Versailles Palace Guided Tour & Gardens Option

Experience a guided tour of the Palace of Versailles with skip the line access, exploring the most important rooms and learning about its fascinating history. Discover the stunning Gardens of Versailles and enjoy the fountain show or Musical Gardens event.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Palace of Versailles - Walk in the footsteps of former kings and queens of France on a guided, 2-hour tour of the Palace of Versailles. Meet your guide and your small-sized group in central Versailles, a short trip outside of Paris, and beat the long entrance queues at the palace with skip-the-line access.

Wander through many of the hundreds of lavishly decorated rooms including the Hall of Mirrors, Royal Apartments, Apollo Room, Coronation Room and Royal Chapel. As you explore, listen to tales of royal intrigue and learn about the history behind the UNESCO World Heritage–listed palace. After the Palace tour, emerge back into the sunlight for a guided stroll through the stunningly elaborate Versailles Gardens, comprising more than 1,800 acres of artfully manicured flower beds, hedge art, fountains and statuary.

With an optional upgrade, witness the fountains come to life during a spectacular water show, or visit on a Tuesday to enjoy the sounds of classical music cascading through the gardens.

  • The Hall of Mirrors - Wander through the the best sights of this acclaimed UNESCO World Heritage Site including the Hall of Mirrors.
  • The Royal Chapel - Explore many of the hundreds of lavishly decorated rooms including the Royal Chapel during your visit to the Palace of Versailles.
  • Jardins du Chateau de Versailles - If option selected, after the Palace tour, emerge back into the sunlight for a stroll through the stunningly elaborate Versailles Gardens, comprising more than 1,800 acres (728 hectares) of artfully manicured flower beds, hedge art, fountains and statuary.

You’ll have the opportunity to freely explore the gardens at your own pace and enjoy the musical show inside the gardens of Versailles.

What's Included
  • Expert, English-speaking guide
  • Pre-reserved access to Versailles Palace
  • Audio headsets, so you can always hear your guide
  • Entrance tickets & Free time to explore the Gardens of Versailles at your pace [if option selected]
  • Entrance tickets and reservation fee for the Palace of Versailles
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pick-up/drop-off & transportation from Paris
Additional Information

Experience a guided tour of the Palace of Versailles with skip the line access, showing you the most important rooms of the Palace and giving you an insight into the Kings and Queens who once lived here. Explore the Grand Apartments, State Rooms, and the famous Hall of Mirrors. If the option is selected, your tour includes tickets to visit the Gardens of Versailles at your own pace.

  • Please note that the rest of your group is coming from Paris, we kindly ask you to wait at the meeting point until your guide arrives.
  • If option selected, you’ll have the opportunity to freely explore the gardens at your own pace and enjoy the musical show inside the gardens of Versailles. Please be aware that guided visits inside the gardens is not included
  • Entry to the gardens is free of charge from November to March, and no ticket is required during this period. However, from April to October, a ticket is necessary to visit the gardens. Your City Wonders representative will provide you with your ticket on the day of the tour (if option selected).
Location
Equestrian statue of Louis XIV
Meet our team, dressed in blue attire, by the statue of Louis XIV (the bronze horseman statue in the Place d’Armes, the square in front of the palace). This statue is currently undergoing renovation.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Armel_o
Aug 7, 2024
Marvelous Versaille tour guide - Very well guided tour. Marta did an excellent job and we tour the must see rooms at the Versaille. Will highly recommend.
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C345kaelizabethk
Jul 27, 2024
Very informative! - We would definitely recommend this tour! Our tour guide was so knowledgeable and guided us through the palace with ease. I can’t imagine trying to fight our way through the palace on our own. Our tour guide was funny and informative and I felt that she was very thorough. The tour group was easy to find and even though we visited right before the Olympics, everything went very smoothly.
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Tom
Jul 8, 2024
Good tour - The tour was well executed and finding the tour guide was easy to find at the start. I recommend using the IDF mobilty app if you are using transit to get to Versailles in your own since the Google map option underestimates the time it takes to get to Versailles from Paris which can range from 1.5 to 2 hours.
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Rohit_a
Jul 2, 2024
Professional and satisfying tour experience - Professional guide and a satisfying tour of the palace. Found it meaningful commentry and good expereince. Worth the money.
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Ellen_t
Jun 15, 2024
Informative and interesting - Great tour guide very informative beautiful palace and gardens do need longer time to view both garden and palace
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Maudevamaria_b
Jul 10, 2024
good value for money - Very well organized and our guide Maxim was very nice and informative and he got us in fast an also navigated us around really well within the palace
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Hilsmarsh
Jun 13, 2024
Very late starting - Started half an hour late. Rushed through as if to make up time. The guide knew his stuff but the organisation was poor.
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Deborah_s
Aug 2, 2024
Frederick needs to be nicer - Unfortunately our guide did not share our enthusiasm for being at Versailles. As Americans we were so excited to learn about French history. We asked a question initially in the tour and were reprimanded and told we had to wait. Which we did. He wasn't interested in answering questions. It was clear he had a script and just wanted to get to the end of the tour. There was no opportunity at the end to answer our questions. But we googled. Very disappointed.
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Elmer_b
Jun 8, 2024
Palace tour - The palace as expected was extravagant The guide was not quick to provide headsets waited until we were in a crowded room in the palace. Lost 45 minutes of communications time did not like to respond to questions
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Christa_s
Jul 4, 2024
Tour company did not respond to message until 12 hours after request. - We had an issue with our rental car and realized 12 hours before tour time we would not be able to make it. Reached out to company to see if we could perhaps join the later group, or at least get the entrance tickets we paid for for the gardens at least so we could use that. No reponse. Drive there anyways and waited for over an hour for guide to ask but no one came to meeting spot. I get we missed the tour, but we should have still with that much notice been able to get our tickets we paid for.
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