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Versailles lies some 20 km south-west of Paris, under an hour away, and the RER C line ends at Versailles Château Rive Gauche, a 10-minute walk from the palace gates. On this page we list 65 tours to Versailles from Paris. Visitors give these Versailles tours 4.5 out of 5 on average, over more than 19,317 reviews.
Lengths in our Versailles descriptions go from 1.5 to 6 hours; across the page, 2 hours is the length met most often.
A guided Versailles tour comes with a guide on the estate. Over 5.5 hours, one version travels by coach and leaves the commentary to an audio-guided app, with admission to the palace and the gardens in the ticket. Its reviewers rate it 4.6 out of 5.
Live guiding at Versailles takes more than one form among the tours we describe. A 1.5-hour tour through the State Apartments and the Hall of Mirrors is led by a professional guide, with "Headsets to hear the guide clearly", as one listing notes. That short visit holds a rating of 4.6 out of 5.
Other guided formats at Versailles vary in length and scope. At 6 hours, one of them includes palace entry and the Fountain Show from April to October, and its highlights name the Queen's Private Apartment. Another, a private palace tour listed at 2 hours, keeps the gardens for its 3- and 6-hour versions and Little Train tickets for the 6-hour one.
A multi-stop tour joins more than one part of the Versailles estate in a single outing. This 6-hour guided format lists timed entry, access to the gardens and a guided tour, run in English or Spanish. Travellers score it 4.3 out of 5.
A private Versailles tour has a guide for your party alone. Here a licensed guide spends 2 hours with you in the Versailles Gardens, the Trianon palaces are in the ticket, and the castle is a "visit after the guided tour on your own", as the listing puts it. It is rated 5.0 out of 5, with guiding in German, English, Spanish or Italian.
| Type of tour | ★ | Duration | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coach day with audio app and entry | 4.6 | ~5.5h | Palace and gardens tickets + Audio-guided app + Fountain shows (April to October) |
| Guided palace and gardens, timed entry | 4.3 | ~6h | Timed entry + Gardens access + Guided tour |
| Private garden tour with Trianon entry | 5.0 | ~2h | Private garden guide + Trianon ticket + Palace ticket |
Table data is indicative and comes from the GuruWalk catalogue. Each activity's current details, including availability, are the ones shown on its listing when you book.
Formats at Versailles that we feature range from a short guided walk through the palace rooms to a full outing with the gardens. Among the tours on this page, "From Paris: Versailles Palace & Gardens with Transportation" has gathered the most reviews, more than 7,353, and a rating of 4.6 out of 5.
The Palace of Versailles is closed on Mondays; Tuesdays and weekends are its busiest days. Entry runs on timed slots that have to be booked ahead.
Several Versailles tours we cover include the musical gardens and fountain shows, which belong to the months from April to October. On the coach day with the audio app they run "only from April to October on specific dates", its listing notes.
A standard Paris metro ticket does not reach Versailles; the ticket has to be for the destination station.
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start applies to the Versailles tours we describe.
Spanish sits next to English on the Versailles tours covered here, and German and Italian show up on several of them. The 6-hour day with the Queen's Private Apartment keeps to English and Spanish.
Outside the palace lie Le Nôtre's gardens, the Grand Canal, the Trianon palaces and Marie Antoinette's Hamlet; inside are the Hall of Mirrors, the King's State Apartments and the Royal Chapel.
