Versailles Palace Guided Tour with Full access
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Versailles, France
- 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours (approx.)
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Spend a half-day exploring the unforgettable attractions of Versailles, including the extraordinary gardens, opulent palace, and Marie-Antoinette's Estate, all on UNESCO's World Heritage list. Follow a knowledgeable guide through King Louis XIV's 17th-century residence, imagining the ornately decorated Baroque rooms as a private home for the royal family and nobility. Tours are available in English and Spanish.
- Guided tour of the Palace of Versailles, Gardens, and Marie-Antoinette's Estate
- Explore the King's and Queen's State apartments, Hall of Mirrors, and Royal Chapel
- Musical garden and fountain shows included on select summer days
- Tours available in English and Spanish to suit your preference
What's Included
- Expert Guided Tour: Professional, licensed guide for the Palace
- Palace Admission: Timed-entry ticket to the Château de Versailles for seamless access
- Entry to the Gardens, including the Musical Show /Fountain Show (from Apr to Oct)
- Meeting Point: Check-in at our trusted local partner’s conveniently located store in Versailles
- Personal Audio Headset: So you can hear your guide clearly, even in crowded areas
- Admission to the Marie-Antoinette's Estate
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Transport to/from attractions
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- GYG France (Versailles Palace Tours)10 Av. du Général de Gaulle, 78000 Versailles, France
Please don't go directly to the Palace. First, check in at the GetYourGuide office, just a few minutes’ walk from the Palace. The trains are not running between the stations "PARIS AUSTERLITZ" and "Versailles Chateau Rive Gauche" from the 15th of July to the 23rd of August
End point
- Palace of VersaillesPlace d'Armes, 78000 Versailles, France
Itinerary
1
Palace of Versailles
1 hour 15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
2
La Galerie des Glaces
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Grand Canal (Pass By)
Jardins du Chateau de Versailles (Pass By)
The Grand Trianon (Pass By)
Le Petit Trianon (Pass By)
Hameau de la Reine (Pass By)
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- The time on your voucher is the meeting time at our shop (the tour departs a few minutes later). In case of late arrival for check-in, we cannot guarantee access to the palace. Fees will apply if you wish to reschedule for a later tour.
- The scheduled access time can be delayed on peak days due to various safety controls established by the Versailles Palace.
- The tickets for the Musical Show or Fountain Show are included
- Baby strollers may be refused at the entrance of the palace.
- The Palace tour lasts 1.5 hours, but add 30 minutes for tickets and security checks.
- From Wednesday 15 July to Saturday 22 August, the RER C will not operate between Paris and Versailles Château Rive Gauche train station, please use lines L (Versailles Rive Droite) or N (Versailles Chantiers) to reach the meeting point.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 27 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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When we arrived for our 9:40 AM tour, they offered us the 1020 tour as the earlier one had about 25 people and the later one only had about 10 which I found very courteous. Our to our guide was Kristina and she was witty, informative, and an absolute delight to view the palace with. She had many helpful hints, tips and tricks for visiting the rest of the grounds after our palace tour.
Stephanie was our tour guide and she was great. Very knowledgeable about the history of Versailles. She expertly navigated our group through the palace and provided suggestions of what to see for those that was staying to see the grounds. Stephanie has a great personality, energetic and lovely disposition.
Our guide was very knowledgeable, witty, and very nice. The palace was gorgeous. I recommend the add-on of the Queen’s Palace and Hamlet.
We had a great time. We spent nearly half a day there
Place is worth revisiting.
Travel was smooth and flawless
It was easy, effortless, easy to understand and follow, a 10/10, if i go back i would do it again just to finish what we started, beautiful.
Wear good walking shoes. The grounds are vast. There is a hop on hop off train or you can hire a golf buggy. Go early or be prepared to stay late. There's so much to see. We made our own way there by metro and RER train. Fairly easy and meant our time wasn't restricted as on coach tours. Book ahead as the queue to get in is very long. Booking a tour means skipping the line. We included the King's apartments which was well worth it. There were 11 in our group. Our guide Nathan was very good, pointing out things we would not have spotted on our own. He used a mike and earphones so we could all hear easily. Definitely a highlight of our visit to Paris.
It was a very informative tour. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable. The palace was beautiful! I would recommend this tour.
Wonderful travel guide. Super easy to locate. Great directions and extremely friendly. 10/10. Highly recommended!
Allow a full day to explore the palace further &!gardens after the tour. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable.
Our tour guide was very bright, very inquisitive and fun. Having the ear speaker is so helpful. Would highly recommend this tour.
Our guide made entry seamless and here history knowledge was fantastic.
I would recommend definitely recommend this tour
A must see if you're in Paris. The tour was informative and the guide kept a great pace to keep us on track as we went through the various rooms. Once the tour is over, you still have access to go back through the rooms if you wanted to look again and also have access to the gardens and Petit Trianon for self-paced wandering. I thought the amount of time with the guide was perfect. Taking a longer guided tour would have been information overload!
Livi did an excellent job bringing the history of Versailles to life. So much information told with such care. I think it would be hard to continually tell the stories and still be excited to share them. Livi did that to perfection.
