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Versailles Slideshow
Top Hotels in Versailles
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Trianon Palace Versailles, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel
578 reviews -
Ibis Paris Versailles Chateau
210 reviews -
Mercure Versailles Chateau
135 reviews
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Relais de Courlande Versailles
36 reviews -
Hotel d'Angleterre Versailles
32 reviews
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Logis Hotel La Residence Du Berry Versailles
34 reviews
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Royal Hotel Versailles
18 reviews -
Atel Le Versailles
28 reviews
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Home St-louis Versailles
14 reviews
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Relais Mercure - Versailles
16 reviews
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L'Orangeraie Versailles
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Hotel de France Versailles
33 reviews
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Hotel du Cheval Rouge Versailles
80 reviews
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Hotel Richaud Versailles
5 reviews
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Hotel De Clagny S.A. Versailles
1 review
Versailles
Travel Blogs from Versailles, France
France Day 16 - Versailles
This is a top pick! ... left we realized they over corrected by five euros!). More here if you like: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardens_of_Versailles The kids aren't particularly impressed. They liked the grand golden gates at the entrance, and enjoyed the ducks and fish ...
The Sun King and his Palace
This is a top pick! ... . It's just a small town barely outside of Paris, but as soon as you enter it, the infamous Chateaux de Versailles is imposing, grandiose, commanding. Perched on a low hill it stands upright, like a blue-blood with his white wigged head tilted ...
Chateau de Versailles
This is a top pick! "Outrageous Opulence, Absolute Power" On our girls' trip to Paris, my daughter and I made a trip to Versailles to see the world of Marie Antoinette. We spent the better part of the day exploring the Chateau, the Grand Trianon, the Petit Trianon, and my ...
Dahu and Greves
... going to run. We're just hoping the strike will end by the end of the week since people have all bought their tickets for independent travel. We like Versailles, but we don't want to spend our extra weeks here if we've bought tickets for ...
Zanksgeeveeng
... substitute. For lunch our group had our own Thanksgiving dinner. One of our professors grew up in America, but has lived in France for about 40 years, so she hosts a meal every year for us American students. We had turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes ...
Birthday in Versailles, France
... boy decided he wanted to spend his special day in Versailles, so off we went do discover the ancient Castle of Versailles. The hotel Concierge's directions for taking the train to Versailles were a bit confusing, so the Globetrotters had to figure it out ...
It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas!!
... , it made it even funnier. We finally were given pumpkin pie, which they made especially for us because they dont make that in France, followed by tea/coffee. All of our teachers were present at this along with a few extra guests. At our table sat one of ...
Versailles & Giverny
... the whole palace, and beautifully manicured gardens (including canals) that are about the size of Kings Park! After roaming around Versailles for 2-3 hours, we went off to Giverny which is what we were more interested in. Giverny is where Monet ...
Random Stories and a Much Needed Update
So it's been a while since I've written. And as I watch the Super Bowl game in the American studio, I'll write a bit since I cant seem to concentrate on my homework. Its 2am here and there is 39 seconds left in the first half. (Go Packers :D ) School ...
Random thoughts and activities
So everyone knows, I've put up a bunch of pictures in past blogs. Slowly, more are coming. Not much has really happened lately. Yesterday, the Eiffel Tower had a bomb threat and everyone was evacuated. Our program leaders talked ...
Post-Thanksgiving Activities
I forgot to tell you about the best part of our Thanksgiving activities! The saturday after thanksgiving a group of us ( 4 girls and about 112 guys) got together and played football in the Chateau gardens! There is a huge canal in the back of the Chateau ...
How to spend butt loads of money for 200 years....
Today we visited the Chateau de Versailles. Many of you will think, "Oh a Chateau, how cute". Nope, you are wrong. This place should have its own zip code. It really is absurd. It is a prime example of how three kings over 200 years compete to spend the ...
All day visit at the Versailles Palace
Gonna catch a train this morning to visit the Versailles Palace. We opted for a Saturday visit because the water fountain show only runs on weekends, it's pretty cool too! Very historic place; Queen Marie Antoinette was captured here along with ...
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“Ya know…by those buildings...."
... to choose from for what we want to sketch. We have to make an analytical study drawing of: our school’s courtyard (Versailles), Place du Marche Notre Dame (Vers.), Place Vendome (Paris), Place Dauphine (Paris), Place St Sulpice (Paris), The Hameau ...
Let them eat cake
... . It seems only right that we should spend our 1st anniversary in another Palace. What is the most known palace in France? Versailles of course. We hoped on the train and arrived at Versailles early this morning. On first impression the exterior disguises ...
School Finally Begins!
... allowed to bring alcohol to class. Interesting! Our class is supposed to take a tour of the Stade de France in Paris. Along with this tour, we were asked if we wanted to go to the opera that was going to be held there ...
Paris in a paragraph
... I switched to a hostel and settled in not mch happened other the. Booking my contiki triplet to the most beautiful backyard. (at versailles) I have ever seen bke around probably 15 or 20 k easily Jesus that placE is big then started my tour off today ...
Palace de Versailles
Made it out to Versailles again yesterday, this time for the palace tour. It was one of my last few ticks on my list of things to do: today, the Catacombs of Paris. Tomorrow, Paris plage (and maybe the ice bar after, says Jon). Beauuuuutiful day. ...
Beginning of Orientation, day 4
... 's when the work will come crashing down on us. So far, our plans for this weekend are to go down to the south of France. The weekend after is Oktoberfest!! And then the weekend after that is our trip with the school (Nancy, Metz, Reims). Paris might not ...
4 nights near Versailles
Great eco campsite nr to the palace and allowed us a cheeky night in Paris a la hotel..not much to report just heat, gold leaf rooms and amazing paintings in the Palace, mad French drivers and we made sure there was plenty of ice cream for Lauren to keep ...
Versaille and the Louvre
... nbsp; This has never happened to me before, but it made walking very painful. So I remember that very vividly from my time in Versailles. Took the train back into Paris, and went to the Louvre after dropping my bag off at the hotel. I tried to ...
Versailles
... ;After some discussion Haley will stay in, do laundry, homework, and read during her down day. Me, Jack, Elaine head for Versailles. We read about the french revolution and Napoleon on the way. When we get to Versailles the lines are so ...
Louis XIV's love affair with himself...
... the throes of a famine must have felt seeing the extravagances and excesses of the royal family. No wonder they revolted. Bye bye Versailles... This is our last evening in Paris, and I still want to squeeze in some more sight-seeing (don't you ...
J'aime Versailles
... the others are all under the age of 8. In total there are 9 people living in this 300 year old house in the middle of Versailles, France. What a perfect dream come true! Not that it could get any better, but it did. The couple came to talk to us about ...
School still exists
... taken). But, we got over it and 4 days later Matt, Ivan, Natalie, Beth and I left for the next 3 weeks to Italia, the one trip everyone looks forward to before you're even accepted into the Versailles ...
Death by glorified hot dog
I think I already shared some of my food experiences, but let me just add that I had the WORST experience two nights ago when I ate a glorified hot dog. Hot dogs are the one thing I seriously can't eat (even more so than non Swiss Farms milk) and my ...
Jan 20, 2010
Childrens Choir and Royal Palace
... about a 30 minutes ride and on the way we had a little bit of a fight which lasted almost until we returned. In Versailles, we walked down to the palace and took photos in the courtyard and of the surrounding buildings. We had limited time because we ...
Versailles
Versailles was a very beautiful place, Jana and I went into Versailles while mom and Jerry just walked around the town. I loved the hall of mirrors the best it was really neat it looked just like what I thought it was but it was much better. I loved ...