Full-day tour of Versailles Palace and Gardens including Marie Antoinette's Estate
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Offered in: English
Overview
Explore in-depth the magnificence of the Palace of Versailles with this full-day tour including gardens and the private estate of Queen Marie Antoinette. You'll learn about the public and private lives of the royals, step into their shoes and discover their secrets.Meet your guide in downtown Paris to take the local train to Versailles. Once in Versailles, enjoy direct access and follow your guide in all rooms and halls of the palace. You'll learn more about the royal personalities who inhabited the site, how they were continuously on display, how they subjugated the proud nobles and recaptured preeminence in fashion and art production from Italy back to France. Your guide will share astonishing anecdotes about the lavish lifestyle of Marie Antoinette, how her excesses at Versailles failed to impress the French people...Then, your guide will accompany you through the luxurious gardens of Versailles! On days when the fountains are active, you’ll appreciate the added value of the elegant and omnipresent bubbling jets of water.After a break for lunch, you'll head to the Queen’s personal domain for a 3-hour tour. Follow in her footsteps, through her English gardens, and into the place she called home. You'll visit Marie-Antoinette's Petit Trianon, her private theater, and a replica of a Normandy rustic village with its thatched cottages and dairy herd.
What's included
Roundtrip train tickets from Paris to VersaillesRoundtrip train tickets from Paris to Versailles
What's Not included
Where
Paris, France
Meeting point:
Meet your guide outside the entrance/exit to Javel André Citroen metro station (line 10).There are 2 metro exits, please take the one which has stairs. At street level you will exit opposite the café Regalia. Your guide will be waiting for you just by the metro exit.
What To Expect
- Pre-booked entrance tickets guarantee direct access
- Follow into Queen Marie Antoinette footsteps
- Enjoy the Musical Fountains and Gardens on selected dates