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Visit the romatic Palace first and than enjoy a picnic in the beautiful gardens!
The Hall of Mirrors ( La Galerie des Glaces )
49 Reviews The Hall of Mirrors is by far the most impressive of the rooms in the Versailles Palace. The principal feature of this famous hall is the seventeen mirror-clad arches that reflect the seventeen arcaded windows that overlook the gardens. Each arch contains twenty-one mirrors with a total complement...
79 Reviews Are you still thinking what I mentioned earlier? Yes, the Sun King was green with ENVY at one point in his life and it was one of those things that led to the creation of Versailles... The King had just attended the mother of all house-warming parties thrown by his Finance minister, Nicholas...
74 Reviews The park was stretched at 1700 hectares and amazes with its regularity and reasonableness. A geometrical lay-out of the area around the palace symbolized representation of the monarch about himself as about the Master, the King-sun. Florentine and Roman gardens and parks were taken as prototypes....
26 Reviews Louis XIV particularly liked the Trianon and would stay there in the summer for short “holidays” close to the castle of Versailles but away from the strict obligations of the royal court. He occupied there successively three apartments. The room in the left wing is particularly elegant. It is...
48 Reviews The palace has two floors. On the ground floor there are dophin apartments - royal children. On the second floor there are main apartments, and also apartments of the king and the queen. Besides in the left wing of a building the Museum of history of France is located. the main apartments and the...
16 Reviews It was not without emotion that I pushed my head in the entry (one does not go further) of the theatre of Marie-Antoinette. This simple building located at a hundred meters of the palace of the Petit Trianon contains an oval room which was the private theatre of the Queen. It was built in 1780 by...
16 Reviews The Kingdom of Marie Antoinette occupies only a small part of the area covered by the gardens of Versailles , in the far right corner. open daily except on public holidays and days with official ceremonies as it follows: 4 july - 31 oct 2006 - from 12 to 19:30 / access of external areas until...
Grands Appartements du Roi et de la Reine
12 Reviews When visiting the drawing-rooms of Venus, Abundance, Diane and Mars one can imagine going back a few centuries and attend one of the evening receptions which Louis XIV offered to the Court in his Grand Apartments three times per week. The festivities began with music, dances, parts of billiards in...
6 Reviews Interesting to see a burial Memorial and bust inside the church, of JULES HARDOUIN MANSART, b.1646 - 1708, a French architect whose work is generally considered to be the apex of French Baroque architecture, representing the power and grandeur of Louis XIV. Mansart, as he is generally known, was one...
Galeries de l'Histoire de France
3 Reviews The HALL of BATTLES is the largest room of the palace with 120 m of length and 13 m width. Under Louis XIV this South wing consisted of princely apartments on the first floor and apartments for members of the Royal court on the second floor. In 1837 Louis-Philippe had this wing arranged in the form...
3 Reviews It is by the entrance of the "Cour Royale" to the northern wing that the traditional visit of the castle of Versailles begins. The 17th c. galleries are the part of the Palace circuit coloured in blue on the Versailles castle map. The visit starts at the ground floor with a succession of decorated...
5 Reviews and 497 Opinions Now part of Hilton's Waldorf-Astoria Collection of hotels, this is a small but very refined hotel....
3 Reviews and 73 Opinions Well on my first visit to Versailles I stay here many many years ago, then came time to live in this...
Angelina's: Outpost of Paris' chocolate heaven
Dabs Says: I was so looking forward to treating my niece to Angelina's while in Paris and then learned that there was a location at Versailles-perfect, right? Not exactly, the Angelina's in the palace had very little seating so we had to have our hot chocolate while standing at a...
Neptune Basin and Other Places: Evening Music, Water and Spectacles
hquittner Says: We have never attended any of these events because years ago the information was not disseminated well. It can now be studied on the web and tickets ordered in advance,. The site given is in French. They are almost exclusively in July and August and are at 1930-2130, for...
Easiest way to get to Versailles
gwened Says: for most visitor to my Versailles,the entry point is the RER trains at Versailles rive gauche station, coming from Paris at many locations along the RER C, auber, notre dame st michel ,invalides etc etc all takes you Versailles. Once arrive all you need to do is walk out to...
Monoprix: nice upscale discount chain
gwened Says: you can shop right in town at Monoprix,a nice upscale discount store chain. The one in the picture is near me at rue Clemenceau, but it also has an entry on ave de l'Europe near ave St Cloud and closer to the Palace. all kinds of things from clothings, food,household items,...
gordonilla Says: When we all visit Paris, we all seem to speak about the sights including Versailles. This is more than the Château, there is a thriving community and it is not Parisian!They have their own tourism department and an energetic, young staff. Professional and good to speak to.
Dabs Says: As of January 2009 it appears that they have discontinued the Forfait Loisirs. If you know what day you want to travel on, you might look into booking onlineVersailles may very well be the most visited attraction in and around Paris, on one of our visits the queue to buy...
Chateau - A few salons to admire.
Jerelis Says: And on went my personal (audio guided) tour. It took me to the Grand Apartment (Grand Appartement du Roi). The Grand Apartment glorified the Sun King. A room known as the Abundance Salon led to other salons like Venus, Diana, Mars, Mercury, and Apollo ... each dedicated to a...
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: The southern orchestra of the park which has stretched under apartments of the queen, is decorated by short-haired box trees in the form of pyramids. It is adjoined with an orange and palm grove. Palm trees stand in tubs in summer. 1200 orange trees and palm trees are...
having cozy dinners and see a beautiful city
gwened Says: having cozy dinners with the family while seen the crepuscule of Notre Dame church, the collegiale Notre Dame, the first in Versailles housing the births and deaths records as well as baptismal of the sons and daughters of the kings/queens who reside in the castle.It is more...
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PARIS AIRPORTS TRANSPORTATIONS - Paris - Charles de Gaulle/Roissy (CDG): Location: 24 km/15 Miles N of the City Centre. By Taxi: A taxi to the city centre will take ~45 mins and cost ~€50 during the day and €60 at night. To Gare...
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Q: In April we'll be staying at a hotel near the Sevres-Lecourbe station. We want to visit Versailles on a Sunday (not Easter). Which...
A: By my reckoning that would be Bir Hakeim/Champ de Mars Tour Eiffel, which is four stops on Metro Ligne 6 from Sevres-Lecourbe. Go to Metro Bir Hakeim which joins to...
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I was supposed to tour the Versailles on my first day in France but I landed up in Giverny instead. Undeterred, I cut short my trip in Belgium and went back to France. Versailles was the main reason...
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ON THE STEPS OF MARIE-ANTOINETTE.
I wanted absolutely to go back to Versailles now that the project of “le Grand Versailles” i.e. a large restoration campaign not only of the castle but also of the various buildings of the Domaine of...
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After a few days in Paris, I concluded my trip to this city with a visit to Versailles. I was feeling tired from walking a few days after each other in Paris, trying to absorb as much as I could of...
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When Kings lived in Versailles
Versailles - about 20 km western Paris Formerly an immense hunting ground ( les Trianons ) Actualy the most famous "Chateau" in Europe - Peter the great tried to do it better - but failed. Some...
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