Versailles Palace Guided Tour with Reserved Entry
Description
Explore the Palace of Versailles with a 90 minute guided tour. Pick the start time that works best for you and meet your guide at our office in Versailles (meeting point). Visit the most iconic rooms, including the Hall of Mirrors and the King’s State Apartments. After the tour, enjoy free time to stay longer in the Palace or visit the gardens (an additional ticket is required from April to October for the Musical and Fountain Show season. Gardens are free from November to March). We recommend booking an afternoon slot to avoid the morning crowds in Versailles.
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Itinerary
Step into the world of French royalty with an immersive guided tour of the Versailles Palace! Explore the State Apartments, the King’s Bedroom, and the iconic Hall of Mirrors on a captivating 90-minute tour. Hear the incredible stories of King Louis XIV, Marie Antoinette, and the dramatic events that shaped history.
Hall of Mirrors
Access to the Royal Gardens requires a separate ticket during summer from April to October
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- The time shown on your voucher is the meeting time at the office. The tour will depart a few minutes after.
- Entry is only possible together with the guide at the scheduled time.
- In case of late arrival, access to the Palace is not guaranteed. If a later tour is available, additional fees will apply to reschedule.
- From April to October, an additional garden ticket is required (Musical Gardens and Fountain Shows). The gardens are free from November to March.
- On peak days, the scheduled access time may be delayed due to security checks implemented by the Palace of Versailles.
- The Palace tour lasts 1.5 hours, but add 30 minutes for tickets and security checks.
- Baby strollers may be refused at the entrance of the palace.
Reviews(2,553)
Sophie was a wonderful guide, easy meet up and walk to the Palace. Very informative and was a very enjoyable experience
Our guide Frederico was brilliant, he had 16 of us to guide around the palace. It was busy and very hot! He found sensible places to stop where there were seats and rooms were larger and cooler. The guides knowledge and delivery of the tour was outstanding, he gave well structured answers to all the questions posed. The rooms at Versailles were beautiful and the history is very interesting. I would highly recommend this tour.
We were very glad to have a tour guide who could lead us through the chaos and point out important aspects of the palace and explain the history. The day we went was very hot and extremely crowded, so that made it a little harder to enjoy the palace, but I still preferred this visit over others because having a guide was so helpful. With the guide, you skip the lines too!!
Not worth the money. Danielle, our guide was nice and knowledgeable but for the price of this tour, it is not worth it. The general entry tickets into the Palace allow you to walk everywhere we walked and there are many information plaques in every room, and if you want more information, it is very easy to look it up on the internet (searching up that specific room and/or painting). I was very disappointed to pay a lot of money and have our whole group delayed from starting the tour because of 3 missing people, which wasted 30 minutes out of a 90-minute tour. Not Danielle's fault for having to wait for them and send them their tickets, but the tour company should not punish the people who show up on time because of unorganised people.
Thank you for your review. We’re glad you enjoyed Danielle’s guiding, and we’re very sorry the start felt delayed and overpriced. We completely understand how frustrating it is to arrive on time and be impacted by guests who are late. In this case, we contacted the missing guests and, once we knew they would not arrive on time, we asked Danielle to proceed into the Palace with the rest of the group since entry is time-sensitive. We appreciate your feedback and hope you still enjoyed your time in Versailles.
This was a fabulous tour and I highly recommend! Our guide was absolutely terrific. She said we could call her Chloe, sadly I can’t remember her traditional French name, but she was the best guide I’ve ever had. She was knowledgeable, helpful, friendly, and expertly guided a group of 25 through a very crowded palace. Even my 17 year old daughter loved the tour!!! I also was to thank the tour operator, we were running a few minutes late due to a train cancellation and I messaged them through the app, they were extremely responsive, and we were still able to join the group. This was a terrific experience all around!
Very well organised, enjoyable experience. Very knowledgeable guide who made the tour very interesting.
We would thoroughly recommend this tour if you are starting from the meeting place. We spent 4 hours walking around the gardens then had to leave the grounds for a 10 minute walk to the office for the guide and then walk back to the palace.
Be prepared for massive crowds. Thank goodness we ha3d booked a tour. Our tour guide very artfully guided us through the tour so she could give us the history. She was exceptional keeping us together and informed.
We had a fantastic tour. Alfonso was extremely knowledgeable and such a good historical storyteller. The group had lots of questions which he fielded with easy. It was a good about of time in the palace and the courtyard. We also appreciated his recommendation for the gardens.
We loved our guide, Thyago. He made the tour so interesting and offered to take our pictures in hall of mirrors.
