THE VERSAILLES PALACE FULL DAY VISIT : No queueing tickets - Free visit of the Trianons - Little train

Enjoy one full day within the Versailles Palace! The Versailles castle is part of the French historical heritage. It is the finest and most complete monument of 17th century architecture. You could all day long appreciate the beauty of the palace during a full day visit and then going for a walk in the gardens and Marie-Antoinette's estate with the mini train.

VERSAILLES PALACE TOUR - PETIT TRIANON AND GRAND TRIANON

Thanks to the tour, you could discover, numerous rooms of the palace such as :

• the King's Grand Apartment, this prestigious seven-room enfilade was meant to serve as a parade apartment, that is, as a venue for the sovereign's official acts. Therefore it was sumptuously decorated according to the model of former Italian palaces.
• the Hall of Mirrors or "the Grande Galerie", as it was called in the 17th century, was used daily as a place of passage, and a waiting and meeting space for the courtiers and the visiting public.
• the Queen's bedchamber, the chamber is the main room of the apartment, the one where the Queen spent most of her time. She slept here, often joined by the King. .
• the Grand Trianon : in 1687, Jules Hardouin Mansart built the Grand Trianon, probably the most refined group of buildings anywhere in the domain of Versailles, on the site of the 'Porcelain Trianon', which Louis XIV had had erected in 1670 to escape the pomp and rigid formality of court life with his mistress Madame de Montespan.
• the "Petit" Trianon, a place where Marie-Antoinette left her marks...

MUSICAL GARDENS AND MUSICAL FOUNTAINS SHOW

For the week-ends and national holidays, you could attend to a wonderful water fountains show with baroque music. Musical fountains show takes place on week-ends from April to October, on national holidays, on Tuesday for July and August. (compulsory fees)

THE GARDENS OF VERSAILLES

You will have free time to stroll through the amazing gardens. Versailles is the model of the typical French garden laid out between 1661 and 1700 by le Nôtre who levelled off the land, drained it and landscaped the views, groves, canals, and flowers bed. The gardens are adorned with more than 400 marble, bronze and led statues and fountains by water features.

You could even visit the park on your own with the mini train (you can get off the train at any stop for a visit and get on the next train).

ASSETS OF VERSAILLES PALACE FULL DAY WITH FRANCE TOURISME :

• no queuing access to the palace
• transportation Paris/Versailles included
• Royal apartments visit on your own with audioguides
• Free tour of Trianons
• mini train to visit the park
• lunch near the Grand Canal (optional)

SOME HISTORY ...

When the Versailles Palace was built, the city of Versailles was a country village; today, it is a suburb of Paris, some twenty kilometres southwest of Paris. The court of Versailles was the centre of political power in France from 1682, when Louis XIV moved from Paris, until the royal family was forced to return to the capital in October 1789 after the beginning of French Revolution. Versailles is therefore famous not only as a building, but as a symbol of the system of absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime.