4h

Please ask for availability by mail before you book

We operate this 4 hours half day tour in the morning and in the afternoon. Pick up at your hotel private tours and close to Arc-de-Triomphe for shared tours (to be advised by mail).

Versailles is at ½ hour drive far from Paris. Your professional guide will drive you to Versailles and will tell you about the story of the Palace and how the “cour” was living during the Sun King reign.

With its three chateaux, gardens and parks, Versailles is an immense estate. Louis XIV called the Sun King is the creative force of Versailles. He turned Versailles into a sumptuous estate and the symbol of absolute monarchy in the 17^th century.

Louis Le Vau and then Jules Hardouin-Mansart and Charles Lebrun are the main architects both Versailles and the Grand Trianon and André Le Nôtre for the gardens.  

You will visit the State Apartments with its 8 rooms, the Hall of Mirrors, the King and Queens’ apartments and since July 2006 some new rooms recently renovated, the Royal Chapel and the Royal Opera.

Your visit in the castle is with an audio-guide in your language. This is the only difference with a guided visit of Versailles (we also provide this tour).

After this visit which lasts around 1 hour and 10 minutes, our guide will accompany you to the gardens.

Beyond the chateau, stretch the gardens and the park. At the foot of the chateau, Le Nôtre created the parterres, designed to be viewed from the terraces. You will see the Grande Perspective which draws the eye to the horizon with its Latona and Apollo fountains. You will stroll to the north and south parterres full of flowers. You will see the various groves in the gardens : the Baldroom and the Colonnade, the Enceladus…and some others our guide will let you discover.

On Saturdays and Sundays from April to October there are the Musical Fountains show, included in the price. On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from April to October, there are the Musical Gardens, also included in the price.

Stroll around the fountains and admire the water jets, explore the groves while enjoying live music concert from Lully the most famous Versailles musical composer from the 17^th century.