Versailles Palace Guided Tour with Full access
- 1.5–2 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 4 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Explore the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Palace of Versailles and Gardens of Versailles on a half-day tour. Your expert guide will bring French history back to life as you walk through the Palace of Versailles, where King Louis XIV officially settled his court and government in 1682. Soak in the palace’s Baroque architecture, admire the rooms full of art and see how some of the most infamous members of nobility really lived.
Inclusions
What's included
- Meeting Point: Check-in at our trusted local partner’s conveniently located store in Versailles
- Admission to the Marie-Antoinette's Estate
- Entry to the Gardens, including the Musical Show /Fountain Show (from Apr to Oct)
- Expert Guided Tour: Professional, licensed guide for the Palace
- Palace Admission: Timed-entry ticket to the Château de Versailles for seamless access
- Personal Audio Headset: So you can hear your guide clearly, even in crowded areas
What's not
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Transport to/from attractions
Itinerary
Discover the Palace of Versailles (Hall of mirrors, State apartments) with the expert guide
Hall of Mirrors
Grand Canal
Enjoy this self-guided visit at your own pace. Admission is included with your activity.
Enjoy this self-guided visit at your own pace. Admission is included with your activity.
Enjoy this self-guided visit at your own pace. Admission is included with your activity.
Enjoy this self-guided visit at your own pace. Admission is included with your activity.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
4.5
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Ratings come from 584 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.
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5Fantastic tour!
Wonderful travel guide. Super easy to locate. Great directions and extremely friendly. 10/10. Highly recommended!
5Allow a full day to...
Allow a full day to explore the palace further &!gardens after the tour. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable.
5Versailles
Our tour guide was very bright, very inquisitive and fun. Having the ear speaker is so helpful. Would highly recommend this tour.
5Our guide made entry...
Our guide made entry seamless and here history knowledge was fantastic. I would recommend definitely recommend this tour
5Don't miss this!
A site not to miss. It's so close to Paris, we opted to use the RER train which dropped us off right next to the check-in spot. The guided tour through the palace lasted almost 2 hours and was well worth the cost. Our guide was informative and kept a steady pace that allowed us to stop and view each room while keeping on track. She shared very interesting and informative details in each room. With access to the palace, gardens, and petit Trianon, we ended up spending the entire day wandering the grounds. With restaurants, bikes, row boats, and golf carts near the palace and in the gardens, you don't feel rushed to leave. After walking from the palace to the Petit Trianon and on to the gardener's mansion and Grand Trianon (~3+ miles), we opted for a ride back to the palace, but weren't ready to leave yet, so we rented a golf cart and continued to explore the vast gardens. Would highly recommend this tour
5A must-see
A must see if you're in Paris. The tour was informative and the guide kept a great pace to keep us on track as we went through the various rooms. Once the tour is over, you still have access to go back through the rooms if you wanted to look again and also have access to the gardens and Petit Trianon for self-paced wandering. I thought the amount of time with the guide was perfect. Taking a longer guided tour would have been information overload!
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Please don't go directly to the Palace. First, check in at the GetYourGuide office, just a few minutes’ walk from the Palace. The trains are not running between the stations "PARIS AUSTERLITZ" and "Versailles Chateau Rive Gauche" from the 15th of July to the 23rd of August
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 27 travellers
- Operated by
- GetYourGuide France
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- The time on your voucher is the meeting time at our shop (the tour departs a few minutes later). In case of late arrival for check-in, we cannot guarantee access to the palace. Fees will apply if you wish to reschedule for a later tour.
- The scheduled access time can be delayed on peak days due to various safety controls established by the Versailles Palace.
- The tickets for the Musical Show or Fountain Show are included
- Baby strollers may be refused at the entrance of the palace.
- The Palace tour lasts 1.5 hours, but add 30 minutes for tickets and security checks.
- From Wednesday 15 July to Saturday 22 August, the RER C will not operate between Paris and Versailles Château Rive Gauche train station, please use lines L (Versailles Rive Droite) or N (Versailles Chantiers) to reach the meeting point.
How it compares in Versailles
- Its from-price is 42% below the median of the 133 experiences we list in Versailles.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 8 of 133.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Versailles
Versailles, west of Paris, is the town built around the palace of Louis XIV, with its Hall of Mirrors and formal gardens.
The Palace of Versailles began as a hunting lodge of Louis XIII, and Louis XIV turned it into the seat of royal power, moving the court here in 1682. Its centrepiece is the Hall of Mirrors, seventy-three metres long, with seventeen mirrored arches facing the garden windows, where the Treaty of Versailles was signed in June 1919. The royal apartments, the Opera and the Chapel complete the palace.
Top-ranked sights in Versailles: Versailles Gardens (Jardins de Versailles), Hall of Mirrors (Galerie des Glaces), Grand Trianon.
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