Versailles Tour: Explore Chateau, Gardens, and History
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171 Ratings
Paris

Explore Versailles Palace and Trianon with a private guide. Relive history, admire art, and stroll through stunning gardens. Book your unforgettable day tour now.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Paris - To fully explore the Versailles estate, opt for a guided tour of the palace along with the Grand and Petit Trianon. Start your day with a morning guided tour of the Great Royal Apartments, Hall of Mirrors, and the Queen’s Bedroom. Your adventure will take you through Paris and its outskirts.
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What's Included
  • Round Trip transportation in a luxury air-conditioned coach
  • Professional live guide
  • Fountain shows in the Gardens (only during Summer time)
  • Versailles Gardens entrance
  • Queen’s Hamlet entrance with Petit and Grand Trianon
  • Versailles Palace priority entrance
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information

The chateau and gardens of Versailles are absolute must-sees beyond Paris. Relive history at the time of the Sun King thanks to this full day passport, accompagnied by your Private Professionnal Guide. This expert will give you the keys to understand and visualize why this building is part of the World Heritage of Humanity. You will be amazed by Louis…

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Location
22 Rue Jean Rey
Rue Jean Rey
***UNTIL JULY 17th*** Please note that during the Olympic Games, from July 18th to September 11th 2024, your tour will depart from 26 boulevard Auguste Blanqui 75013 PARIS
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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(171 Ratings)
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Angel_d
Nov 1, 2024
Tour guide was very... - Tour guide was very patient and he explained the history very well. Helpful and answered politely whenever we asked questions. I find the entire tour well organised and Viator customer service response time was quick too.. yes I recommend this tour. But beware to clock almost 25k steps, you need strong legs and good walking shoes :)
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Robert_h
Nov 8, 2024
Great Experience! Definitely worth it! - Bus was on time and ready for us plus great guide through Versailles. Tour was great!! Had a wonderful time!
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Joan_p
Oct 2, 2024
Protest cuts short time at Versailles - Our guide was very good and informative. The only problem was that our bus was delayed an hour leaving because of a protest at Versailles. But instead of getting to stay an additional hour as we were told when we were picked up we had to leave at the original time. So our time in the gardens was cut short by 1 hour. Very disappointing.
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Thomas_k
Jun 23, 2024
Stop! Don’t do it! Terrible tour operators in Paris! - When we arrived at the pick up location in Paris, the tour operators treated us with indifference and rudeness. They seemed dismissive and annoyed that I would be asking them if I was in the correct location for the tour bus. Then, when we arrived at Versailles, there was confusion for a good 20min, because they had reserved a Spanish speaking tour guide for our English only group. Then they rushed us through Versailles for the next 90min, only to then let us know we were on our own to find the gardens and Trianon and find our way back to the bus. There was then confusion at the bus area, since no one in our group received specifics on exactly where the bus would be or what it would look like or how it would be labeled. The only reason I gave 2 stars instead of one is because at least the Viator Paris team was extremely responsive via WhatsApp. This was greatly appreciated. Versailles itself was incredible. The tour operators however left much to be desired.
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Countrydoctor_9
Feb 19, 2025
Do not use Paris City Vision, unless you enjoy being ditched in a foreign city that you do not speak the language. - The worst experience ever. Here are the problems, one after another: 1. They made a mistake in our returning time. They put us on a 2:30pm return bus even though I booked extended day. They acknowledged the mistake , and said we are on the 5:50pm bus. It was confirmed in writing. 2. When we returned to the pick up points, at 5:45pm, I saw the bus just drove away from us. We were a bit concerned about making it in time as there were delays on our train back, which I asked of they could just for for us a bit. No guarantee was given but at least we made it back on time! 3. They refuse to make any alternative arrangement to take us home. Simply asked us to take a local train. Left us in the freezing cold outside the palace 4. I demanded a refund to at least cover a trip back with uber. But they only offered €15pp which I didn't accept. But they closed the case unilaterally, and I'm not allowed to leave any negative reviews on viator (the agent I booked through). I wasn't alone. There were 2 other couples being ditched as well. 6 of us in total. Both of them don't speak good English (one couple from Japan, another from Brazil) so they struggled to contact Paris City Vision. Many of us paid the money to join the