Private Tour
Versailles Palace Family 5hour Discovery from Paris
Overview
Available languages
5 hours
Mobile ticket
This 5-hour Versailles family tour – with skip-the-line tickets – has been specifically designed to provide a hassle-free train trip from Paris and a playful, educational tour for the kids.
You will be accompanied from Paris by a kid-friendly expert guide who knows how to engage children, taking them on an entertaining, historical time travel adventure. With the help of an activity booklet and our wonderful storyteller, the whole family will learn fascinating stories and anecdotes about French history and Louis XIV’s incredible life.
After the Palace marvels, you’ll have the opportunity to stretch your legs in the Sun King’s gardens before heading back to Paris with memorable souvenirs.
Additional Info
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
A moderate amount of walking is involved (around 4km on flat ground)
Cancellation Policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
What‘s Included
An activity booklet for each child
Professional kid-friendly guide
Gratuities
Food, snacks and alcoholic beverages
What To Expect
Palace of Versailles
HIGHLIGHTS • Benefit from the royal treatment with skip-the-line tickets • A guaranteed hassle-free experience to get the best of Versailles • A fun and interactive way to discover Versailles thanks to our kid-designed activity booklets • At your disposal, a Versailles expert whose best friend is... Louis XVI! You will meet your guide at the Champ de Mars RER metro station to board a train to Versailles. During the 45-min train ride, your kids will receive an activity booklet, giving them a taste of the Sun King’s Palace through questions and riddles. After a short walk through the city of Versailles, where you will spot an old-style fresh food market, you’ll arrive at the Palace and will enter without standing in line, thanks to our skip-the-line tickets. Along the Palace official lounges – or Great Apartment – you’ll see the dwellings where King and Court lived. The decorations are exceptional. Marble, gold, statues, painted ceilings: they all witnessed the colorful crowd of passing courtiers, waiting for the sovereign to beg for favors. The most magnificent places are certainly the Royal Chapel, because the King of was the Catholic Church protector, and the Hall of Mirrors, a testimony to the Sun King’s military glory. In Louis XIV’s bedchamber, your guide will amaze your children with details about the incredible ceremony the King subjected himself to. In the gardens, quick additional riddles will enthrall your children’s interest. They can caper at their ease on the Orangery Lawn and stand breathless upon discovering the endless viewpoints through the formal gardens. This 5-hour Versailles tour will end at Saint Lazare station, after a memorable moment spent in the most beautiful palace of the world – no less!
Meet The Locals for Families
Please let our team know if you have any questions or concerns!
Options
Versailles for up to 4 people
Versailles for up to 4 people
Versailles for 5 people
Versailles tour for 5 people
Versailles for 6 people
For families made of 6 members
Reviews
21 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Great visit. Superior service and experience.
Jarod B,
Jul 8, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00We had a wonderful tour with our guide, Nathalie. We have two teenagers and an 11 year old. She read the ages of the children and kept them engaged the entire time. This is a beautiful palace and you could easily spend days there, but she hit the main spots, gave us freedom to explore and was very knowledgeable. We were slightly late due to a mishap, and also stayed after to watch the fireworks. She helped us buy our return train ticket, showed us where to go, accommodated our late arrival, and made sure to navigate everything with a high level of service. I highly recommend this team and Nathalie. Great visit!
Great experience!
kimberlyfF8412MS,
Aug 6, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Sonia was absolutely fantastic. She was kind and very engaging. She was good at tailoring the tour based on our kids' interests. We had a really great time on the tour and learned a ton! I would definitely recommend this tour to anyone with kids. Without this tour, we would have been overwhelmed and the kids would probably have been bored and complained a lot!
Such a memorable experience!
573oliviag,
Jun 28, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Booking our tour was so easy and accommodating. By taking the tour with Doina I feel we recall a lot more of the magic of Versailles and this period in history. Doina’s knowledge of Versailles and French history meant our questions could be answered and the handy workbook for the kids meant they took home a special memento of their visit. Thanks to having a dedicated guide we have some very special family photos to remember the visit. We visited on a Sunday and the lines weren’t too bad but still very handy to be able to skip these on a hot day with little people.
Yaëlle was a wonderful guide
kathyjU4637GH,
Mar 20, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Three generations of my family enjoyed a wonderful trip from Paris to Versailles under the guidance of Yaëlle from Meet the Locals for Families. Her knowledge of local history, combined with her love of sharing that history, made for a wonderful afternoon. She did not rush her tour, and customized the timeline to accommodate feedings, breaks for the kids, and coffee for Grampa. The tour started on the train, utilizing the time to educate the adults on the timelines for Versailles and to entertain the children with activity books. We are still talking about it 3 weeks later. I would highly recommend Yaëlle as she did a wonderful job.
Our guide, Sebastian, was...
Amy D,
Oct 7, 2023
- Review from Viator
5.00Our guide, Sebastian, was wonderful. He made it very fun for everyone and very informative! We’d highly recommend this tour!
Incredible experience in London and Paris
TW2ATL,
May 19, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We have used Meet the locals several times over the last few years, including the Versailles Tour, the Louvre, Musee d'Orsay, and the Tower of London. This latest trip, we did the Tour of London with Manuella, and Versailles with Laurine. Both tours (And our guides) were amazing. Manuella and Laurine made the entire experience fun and educational for our girls (Who are 8 and 10) (And the parents!) - they were just incredible. Every single experience we have had with Tour by Locals has been phenomenal. They are absolutely the best! If you are traveling to London or Paris you absolutely need to book a tour with Meet the Locals!
Highly recommended! Thanks Laurine!
MauiF88,
Aug 10, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Prior to our arrival, our communication from Thomas was so friendly, organised and prompt. Can highly recommend Laurine who took us on all our multiple tours. She was always prompt, engaging, helpful and really put us all at ease. The kids listened attentively to everything she had to share with them versus being completely deaf when I told them anything of interest! Each tour had a little booklet with activities they had to complete to reinforce their learning. Despite learning so much, they were having fun the entire time. Can highly recommend the trip out to Giverny and Monet’s Garden. This was a highlight of our trip. Visited this in the morning and Versailles in the afternoon. Laurine would accompany us for everything, but left us for lunch after walking us to wherever we chose to go. This was nice to have some family time on our own as well. Thanks Meet the Families and in particular Laurine, for a wonderful time!
Loved our tour
Alan L,
Jun 16, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Can't say enough good things about Christelle and our tour of Versailles. Just wonderful. Made the whole experience so much better having her to guide and inform us, and she did great with our 10 year old son, keeping him entertained and learning on the RER and during the visit. It was a highlight of our time in France.
1000% recommend! Lucky if you get Laurine!
jordancF6900WQ,
May 19, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00What a great day this was! Our communication in booking and with all of my questions was super easy and they responded immediately. We took our family of 3 on the Versailles Palace tour and we had the most amazing guide, Laurine. She is a local and had such a great rapport with our almost 7-year-old boy. She was kind, engaging, and knowledgeable. Laurine answered our questions and kept the tour interesting from the train ride until the very end. Laurine also kept it fun for my husband and me. She used supplemental materials to help us understand the history and stories she told. She knows so much about Versailles and she was most impressive. We felt like we were talking to a friend. Not stuffy and she was incredibly easy to understand (accents can be tricky on other tours). I would, without a doubt, use this company again.
Great experience
Rana D,
Apr 11, 2022
- Review from Viator
5.00Marcela was a great tour guide. She entertained the kids on the train ride from Paris. We appreciated her meeting us at the train station located very close to where we were staying. Marcela’s tour was interesting and entertaining for the 4 adults and 2 tweens.
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