Versailles Palace (Chateau de Versailles)

The palace is amazing. Miles and miles of opulently furnished rooms as you'd expect a palace to be.

The crowd forms a slow current that's hard to break or get around so make sure you have your camera ready otherwise it gets hard to go back if you missed something.

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We loved the museum. A few tips to make it easier experience. Plan on it being packed! If you are claustrophobic avoid the Grand Apartments. Get those knees in shape as you will go up and down many stairs. What really worked for us:
1. get there early as possible. at 1pm the line was some 500 deep.
2. head towards Crown Jewels and church related exhibits away from the crowds.
3. Then strategically come in the back stairs to see Venus De Milo and work your way to Mona Lisa. We got in and out with no issues.
3. then go explore the gardens and enjoy lunch at the restaurants there or do like we did and bring a picnic. They check your bags for free so it was no problem to bring a knife to spread our pate or corkscrew for our wine.
4. Fortified head back to the Chateau and take a private tour. The chateau tours are a fraction of the cost of outside tours and the same tour. The only crowd is the group you are in. We were in English speaking tour and there were 26 of us but it was no problem as we had entire rooms to ourselves.

Dont forget to look up and wear comfortable shoes.

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Be prepared for the wait, it is worth it. If you don't have time to wait, at least visit the free gardens.

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While I would definitely recommend to anyone to go and see Versailles I would warn them that the whole place is very unorganized! For one we bought our ticket then lined up again to get in, then bought a tour form some other desk, and then had to go back out of the palace completely to join the tour! There also wasn't any signage from what I sore of the shuttle they provided around the garden which is at as you save time walking to places! And you need all the time you can get as there is so much to see! And for those that think that is the lazy option believe me that in each stop of the shuttle there is a whole lot more walking to be done in each area! The shuttle starts at the top near the palace on the right hand side when looking down over the garden down the grand canal!

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Mucho se puede decir sobre el Palacio y hay replicas o intentos de copiar el mismo, pero la realidad es que es único.

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The building itself is fantastic...but the hoardes of people you're crammed in with, not so much!

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amazing! well worth the visit. would recommend buying tickets from the tourism office opposite the station when you arrive to avoid the lines :)

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Definitely go when you are in Paris. Must see but a lot of walking. Go to the queens hamlet

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Ostentatious is a word that comes to mind... has to be seen to be believed. Go as early as you can in the day to avoid the rush. But don't stop at the palace... get a passport ticket - over the internet before you arrive... so that you can see the gardens and the Trianon palaces & Marie Antoinette gardens as well.

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Great Palace to visit! Very well kept & preserved. For your 22 euro entrance fee you get the free audio-guide for the apartment tours. However, if you want to see the gardens now, you must buy another ticket, 8 euros. (it is not covered under your museum pass, even though the pass says it is) Cash grab.
Go early (9 AM) if you want to avoid lines. You must purchase an extra ticket add-on from your subway ticket, otherwise, you will have problems at the other end when you get off.
You will get a great tour inside, it is just a shame they have seperated the gardens from the tour now.

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- Larger than life estate comprised of the main palace, the gardens, separate estates etc.
- One can spend about 8-10 hours and yet not finish this enormous attraction.
- About an hour trip from Paris city and worth a day spent if you enjoy palaces, gardens and of-course walking miles.

- Would recommend arriving as early as possible to avoid the tours that throng this place in hundreds.
- The line to buy the tickets is huge once you arrive around the 10.30-11 AM mark, since that is when all the guided tour buses arrive and literally swamp the place.

- The palace is a must see, great art work all around the walls and the ceilings, statues and paintings which are larger than life size.
- Might get a bit boring if you do not like even watching and going around the historical monument.
- The audio guide is not required if you are not into history which I bet most of us are not.

- Take a lunch break once you are done with the palace, because believe me, even if your legs have already starting to hurt, you still have not even started to feel the pain.
- The next attraction is the enormous garden which you can hardly see the end due to your limited range for the eye sight.
- It's a huge huge huge garden with different fountains, statues and nicely decorated trees and perfectly shaped bushes giving you plenty of opportunities to click some scenic pics.

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Because of the historical nature of this it was a very fun filled time with Bob walking around the palace and seeing how the kings lived in the 18th Century. the grounds are huge and full of people.

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Amazing palace that you have to see. An easy day trip from Paris that is well worth it.

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Wow, what a wonderful place ! Breathtaking rooms and gardens.


Long qeues.

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This is the place where Louis XIV used to live and its a magnificent place to go. Especially if the day is nice, the gardens are really wonderful

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