tour is because we are not comfortable taking trains or busses in a foreign country that we do not speak the language. As a tour operator in the hospitality industry, is to ensure you look after your tourist. Not to mention we were on time, even if we were late, there needs to be some form of trying to contact us and wait for us, before you just took off. In this case, took off early without making sure everyone is accounted for. (Which I suspect the driver just wanted to go home and finish the day early. Very unprofessional and irresponsible). Be warned, do not join any tour operate by this company, unless you enjoy being left alone in the freezing cold outside Versailles Palace and take a train home. If Paris City Vision management is reading this, please respond and I'm open to your response regarding this matter. I have also attached the screenshots of the Whatsapp conversations with time indicated as proof that they clearly stated it was 5:50pm pick up, and we made it before 5:50pm, and their lack of attempt to get us home other them asking us to take a train
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Frank_s
Jan 5, 2025
HORRIBLE - It was way too crowded, and we could not enjoy the tour. The only positive was our tour guide as she was very knowledgeable but could hardly hear her.
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Gabriela_d
Nov 6, 2024
Over Priced Bad Guides - I Was told this was an all day guided tour and it was not. The tour guide did not introduce himself and never gave his name simply “red umbrella”. Nor was he wearing visible name tag Red umbrella finished tour of Versailles castle approximately 10:35am. For visiting the Trianon & Queens Hamlet he told us to go to the garden and that it was a 35 minute walk each way. He was asked 3 times is there another alternative to walking his response go to the garden iI specifically asked if the path was well labeled and in English his response go to the garden. We got lost in the garden with no signs and contacted tour company for help and they refused to help. We also found out Trianon & Queens Hamlet did not open til 12noon. We should have been advised to grab lunch and YES there was a great option for getting to Trianon & Queens Hamlet, there is a small hop on hop off train which does a loop and takes you to all places. More efficiently audio phone with recorded tour are available at all locations. Better choice then bad guide that does not give you all the information and causes you to loose time and wander around lost for 1.5 hours pre purchase your own tickets get uber rent audio phone and use hop on hop off train. When i pay that much money for a tour i expect a complete tour not partial and a knowledgable guide
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Tao5060
Oct 23, 2024
Terrible & Expensive Tour - This is booked as an 8 hour tour with a professional guide. In fact, we received a 1 hour guided tour of the Palace. Then we were told that we had to meet back at the bus in approximately 45 minutes for the return bus ride back to Paris. Or, we could stay and visit Trianon on our own and find our own way back to Paris. This tour was a total rip off! It was extremely expensive! And it didn't deliver the benefits worth the cost! I asked Viator for 1/2 my money back and they simply said no. I will not use Viator again. And, I have written many reviews for Trip Advisor but I am now of the impression that Trip Advisor owns Viator. When you call Viator the canned message refers to them as a Trip Advisor company. I am thinking of deleting my Trip Advisor account as well and not using them for travel information. You can probably tell I am pretty irritated and unhappy with Viator and Trip Advisor.
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Tom_o
Oct 17, 2024
Skip Viator - This tour was a terrible disappointment! This was supposed to be a full day tour. We had a 1 hour guided tour of the palace. Then we were told we had about an hour to see the gardens and the Marie Antoinette hamlet unguided before returning to the bus. We were told we could stay longer but we would have to find our own way back to Paris. It also seemed as if Viator wasn’t running the tour but had piggy backed on some other tour operators. You could take the RER train and pick up a self guided audio device for 1/2 the cost and just as much benefit! I will think twice before I use Viator again!
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Sharyl_m
Sep 21, 2023
Worst tour ever - This was a terrible experience. Went from 8 hour tour to 10 1/2 hour, which made us miss our dinner reservation. The tour guide did 2 hours at the place and then left the tour group in the garden, no maps or direction was given. It was not a all day guided tour. Andre was mad that my husband had to go to the restroom and asked him why he didn't go earlier. He was irritable, seemed annoyed and did not seem to want to show the tour group anything. Stated in the garden, Lunch is over the hill at the restaurant. There were 3 restaurants and we were not told which one to go to. He did not know about any alternative transportation. "Well if you have 38 euros you can rent a cart if you want to spend the money." The train he didn't even suggest. We have taken tours on Viator for years and this was the worst one. We feel we should get a refund.
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