Overview
6 hours
Mobile ticket
The tour is perfect for those who prefer to explore independently. Discover the dazzling royal residence of Versailles, the largest and most sumptuous ever built by a reigning monarch and surrounded by gardens and parklands. Transfers from Paris, entrance fees to the gardens, Versailles and the Grand Royal Apartments are included. Thanks to the app downloaded on your mobile, enjoy interactive comments to make your experience more funny.
“Enjoy the audio commentary from our APP to download on your device, bring your headset for a complete high experience”
Additional Info
Public transportation options are available nearby
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Baby strollers are forbidden inside Versailles palace
This tour is not suitable to clients with walking difficulties
Photos without flash allowed inside the castle
You will receive by email your visit kit giving you access to your digital experience of the Palace of Versailles. Your email will contain a link to your personal access to download the application and your e-ticket.
During the high season, this popular destination can experience significant crowds. As a result, there may be some unavoidable queues, especially during the morning hours when visitor numbers tend to be highest. We appreciate your understanding and recommend visiting later in the day if you prefer a slightly less busy experience.
Audio guide available in Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish from a downloadable audio app. Please make sure your phone is fully charged and don’t forget your headphones!
Fountain Show dates: Every Saturday and Sunday from Friday April 3rd to Sunday November 1st 2026
What To Expect
Paris
Meet up in Paris to redeem your voucher and board the coach. Meeting time 30 minutes prior to tour departure.
Domaine national de Saint-Cloud
After one hour drive through the suburbs of Paris (15 miles away approx.), you will enter Louis XIV's Kingdom.
Options
Morning Audio guided tour
Duration: 4 hours: Estimated arrival time in Paris: around 12:30, 3.30 PM or 6.30 PM depending on the selected departure time.
Afternoon Audio guided tour
Duration: 4 hours: Estimated arrival time in Paris: around 6:30 PM
What‘s Included
Mobile app to download
Service of a multilingual hostess
Entrance ticket to Versailles Palace
Audioguide available in 10 languages via mobile app
Entrance ticket to the Gardens, even on Musical Fountains' days
Hotel pickup and drop off
Gratuities
Licensed Guide interpreter
Headphones
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Reviews
417 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Underwhelming
Susan M,May 25, 2026
- Review from Viator
2.00Instructions for the tour's pick up did not clearly mention that you're looking for someone in a red vest who will pop up in front of the cited address, pulling a plastic crate on wheels with a banner. Our 10:00 tour start time meant showing up by 9:30 but not getting admission to Versailles until the 11:30 slot ... after waiting in the sun for over 40 minutes in 30 degree temps. The crowds were huge, shoulder to shoulder sheeple passing through the castle's rooms. When we'd had enough looking at the back of people's heads, we texted the 'host' who one of the stated benefits of our $280Cdn ticket. We asked whether we could catch an earlier bus back to the city and when we FINALLY got a reply, raced to the pick up spot before the new target time s/he provided but there was no red-vest clad staffer and no bus. We ubered back to the ciity and will not book through this company again.
Versailles, a place where wealth was located.
sergiofl85,May 24, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00the place is impressive, wealth everywhere, total opulence. I used the audio guide but it does not serve as a good guide for the place, the facilities are not well related to the explanations, it is hard to get oriented. The details it provides are good.
Nice experience!
G5294APguillermog,Sep 12, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Very nice place and service, this was te unique available option for this tour and we are very gratefull that we found it. 10/10!
Improved design and organization.
DANIEL C,Jul 21, 2025
- Review from Viator
2.001) They ask for punctuality, but the bus left half an hour later than planned. 2) You had to download an app (free in Apple Store) that served as an audio guide. Getting her off the bus, without wifi, wasn't easy. 3) Arriving (late) in Versailles, we were placed in the wrong queue. After we figured it out, we went in an hour late. 4) They did not change the pickup time, so we had 2 1/2 hours to see the palace and gardens: impossible. We saw (quickly) half the palace and almost nothing of the fountains and gardens. 5) Again, the customers were punctual, but the bus left another half hour late to return. NOT RECOMMENDED.
This is not a tour , just...
Cibele P,Apr 29, 2025
- Review from Viator
2.00This is not a tour , just a transportation/ticket service. The place is beautiful but if you are looking for some guided experience this tour is not it . It is also very rushed
Terrible experience
Michelle F,Jun 5, 2024
- Review from Viator
1.00Very disorganized we were supposed to leave at 11am we didn’t leave until 11:40 didn’t get there till 12:30 told we had to be back at the bus at 2:50- not very much time to see any thing - get back at 2:50 no bus anywhere - finally find the rude tour person the bus will be late we waited in the hot sun 40 minutes - worst experience I’d give a zero if possible
Hallfday trip to Versailles
susie c,May 13, 2024
- Review from Viator
4.00The coach was great with a friendly driver and a great guide who gave very concise info regarding times, pick up point etc. The Palace itself is exquisitely beautiful. But......the audio guide was useless. I downloaded the app and plugged in my headphones but got very little help from the staff as to how to use the guide??? A list of numbers come up on the guide but these did not correspond to the actual areas in the Palace. I was lost.
Bad experience
U2555ANandreag,May 3, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00We take the Versailles tour, time 11.00am to 1450pm. We left more than half an hour late waiting in the cold on the street. On the way back we arrived at the place where the bus should be and there wasn't one, they left the entire group stranded and told us that there was a train in the town. Other tourists had to take an Uber to avoid missing their flight back to their country. Not very serious. I don't recommend them.
OK visit
Brian W,Nov 25, 2023
- Review from Viator
3.00The tour guide was great, but the site was a little underwelming. No real direction on how to walk the building and grounds.
Grand Palace of France
patricia p,Nov 6, 2023
- Review from Viator
5.00Wow to see so much history and art work. Loved it all. My favorite was hall of mirrors. Great to download audio from an ap on your phone.
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