The meeting point to pickup the ticket, meet guide and start the tour is too far from the venue. The company needs to issue electronic mobile tickets so people can meet the tour guide closer to the entrance of the venue. The time on the tour of the venue is deceiving as a significant amount of time is taken by having to travel from the ticket pickup point to the venue. Plus time is taken for roll call waiting for other guests in the group who are late, issuing headsets, explaining how to use the headset in addition to walking to the venue.
Response from Host, Oct 2026
Thank you for sharing your feedback with us.
Please note that our meeting point is at our office because it allows everyone to meet the guide easily and reliably. The area directly around the Palace entrance can be extremely crowded, and in bad weather it’s not ideal to ask guests to wait outside.
Regarding the tickets: for guided tours, the entry tickets must be printed and collected at the Palace, so we’re not able to issue electronic tickets in advance.
We appreciate you highlighting a few details that impacted your perception of the tour duration. Your comments are noted and will be shared with our team as we continue to improve the experience.
Thank you again for taking the time to leave a review.
Easy meet and greet right by the train station, our guide Emelie, was great, comfortable with questions, humorous and professional. The gardens are vast, so be prepared to walk or rent a golf cart/buggy. The small train that runs around just takes you between the main parts of the gardens, not good for seeing the gardens or fountains. All in all well worth the money, all 4 of us would recommend this visit
Amazing! What a pleasant trip into history. And our guide was a rock star! Loved hanging out with her and learning about Versailles.
Our tour with Vlania (not spelled correctly) was thorough and very informative. Very pleasant and helpful. Great tour.
Did an excellent job. Learned a lot. Provided lots of detail and was entertaining and professional. Fantastic tour.
The two hours went by really quickly the tour guide pointed out things that we would have not known on our own. It really did take the stress out of trying to navigate this huge place by yourself. I'm happy that you were able to have free time for the rest of the day.
Laetitia was AMAZING! She was so knowledgeable and funny and my friend and I had the best time at Versailles with her. Our group was having the best time when we were walking around the palace. We learned a lot and had so much fun! 10/10 would recommend!
Our Tour guide Frederic was spectacular, informative and funny! He was so attentive and made everyone in our group feel incorporated to the conversation!
This was an excellent tour of Versailles! Our guide Stephanie was amazing! Very knowledgeable, provided lots of information, always friendly and showed us the best parts of the palace. She was very good at keeping our group together and during the tour we were lucky the palace was not too crowded which helped us move from room to room more easily. A very memorable tour and happy to we had the opportunity to see this beautiful palace! The gardens and Marie Antoinette's Estate are also not to be missed. Highly recommend! Thank you!
What a fantastic tour! Our tour guide, Mauro, was PHENOMENAL! He really made the experience for us. Highly recommend!
Our guide, Letitia (probably spelled that wrong) was wonderful! My son and I have visited Versailles many times in the past and we truly enjoyed our tour with this guide. We were lucky that there was not a lot of people there-last time it was wall-to-wall bodies, very uncomfortable! She gave us a lot of interesting background on Louis 14th, Marie Antoinette, etc Louie 15th & 16th especially. We enjoyed every minute of our tour and would recommend it to anybody!
Really glad we booked this tour. Our guide was friendly and knowledgable and moved us through Versailles at a good pace while giving us ample time to see what we wanted to see.
Excellent tour of Versailles! Vrlinda, our guide, was very knowledgeable and made it easy to navigate, even with a stroller.
Frederic was amazing - so much passion and knowledge. Follows up on questions from beginning of tour. Also really appreciated audio system used by this agency - single earbud with audio enhancer - so we could clearly hear Frederic as crowds formed or we wandered a bit.
Mathis was wonderful, he was very knowledgeable and fun he went above and beyond. We had a great time.
We went on a tour with Livia, she was wonderful, very knowledgeable and funny. The tour made entrance to the palace very smooth and easy, much quicker than without a tour. Our tour guide gave a full history and explanation of the whole grounds and each room individually. Definitely the best way to see the palace of versailles.
This experience was one for the books! I should start off by stating that we unfortunately joined the group from the palace location itself, instead of the meet-up location. As a guest I suggest downloading the app so you get the alerts from the appropriate tour team. Emails are sent out as well, but the app seemed to deliver information sooner. Do yourself a favor and look at the details before giving a taxi an address. I am happy the company made contact to confirm my group’s reservations and was still accommodating with this mix up as well. Our guide Mathis was so kind and understanding when we regrouped on the grounds. He caught us up on what we had missed, and reintegrated us into the full tour group. Mathis was knowledgeable with facts from the palace and incorporating the history of France with it. I learned more than I expected and absolutely welcomed Mathis’ expertise throughout the entire tour. The morning tour was truly the best time during the summer months as well; it didn’t seem too busy so had many opportunities to take pictures with minimal people in backgrounds. Mathis had offered to take pictures of each group while in the hall of mirrors, which was so kind. I am so grateful to have had Mathis as a guide. This was my first time leaving the country and I am truly looking forward to my next trip to France and exploring more!
-a girl from California :)
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