Private Tour: Versailles Palace Half-Day Trip from Paris
Follow your private tour guide through Versailles palace, just you and the guide. Only 40 minutes from Paris by train, you will discover a world made of gold and leading paintings across the French History .Your tourguide will tell you about courtiers’ lives through many anecdotes and aspects. Gardens in Versailles are also a big part of the visit: a nice walk with your guide will let you discover the wonderful mysteries of statues, fountains and secret groves.
Meet your tour guide at your pre-scheduled time and place, probably your hotel. Together with the tour guide, you will start with a train ride to reach the city of Versailles (40min from Paris). From the train station to the palace, you will have an overview of one of the nicest cities in France. Then, at the golden gate, you will skip the line to start your visit like a privileged person.
The tour will let you see the chapel with a painted ceiling inspired from the greatest Kings and Queens’ apartments without forgetting the Hall of Mirrors. The visit will lead you through 107 years of French History. In each room, your guide has an anecdote and stories to make you feel like a courtier close to King Louis the XIVth.
The visit doesn’t end with the last room but continues in the gardens. The landscape gardener Lenôtre’s masterpiece is definitely a must-see. Your guide will lead you through it from one grove to another one, crossing statues and fountains. Gardens are made of mysteries and so the discovery is as powerful as inside the palace.
Versailles castle is not only one of the most famous palaces in the world but a unique world made of gold, statues, fountains and paintings directly created from King Louis the XIVth’s imagination.
After spending approx. 4 hours together, your guide will take you back to the city center at the point of your desire or to your hotel.