Versailles Half Day Private Tour

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Escape the hustle and bustle of Paris with a half-day private tour to Versailles. Discover the opulence of the Chateau and explore the Trianons and Gardens. Customize your itinerary and add another castle for a full-day adventure.

Duration: 5 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Palace of Versailles - 08:00 Departure from Paris to Versailles Pick up from Your Hotel. The Guide will welcome you and give you some general Information about French history on the way. The journey takes approximately 45 min.
09:00 - 13:00 Versailles, Trianon & Gardens visit The Guide will give you explanations about the rich history of…

What's Included

Private transportation
Bottled water
Versailles Passport ticket

What's Not Included

Gratuities

Additional Information

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Location

Palace of Versailles

Place d'Armes,

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Sherina

Apr 6, 2025

Excellent Tour and great guide Valentin - The tour was excellent and well organised. Valentin was a very good guide and explained everything patiently in Versailles. The only thing important to note is that if you book this tour, you will not have time to see the Versailles gardens so please keep that in mind as although it is advertised as part of the tour - you will literally have 10 to 15 minutes to take a quick look. We didn’t mind this but others may and hence the warning. This is no fault of the guide at all - the fact that it is a half day tour just doesn’t leave one with the time for the gardens. Another tip - if you do want to see the gardens then book a buggy in advance. It’s the best way to see the gardens. There is also a small toy like train that takes you from the Versailles Palace to Grand and Petit Trianon. With this tour you are taken by car which takes 15 mins instead of the train that takes about an hour. Sending tips as these might help travellers who are trying to navigate doing everything in Versailles in a day. In summary, I would highly recommend this company and Valentin.

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Wild

Dec 17, 2024

Stunning ! - I loved the Palace and the secret life stories of Louis XIV and his mistresses))) The gardens are beautiful and the Trianon ( big one and little one ) is a must !

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Francksk3275ly

Nov 30, 2024

Being a king for a day - done ☑️ - This place is definitely a must to visit when in Paris. I always wanted to feel how it is to be a king. But I never realised it would be so difficult to manage with suuuuch a huge castle. Thanks to the explanation of our guide I understood it. Tour up in Europe made me feel like a king for a day.

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Jet21143369181

Nov 25, 2024

This tour is necessary when in Versailles - This is Versailles. And you would be lost here without a guide, or lose the most of interesting parts. Thanks to our guide Catherine we reached the most clandestine parts and had the best time listening to all the exciting facts that surround this place. The drive there on a Mercedes minivan was very helpful. We could relax and just enjoy our time. Recommend 100%

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Cityfarm

Sep 6, 2024

Great way to experience Versailles - A wonderful experience. Driver was great - smooth driving and picked us up in a Tesla. The guide Maria was knowledgeable and sought our feedback along the way to tailor the tour a little bit (eg we wanted to spend a bit longer in the gardens vs other areas). Maria also kindly took some great photos for us along the way.

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Voyager17615093122

Jul 13, 2024

A long but highly recommended tour. - Our guide Emily was brilliant. A must-have for anyone who wants to see not only the castle but also the Gerten. Our guide Emily was brilliant. A must-have for anyone who wants to see not only the castle but also the Gerten.

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Goar

Jul 13, 2024

There was a wonderful tour - We enjoyed the palace – there's so much history to see! But it's really the tour guide who makes or breaks the trip. Emily was our guide, and she was EXTREMELY KNOWLEDGEABLE about everything we saw. We're really glad she was our tour guide and would HIGHLY RECOMMEND this trip.

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Гоар

Jul 13, 2024

It was a wonderful trip - The tour was comprehensive, interesting, varied, and highly enjoyable. Helen was an excellent guide – very pleasant, extremely knowledgeable, and personable. Although it was a long day, we are very glad we chose a tour that included the gardens and Marie Antoinette's palace, as it encouraged us to see so much more. The train ride back was the perfect way to end the day. We brought our own lunch, so we didn't have to deal with the queues and could rest up for the afternoon portion.

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Theresajasmin_w

Sep 15, 2024

Somewhat disappointed - As somebody who always try to book a private experience wherever we go, I am a little disappointed with this tour. Our guide was very nice but lack in experience and knowledge of the facts we are hoping to gain on this tour. With the amount of money one would pay for a private experience, I feel this is not top to par. Even the communication prior to the tour, I need to initiate to find out the details of the pick up, tour guide and driver. For someone who always book a private tour, this one is my bottom of the list. For a Private tour, we felt it not being a private tour. Would I recommend this tour, YES but I hope that this comment would make some improvements on the tour.

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Happiness621893

Oct 13, 2024

Avoid at all costs. - I reserved the private half-day tour for pick up at our hotel in Paris on Saturday 10/5/24, with pickup at 8am. The tour company reached out a week ahead to firm up our plans, and charged us in full two days in advance. On Friday night before the tour, I received a text around 8:30 PM seeing if anyone had reached out to us about the tour, saying that they might need to change our time. By the time I saw the text, it was midnight, and I responded that no one had called me, and that we had planned the remainder of our weekend around Versailles tour being in the morning, so we were unable to do a different time. Natalie from the company continued texting with me until 4 AM, ultimately concluding that no one was available to give us a private tour because people had called in sick. We were now only a few hours away from the proposed start of our tour, so I had to scramble and go online to book a different guided tour through Viator, because all of the morning tickets I could purchase directly from Versailles were sold out. I asked Natalie for a full refund, and she told me I needed to use the app to proceed. I asked her to make a note in my account with the details of everything that happened so that I would have an easy time receiving my refund. Here we are, a week later, and Vitor has given us back half of our money, claiming that we booked a Monday tour (Versailles isn’t even open on Monday) and we were the ones who changed the plans. I have been reaching out to Viator customer service, but I can’t tell if my emails are just going into the abyss. Fortunately, I had taken screenshots of my WhatsApp conversation with Natalie from SIA, although since I took the screenshots once Arriving home in the US, it looks like they took place during a normal time of day, not the dead of night four hours before the tour.

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up to 6 guests

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