Louis XIV built Versailles partly to get his nobles out of Paris and under his eye, and it worked so well the French court never really left for a century. The Hall of Mirrors, the gardens, and Marie Antoinette's private hamlet are a full day trip — closer to a small city than a single building.
- It's a 45-minute RER C ride from central Paris, not a Métro trip — check you're at the right station
- The gardens alone are free to enter; the palace interior and Trianon estates need separate or combined tickets
- Musical Fountains Shows run on select summer weekends — the gardens' fountains dance to Baroque music
- Hours
- Palace 9:00–18:30, Tue closed; gardens open earlier, close later
- Price
- Palace €21, Passport (palace + estates) €24–32
- Tip
- Buy tickets online and go straight to the Hall of Mirrors first — it's what everyone else queues for last.
Nearby
- H Hall of Mirrors · gallery
- M Marie Antoinette's Estate · estate
- V Versailles gardens · gardens