Versailles Palace and Gardens Tour by Train from Paris
Overview
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3 hours
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Join this half-day tour to the prestigious Palace of Versailles and Gardens. Walk in the footsteps of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. See the Hall of Mirrors, lavish staterooms, and beautiful gardens. Your English-speaking guide will lend their expertise to enhancing the experience with historical facts and interesting anecdotes. Take the RER train from Paris and enjoy skip-the-line access, a real time-saver.
Additional Info
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
If you plan to arrive at the meeting point by taxi, please ensure you leave yourselves plenty of time, it can often take a considerable amount of time to find a taxi in Paris!
Please arrive at the meeting point 15 minutes before your tour departure time. We have to catch a train to Versailles and we cannot wait for late arrivals.
The tour of Versailles Palace and gardens is 3 hours guided.
You need to add approx. 40 minutes each way to get to and from the palace on the train.
You can cancel your tour up to 24 hours prior to departure and receive a full refund. Please note that refunds are not possible for missed tours.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Stroll the stunning French-style gardens designed for royal grandeur.
Walk through the dazzling Hall of Mirrors and opulent royal apartments.
Hear fascinating stories and history from your expert English-speaking guide
Pre-booked tickets and fast-track Palace entry.
Travel with ease from Paris on the RER, accompanied by our coordinators.
All tickets and reservations are included, Palace, gardens and train tickets.
Hotel pickup and drop-off
What To Expect
Palace of Versailles
Meet your guide in central Paris and enjoy a short, escorted train ride to Versailles. On arrival, take a journey in the footsteps of the Kings and Queens of France. During the reign of Louis XIV - the Sun King - Versailles was the place to be and to be seen. Nowadays visitors from all over the world still come to Versailles to marvel at the splendours of this incredible palace. Our skip the line access allows you to bypass the long lines that form each day, and our friendly local guides will steer you expertly through the crowds, bringing the famous figures who once inhabited this palace back to life. Learn how the Kings and Queens lived out their lavish lives in public, how they kept the gossiping courtiers under their thumb, and made Versailles the artistic center of Europe. Discover a typical day in the life of Marie Antoinette; you’ll quickly understand why she hated the palace so much! Her opulent lifestyle here would lead to her tragic demise under the French Revolution.
La Galerie des Glaces
See the dazzling Hall of Mirrors, and learn the secrets of how it came to be, and the fascinating goings on at the time of the royal court.
Options
Half Day with Fountain Show
Duration: 3 hours
Half day visit from Paris: The Fountain Show will be running and is included in your tour.
Half Day with Classic Gardens
Duration: 3 hours
Half day visit from Paris: Explore the gardens with your guide.
Half day with Musical Gardens
Duration: 3 hours
Half Day visit from Paris: The Musical Gardens will be on during your tour.
Reviews
676 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
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Tom B,
Oct 7, 2025
- Viator
4.00Tour guides were knowledgeable and very friendly. Travel to the Palace was smooth and well organized.
Once you leave the gardens they won't let you back in without the actual ticket, which the tour operater WON'T provide
Claire P,
Oct 5, 2025
- Viator
2.00While having an escort from the train station to the palace was convenient, and our actual tour guide did a great job showing us some of the main highlights while in the palace, I cannot recommend this tour for a few reasons I'll explain. First off, it is important to understand that the palace itself and the gardens operate separately with their own ticketing and entrances/exits. Our tour started in the gardens, but there was some sort of mix up with the group tickets (apparently purchased for the wrong day by the operator of the tour), so they had to repurchase tickets for us to get us through which caused a bit of a delay. Subsequently our time through the gardens felt very rushed, and we missed some of the fountains' show times because of it. However, we were assured we could go back through the gardens at our own pace after the conclusion of the tour. So we exited the gardens and then toured the palace itself which was crowded but fine, and the tour ended after that. So afterwards my husband and I went back to explore the gardens some more, but we were stopped by the gate agents who would not let us through without our original ticket- we explained we didn't have the physical ticket because we went with a tour guide who had the actual tickets. The gate agent informed us that each ticket can be scanned twice for the day (to allow people to exit and reenter just like we were trying to do) but not without the actual ticket. So we reached out to the tour operator for them the send us the tickets so we could get back through, and the response we eventually got was "Dear guests we can only take you once inside the gardens - Our tickets can only be scanned once". Well the gate agents already told us we could get back through with it, plus the tour guide himself told us we could have more time on our own later, so we know that was a lie. It made us think, do they reuse the tickets to get a later group of tourists through? Very suspicious. Anyways we ended up having to pay out of pocket for new tickets to get back through the gardens. We are glad we did because it made us realize we missed out on SO much that we didn't see the first time through with the guide, but the whole ordeal had already tainted the experience. I wouldn't recommend wasting money on this tour- go on your own and that way you can go at your own pace.
The tour of Versailles...
Mark K,
Oct 5, 2025
- Viator
5.00The tour of Versailles and the gardens was excellent. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable. The meeting location in Paris was a nice cafe for breakfast. Highly recommended.
Versailles Tour
Marnel W,
Oct 5, 2025
- Viator
5.00It was a magnificent setting. Our tour guide Bayo? who wore a colorful jacket was outstanding. He was extremely knowledgeable, animated, fun and friendly. He made our experience in this beautiful palace most enjoyable despite crowds.
Lovely tour
Erika B,
Oct 5, 2025
- Viator
5.00This was a very nice way to visit Versailles. The train ride there was easy to navigate thanks to our guide. Mathieu, our guide at Versailles, was great. He was patient with those of us who needed a bit extra time for stairs and walking. He was very knowledgeable about the building itself but also about royal life at that time and the history of that era and presented it in an approachable, casual way. We really enjoyed our tour with him. Would highly recommend.
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