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Skip-the-Line Versailles Palace Tour by Train from Paris

4.6  / 5
324 reviews
Activity provider:Memories France
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Skip-the-Line Versailles Palace Tour by Train from Paris

Activity provider:Memories France
4.6  / 5
324 reviews
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From US$ 95.05 per person

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Enjoy a 3-hour guided tour of the Château of Versailles and its gardens. Marvel at the glimmering Hall of Mirrors and the lavish state apartments.

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Duration 4.5 hours
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Skip the line through a separate entrance
Live tour guide
English

Experience

Highlights
  • Skip the long lines with a reserved entry time at the Palace of Versailles
  • Marvel at the Musical Gardens or Fountains Show
  • Enjoy escorted round-trip train travel between Paris and Versailles
Full description
Visit the Château de Versailles, the royal residence of Louis XIV. See the Hall of Mirrors and the lavish state apartments, where the royals received the elite. Your English-speaking guide will make life at Versailles come alive. Meet the guide in central Paris and travel to Versailles by train. At the Château, skip the lines and begin a 3-hour journey through time in the Château and its gardens. Hear how the royal family recaptured France’s preeminence in fashion and art. Hear about the lavish lifestyle of Marie Antoinette. Tour the magnificent gardens with your guide, and enjoy either the beautiful Musical Gardens or the Fountain Show (depending on the day of the week). After your tour, your guide will be happy to provide you with return train tickets and instructions for the easy journey back to Paris on the train.
Includes
  • Reserved admission time and entrance fees to the Palace and Gardens of Versailles
  • Tickets for the Musical Gardens or Fountains Show (if option selected)
  • Escorted round-trip transportation between central Paris and Versailles by RER train
  • Accredited local guide
  • Headsets when appropriate so you can always hear your guide
  • Hotel pick-up and drop off
  • Optional gratuities
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  • Wheelchair users

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Meet your guide outside the entrance/exit to Metro Invalides, Esplanade des Invalides, 75007 Paris (lines 8 and 13). There is only one exit from the metro station which takes you on to rue de l'Université. Directly outside the exit you will see a news stand, and a yellow M on top of a pole, indicating the metro. Your guide will be waiting by the news stand. If you are travelling by RER C train, take the exit "rue Esnault Pelterie" and walk straight ahead until a crossroad (rue de l'Université and rue Constantine crossroad) where you can see the yellow M. The news stand will be on your right, next to the metro exit. Please be at the meeting point 15 minutes before your tour departure time. Your guide will be wearing an orange badge on an orange lanyard. You do not need to print your voucher. Please just ensure you have a copy of it on your phone so we can check you in at the meeting point.

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  •  This tour involves a moderate amount of walking, so comfortable shoes are advised
  •  Due to ongoing restoration works inside the palace, some rooms may not be open to visitors. If this occurs, your guide will take you to see other rooms so that your experience is complete
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4.6 /5

based on 324 reviews

Review summary

  • Guide
    4.9/5
  • Transportation
    4.4/5
  • Service
    5/5
  • Organization
    4.9/5

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An absolutely fantastic tour! You start with a guide to Versailles- I had Oliver who was lovely and very helpful. They provide you with your RER tickets so you don’t have to buy them yourself which I greatly appreciated. They take you through the RER station, onto the train, and to Versailles where you meet your Versailles guide. Unfortunately I don’t know the name of my guide, but after chatting with her and finding out she has a degree in art history, she’s absolutely the perfect person to guide us! She was absolutely brilliant, so knowledgeable, friendly and easy to understand and answered all of our questions. I booked my tour for a Thursday at 9am in September, we got there around 10:15 and it was perfect, barely busy and not at all crowded! There is only one option to go to the toilet during the tour, which is just before you tour the palace (you tour the gardens for the first hour), which was a little annoying. The walk back alone to the station is easy and quick

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September 29, 2023

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Rebecca – United KingdomVerified booking

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Your was good. The tour guide spoke English but had a deep accent which at times made it difficult to understand. Also, there was not clear instruction on how to get back to our starting point and what metro stop to get off of when leaving the Versailles. We were on a train with another couple and the four of us had to ask around from a Parisian rider what our stop would be.

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September 16, 2023

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Suzanne – United StatesVerified booking

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I loved our tour guide Julie! she was super duper knowledgeable and a spectacular storyteller. I enjoyed listening to her recount the history of King Louis XIV and her commentary as well. she was upfront too about the crowds inside the palace too, wanting to make sure everyone understood that it's not something you just zip through. she led us to the restroom first once we got through security and then the tour of the rooms started. after we finished inside, Julie led us to the garden where we went through some of the groves and saw a fountain show. the fountain show wasn't amazing or anything but otherwise I really enjoyed my tour and it was well worth the money. I also wanna thank the guide who led our group from Paris to Versailles via RER, I didnt get her name but she was very nice too.

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September 11, 2023

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ChinLin – United StatesVerified booking

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