Enjoy an exclusive guided tour of Versailles Palace and visit its beautiful royal gardens. Skip the long lines and enter through a separate entrance alongside an expert guide.
A GetYourGuide Original
The ultimate tour experience
- Unforgettable local guides
- Personalized experience
- Hidden highlights
- Priority access
Love where you're going, guaranteed
With a GetYourGuide Originals tour, you can enjoy complimentary rescheduling if you’re late or plans change, and a full refund if you’re not completely satisfied after taking your tour.
With a GetYourGuide Originals tour, you can enjoy complimentary rescheduling if you’re late or plans change, and a full refund if you’re not completely satisfied after taking your tour.
Unforgettable local guides
Led only by 5-star guides and local aficionados, you can expect intriguing insights, fun facts, and stories from the people who call your destination home.
Led only by 5-star guides and local aficionados, you can expect intriguing insights, fun facts, and stories from the people who call your destination home.
Personalized experience
A maximum of 20 people on your tour, which means you'll enjoy a more interactive, personalized experience.
A maximum of 20 people on your tour, which means you'll enjoy a more interactive, personalized experience.
Top sights (and hidden ones, too)
On an Originals tour, you'll discover lesser-known treasures that other visitors often miss, bringing you a deeper understanding of your destination.
On an Originals tour, you'll discover lesser-known treasures that other visitors often miss, bringing you a deeper understanding of your destination.
Priority access — more time to explore
Long line? We'll show you how to skip it. Packed out sights? Follow us to the secret quiet spots. On Originals tours, you can explore in ways that others can't.
Long line? We'll show you how to skip it. Packed out sights? Follow us to the secret quiet spots. On Originals tours, you can explore in ways that others can't.
About this tour
- Free cancellation
- Cancel up to 12 hours in advance to receive a full refund
- Covid-19 precautions
- Special health and safety measures apply. Learn more
- Mobile ticketing
- Vouchers must be exchanged for tickets.
- Duration 1.5 hours - 135 minutes
- Check availability to see starting times.
- Skip the line through a separate entrance
- Instant confirmation
- Live tour guide
- English, French
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Prepare for the activity
• Check in at the GetYourGuide shop on 10 Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 78000 Versailles, located across the street from the RER line C Versailles Château Rive Gauche train station. • Take the 'Avenue de Paris' exit at the train station and find the office across the street next to the Café Madeleine • Please take into consideration that the train ride to Versailles takes 50 minutes to 1 hour • Please arrive at the meeting point 10 minutes before the activity starts
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- Comfortable shoes
- Passport or ID card for children
Not allowed
- Pets
- Weapons or sharp objects
- Baby strollers
- Food and drinks
- Luggage or large bags
- Selfie sticks
- Umbrellas
Know before you go
- After the tour, you are allowed to stay in the gardens until they close
- The palace gardens are free on Wednesdays in September and October, and every day from November through March. Prices have been adjusted accordingly
- There are no musical or fountain shows on days when the gardens are free
- The gardens close at 5:30 PM every Saturday between June - September, and on bank holidays (14 July, 15 August, 31 October)
- During peak times the palace can be very crowded and there may be a short wait at the group entrance