Versailles Palace Full Day or Half Day Tour with Local Guide
Overview
Available languages
3 hours
Mobile ticket
Enjoy a visit to the spectacular Palace of Versailles. Walk the glittering Hall of Mirrors, see the State Apartments and stroll through the manicured gardens with an expert local guide to bring the Palace and its royal inhabitants back to life. For your convenience this tour starts in Versailles.
Additional Info
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
This tour involves a reasonable amount of walking. Please ensure you wear comfortable shoes.
Infants aged 0-3 years are free of charge and do not require a booking.
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.
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 note the full day tour requires a lot of walking. The tour is paced to be comfortable but you will need to be able to walk throughout the whole day.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Step into history as your guide brings the grandeur of Versailles and its royals to life.
Stroll through the stunning, perfectly manicured gardens of this iconic palace with your guide.
Enjoy a fully guided tour of the Palace and Gardens of Versailles with an expert local guide
Marvel at the dazzling Hall of Mirrors and opulent State Apartments.
Gratuities
Hotel pickup/drop off
Transportation to/from Versailles
What To Expect
Palace of Versailles
Meet your guide in Versailles and 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 splendors of this incredible palace. Your friendly local guide will bring you to the famous figures who once inhabited this palace back to life. See the dazzling Hall of Mirrors and the royal bedrooms where the king and queen would go to bed and get up daily in front of a large audience. Learn about life at the royal court - there was even a ceremony for the King putting on and taking off his hunting boots! - the glory of the Sun King that was symbolised by this magnificent palace, and the tragic downfall of King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette during the French Revolution.
La Galerie des Glaces
Stroll through the glittering Hall of Mirrors, as Kings, Queens and courtiers once did, as your guide brings the daily life, ceremonies and scandals of the royal court to life.
Options
Full Day with Fountain Show
Full Day tour from Versailles: The fountain show will be running during your tour.
Full Day with Musical Gardens
Full Day tour from Versailles: Explore with your guide as music is played in the gardens.
Half Day with Fountain show
Half Day Tour from Versailles: The Fountain show will be running on the day of your tour.
Half Day with Classic gardens
Half Day tour from Versailles: Explore the gardens with your guide. Note the fountains and music will not be on.
Half Day with Musical Gardens
Half Day tour from Versailles: Explore with your guide as music is played throughout the gardens.
Reviews
156 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Lovely! Highly recommend!
Chayo S,
Sep 3, 2025
- Viator
5.00Sylvanie is the guide you want! Her Master’s in Art History tied the art from the palace to the Louvre in Paris. She loved her subject, the Kings and Queens, their daily rituals, and families. The gardens were stunning, the music in the background was magic and accompanied the mythology of the statues. It’s good to be king!
Very interesting, we had...
Angela B,
Aug 31, 2025
- Viator
5.00Very interesting, we had a great tour guide that gave us lots of history about the palace and it's kings.
The Sun King’s home
Sanford D,
Aug 11, 2025
- Viator
5.00One word, Amazing!!! Do not miss this travel experience. The architecture, history, the grounds, everything about Versailles is truly wondrous and grand.
Great tour, brilliant guide
Madeline P,
Aug 10, 2025
- Viator
5.00This was a really great experience, we loved walking round the gardens and learning about the history of them. It was a good length of time to feel like we learned so much, saw the gardens and palace, but weren't overwhelmed. We would definitely go back and use these guys again, maybe for the full day tour. Special mention for Matteo who was our guide. He was funny, informative and friendly. He definitely made the tour worth going to. He also tailored the language of some of the more nefarious activities of the royal family to accommodate the young child in the group, so bonus points for that.
Use Another Tour Company
ADan S,
Aug 5, 2025
- Viator
1.00Please do not use this company. Our transportation was stuck in traffic making us 15 min late - we understood the tour itself could not wait, and asked to be sent our Palace entry tickets so we could enter on our own. Tour company refused. When we arrived at Palace ticket gate they said if we had our entry tickets they would have let us in & Tour should send us our tickets. We had tried that and Tour company refused, contradicting what Palace told us. We were able to connect to last half of “outside garden tour” and we requested a refund of the inside Palace tour, but were refused. Therefore, I would HIGHLY recommend looking at the multitude of other Tour Companies we saw at the Palace of Versailles which provided Tours.
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