bedroom, and the world-famous Hall of Mirrors during a 90-minute journey through history. Hear fascinating stories about King Louis XIV, Marie Antoinette, and the defining events that shaped the palace. After your guided tour, enjoy free time to wander the exquisite royal gardens. Admire majestic fountains, bronze statues, and perfectly landscaped grounds at your own pace. For an even deeper insight into royal life, enhance your visit with a walk through Marie Antoinette’s private estate and her idyllic hamlet. ✔ 90-minute guided tour of Versailles Palace ✔ Discover French royal history and iconic moments ✔ Stroll the breathtaking gardens and fountains
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Itinerary
Step into the grandeur of Versailles with a 1.5-hour guided tour of the Palace. Explore the opulent State Apartments, the King’s private chambers, and the dazzling Hall of Mirrors while your professional guide shares fascinating stories about Louis XIV, Marie Antoinette, and the pivotal moments that shaped French history.
After your palace tour, explore the magnificent Gardens of Versailles at your own pace. Admire grand fountains, elegant statues, perfectly aligned avenues, and the beautiful French landscape. For travelers who select the Full Access option, continue your self-guided exploration to Marie-Antoinette’s Estate, including the Grand Trianon, Petit Trianon, and Marie-Antoinette’s Hamlet. This option includes access to the Gardens as well as the Estate of Trianon, allowing you to discover these intimate royal retreats at your own pace. The Full Access experience lasts approximately 3.5 hours in total. Please be aware that the itinerary is only an example and may vary.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Please bring comfortable shoes and a passport or ID card for children.
- Pets, weapons or sharp objects, food and drinks, luggage or large bags, and selfie sticks are not allowed.
- This tour is not suitable for people with mobility impairments.
- The time on your voucher is the meeting time at our shop; the tour starts a few minutes later.
- The palace tour lasts 1.5 hours, but allow an extra 30 minutes for ticketing and security checks.
- Do not go directly to Versailles Palace—meet your guide at the designated meeting point.
- From Paris, take the train to Versailles and purchase a Metro-Train-RER ticket. Plan your route in advance; the journey takes about 1 hour.
- During peak season, the palace may be crowded, and short waits at the group entrance are possible due to safety controls.
- The palace gardens are free from November to March, with no tickets required. No fountain shows operate during this period.
- The gardens close at 5:30 PM on 16 May and 14 July, on every Saturday from 6 June to 19 September, and every day from 26 October to 31 March
- Visitors typically receive their final tickets or vouchers 3 to 5 days prior to the tour date.
Reviews(18)
Our tour guide was not good. She seems like a nice person, but being a tour guide is not her strength. Not confident about the information she was putting out.
We toured with Oswaldo and loved him! He was funny, intelligent and it was the perfect length of tour! Couldn’t have had a better time!
Wealth of knowledge in a short period of time. Just enough to not be exhausted and overwhelmed yet satisfied in having seen and understand what Versailles once was. Our tour guide was geeat!! Sure crowds are a pain, but so is every other worthy site. We came in March and it was not as bad as summer.
Tour was really fun and informative. Great coverage of history and appreciation of the architecture of Versailles. The guide (Tiffen) had a robust understanding of the history of the castle and French Monarchy.
Excellent! Guide was knowledgeable, insightful, kind, and passionate. Highly recommend! Even with the crowds!
This was my 5th time here and by far the worst. I have had several tour guides and this one ruined it for us. They just spoke about paintings and were extremely annoying with asking questions from the group (which was way too large) and waiting forever for people to guess. We ended up leaving the tour half way through as it was so awful.
Our tour guide was awful. They had a background in art history so they spoke at length about specific paintings and painting technique and not about the palace or its history. It was so bad we left the tour after an hour.
Go early- get a private tour guide. Tour the gardens- lots of walking and standing… insane amount of time- go off season when crowds less likely. allow all day and take time to view the extra palaces…. extra ticket.
Versatile is an absolute must-see! Our guide was knowledgeable and bubbly and wonderful. The tour was packed which is both regrettable and understandable.
It was amazing- I had not appreciated how vast this place is. Make sure you are wearing comfortable shoes- you walk a long way. Long queues for a drinks and not much choice of rest opportunities to sit down-better to go out of the palace and get something there
