Versailles Royal Palace & Gardens Private Tour by Golf Cart
Description
The brainchild of King Louis XIV and former home to Marie Antoinette, Versailles Palace holds a special place in French history. This 87 million square foot complex continues to astonish guests with its jaw-dropping architecture and well-manicured gardens. On your Versailles Palace & Gardens Private Tour your local expert guide will enlighten you on both the natural and cultural treasures of Versailles with skip-the-line privileges and a golf cart rental. Cover the massive magical garden grounds in a comfortable four-seat golf cart. See where former French kings and queens dined, danced, prayed and slept. Your private tour is led by a Professional Local Expert Guide.
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The brainchild of King Louis XIV and former home to Marie Antoinette, Versailles Palace holds a special place in French history. Just 15 miles southwest of Paris, this 87 million square foot complex continues to astonish guests with its jaw-dropping architecture and well-manicured gardens. On your Versailles Palace & Gardens Tour you will see both the natural and cultural treasures of Versailles with skip-the-line privileges and a golf cart rental.
Your Versailles Palace & Gardens in a Golf Cart Tour begins with a trip through the famous vast Versailles Gardens in a comfortable four-seat golf cart. If you are lucky, you might get to see a seasonal water show at the garden’s central fountains.
When you are finished exploring the garden grounds, it’s time to make your way to the next visit, and head inside Versailles Palace. Of all the 2,300 rooms in this palace, the most famous has to be the 240-foot long Galerie des Glaces. This hall has 357 mirrors to be exact, a true sight for sore eyes. Throughout the centuries, it was used for more than just vanity. witnessing many prominent historical events. Continue to visit the 18th century Royal Chapel. Modeled on both Ancient and Gothic designs, the Royal Chapel is best known for its colorful ceiling paintings and its historic organ. Your tour guide will then lead you to the sumptuous State Apartment where the king would meet with various dignitaries every day. Continue to the more intimate areas of Versailles Palace including the king and queen’s former apartments and bedchambers. Here you’ll learn fascinating stories about the hundreds of servants who would scramble to attend the king and queen's every need.
Explore on your own the Trianon Estate at the end of the tour.
Explore on your own the Trianon Estate at the end of the tour.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Important: At least one participant must present a valid physical driver’s license to provide to the cart rental agency and must be at least 24 years old. Golf carts seat 4 passengers. If your party exceeds 3 people, one guest will be required to drive a second cart.
- Please note that tours can only be requested in English
- While the golf cart experience part of the tour is extremely safe, LivTours (LivItaly Tours LLC) and our tour guides are released by any responsibility from any damage to things or people. The client is fully responsible of his/her well-being and the well-being of other things and people.
Reviews(431)
What a wonderful way to visit Versailles - especially the gardens. Our tour guide was so incredibly knowledgeable and kept the group entertained the entire time. Can’t recommend enough.
Great! We skipped every line. Great commentary. Meng was helpful, great with family and so knowledgeable! Highly recommend!
Ramona was the most amazing and thorough tour guide! She answered all of our questions and then changed her information based on what we were curious about. I wish I could travel the world with Romona so I could learn everything she knows! Having a golf cart guide was also the way to go. We covered so much ground that we wouldn’t have been able to see otherwise.
Great way to explore Versailles. Golf cart is the way to go! The grounds are too massive to walk, it will take too long or you won’t get to see everything. Our guide (I apologize I forgot his name) was so informative, funny and made the whole trip easy and fun. I would 1000% recommend them and this experience.
Vivian was fantastic! We meet outside the palace. Vivian was early and very enthusiastic. She was very knowledgeable about the palace and the gardens. Vivian did just the right amount of talking. It was the information we needed without being overwhelming. She also found the right places for our pictures. Thank you for a great tour!
Our guide was Grigor and we are happy to report that he made the experience very enjoyable and effortless for us. In our opinion it is much better to have a guide that can answer all your questions and talk you through important historical events. Grigor found out our interests and made the experience relevant for us with stories and anecdotes. Would highly recommend. Merci Grigor!
This was a lifetime trip. Our tour guide, Anna, made this an unforgettable experience. She was truly amazing. The best tour we had in all of France! She made sure we were informed, comfortable, and took lots of great pictures of us. She is very knowledgeable and truly cares about the experience she delivers. Truly a 5 star experience!
The golf car private tour was well worth the cost! Being able to see the immensity of the gardens riding in a golf cart was unbelievable. Our tour guide Ramona was so knowledgeable, courteous and professional. She gave us an in depth history of Versailles with great clarity and energy. She obviously enjoys her profession and this was greatly appreciated. Would highly recommend
Excellent way to experience Versailles and it’s gardens. Our guide was extremely knowledgeable and made our visit very enjoyable.
Giovanna was our guide...she is wonderful...very engaging...extremely knowledgeable...and professional.. we feel so lucky to have had her as our guide!
