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Highlights
- Explore Versailles Palace, its French-style gardens, Trianons and the Queen's Hamlet in a private experience shaped around your group's interests.
- Meet your dedicated guide at Versailles, then use pre-booked skip-the-line tickets to move past crowds and enter the palace at your reserved time.
- Stroll the formal French gardens and enjoy access across the Versailles estate, from the palace grounds to the Trianons and the rustic Queen's Hamlet.
- Hear your guide bring court life alive as you wander ornate state rooms and galleries, with time for questions in an intimate setting.
- Upgrade your visit with a Versailles Passport for Chapel, Queen's Apartment, Golden Gates and Musical Fountain or Garden shows as estate extras.
- Pick 3-hour or longer tours, then choose language, audio guide, driver-guide round-trip transfers, a drink and free time in the gardens.
Your Experience
Explore Versailles Palace and royal gardens on a private tour with skip-the-line access and tailored commentary in 3-hour or full-day formats.
Getting started
Meet your dedicated guide at Versailles at the pre-arranged start time for your selected option. With pre-booked tickets and skip-the-line access, you move past the regular ticket counters and head directly toward the palace entry. After security, your guide outlines the plan for your private 3-hour, 6.5-hour, or full-day experience before you step into the main palace.
What to expect
Palace of Versailles: State Apartments and Hall of Mirrors
Your visit starts inside the Palace of Versailles, where the former royal residence opens with its grand State Apartments and ceremonial spaces.
Features
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The guided visit of the palace State Apartments covers the King’s and Queen’s State Apartments, including the Queen's Apartment, so you see where royal life and court ceremony unfolded.
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You enter the Hall of Mirrors, with your guide pointing out its layout and role in court events, while individual audio headsets help you follow every detail during the private guided tour.
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Pre-booked tickets with skip-the-line access let your private group move efficiently through palace entry, and a palace audio guide is available on options that include a self-guided palace visit.
Royal Chapel, Golden Gates, and full-estate highlights
Some options expand your access beyond the core palace rooms to additional emblematic areas of the estate.
Features
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Versailles Passport Tickets with full estate access give entry to the Palace of Versailles along with Grand Trianon, Petit Trianon, the Queen’s Hamlet, and the Golden Gates, depending on the option you choose.
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On tickets that include it, you access the Royal Chapel, the Golden Gates, and the Queen's Apartment, adding these iconic spaces to your route through the estate.
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An expert English, French, Spanish or Portuguese-speaking guide, or a professional driver-guide on selected options, provides insights that align with your chosen language and format.
Gardens of Versailles and French-style grounds
After the palace interior, your route continues into André Le Nôtre’s French gardens, which extend around the palace with geometric layouts and ornamental features.
Features
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A guided visit of the Gardens of Versailles introduces the French-style gardens, with your guide or driver-guide accompanying you through key sections and views around the fountains and groves.
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Depending on the option selected, you benefit from extended free time in the French gardens to explore on your own after the guided portion, or you enjoy an accompanied gardens visit included with your round-trip transfers.
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On operating days between April and October, certain options include access to the Musical Fountains or Musical Gardens, so your time in the grounds coincides with these scheduled water and garden shows.
Grand Trianon, Petit Trianon, and Marie Antoinette's Estate
Full-estate and full-day options take you beyond the main palace into the more secluded residences and pastoral retreat.
Features
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A guided visit of the Trianons, Marie Antoinette's Estate and the Queen's Hamlet, as per option selected, brings you through the Grand Trianon, Petit Trianon, and the Queen’s Hamlet to see how the royal family used these more intimate spaces.
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Entries to Grand Trianon and Petit Trianon, along with access to the Queen’s Hamlet, are included for variants that specify Versailles Passport Tickets with full estate access.
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On the full-day estate private guided tour, your English-speaking guide dedicates 6.5h to your group, with individual audio headsets provided so commentary remains clear throughout the extended itinerary.
Inclusions & Exclusions
- Skip the line or priority entry to the Palace of Versailles and its gardens
- Private guided tour of Versailles Palace and Gardens
- Access to Gardens and temporary exhibitions
- Access to Gallery of Coaches and Royal Tennis Court
- Access to the Fountain or Musical show (Apr to Oct only)
- Access to the Estate of Trianon (Grand Trianon, Petit Trianon, Queen's Hamlet and their gardens)
- Expert English, French, Spanish or Portuguese-speaking guide (as per option selected)
- Round-trip transfers \[as per option selected\]
- Access to the Royal Chapel, Queen's Apartment and the Golden Gates (as per option selected)
- Meals
This product offers multiple ticket options. Some items above (like transfers or fast-track access) may only apply to specific options — confirm what's included when you select yours.
Ticket Delivery
- Your voucher will be emailed to you shortly.
- Display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID at the starting point.
- Please check your final voucher for the starting point details & specific instructions.
Cancellation Policy
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts.