Vaux-le-Vicomte Private Day-Trip: An intimate experience with famous French architecture
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Embark on a private day-trip to Vaux-le-Vicomte and immerse yourself in the captivating world of French architecture. Explore the stunning castle and gardens, designed by renowned artists. Book now and enjoy a safe and personalized experience!
Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte - visit the castle and the gardens (audio guide in your own language included)
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Driver guide assistance all day long
  • Pickup and dropoff from/to your hotel
  • All fees and taxes included
  • Ticket admission to attractions
Additional Information

YOUR SAFETY IS OUR PRIORITY

  • All our packages are individualized and we avoid amalgamation with unexpected guests from elsewhere.
  • Our tours include transportation from and back to your accommodation.
  • Reserve now and make a payment upon your arrival.

The tale of Fouquet, the superintendent of Louis XIV, is renowned worldwide, his downfall brought about by the King’s envy. The construction of the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, located in the vicinity of Melun, southeast of Paris, can be deemed as the initial phase in creating Versailles. Louis XIV employed the team assembled by his superintendent of finances, Nicolas Fouquet, including the architect Louis Le Vau, the painter Charles Le Brun and André Le Nôtre who fashioned the gardens.

Tour Schedule:
08:30 am: Leaving from your accommodation
10:00 am: Tour of Vaux le Vicomte (Castle and gardens)
An optional golf cart is available for the garden visit
12:30 pm: Return to PARIS
01:30 pm: Transport back to your accommodation

Location
Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Bernice_l
Jun 11, 2023
Parfait - On time, efficient - did what it said on the description! Great venue. Have done other trips and will do more...
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Agnes_m
Apr 28, 2023
Excellent day away from the city. - Our driver took us through the gardens with an electric golf cart. This was great since I have mobility issues.
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Zarathusta
Jun 18, 2022
Vaux le Vicomte chateau is a must see if you plan to see Versailles. - Most tourists visit Versailles. And it is certainly an amazing place. But the shear size, and crowd size make it hard to fully appreciate the grandeur, extravagance and vision of it all. Vaux le Vicomte chateau is first a brilliant example of baroque architecture and extravagance but is also a direct antecedent to Versailles. The audio guide for this tour is the best in class. It is the story of the builder and his demise at the hands of Louis XIV. The narrator is the Vicomte himself. The audio guide changes narrative automatically when each room is entered. The production quality is matched with the finest, most comfortable headphones available making the whole experience unmatched. Whether you see Versailles first or later, you do not want to miss Vaux le Vicomte.
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Joanne_m
Aug 15, 2023
The worse experience with a tour transportation service - Our driver/guide Asis arrived late in our hotel the time indicated on the voucher for pick up is 8:30am and we had to call the tour company to follow up, the driver arrived 910am. At around 10:00am, Upon arriving Vaux Vicomte, Asis the driver just brought us to the entrance, gave us our tickets and told us to be out by 11:00 am I told him that the voucher indicated a transport service of approximately 6 hours for the price we paid which was €780 (€390 per head). He said he doesn’t know about how much we paid he just said he was instructed to bring us back to our hotel by 12:30 and that he cannot extend long because he had 2 more clients to pick up after dropping us off to our hotel. We agreed to meet him at 11:30am outside the chateau but we got lost going outside and was only able to get out at 12:30. We spoke to the driver but he said he cannot wait and that he will just arrange for a taxi to pick us up, we told him that we can do that ourselves through the Uber app but we paid for a transportation service with Aviator to bring us back to Paris but the driver left us. We just booked ourselves an Uber to go back to Paris. This is very disappointing that the tour group overbooked their van and did not prioritize us, the voucher specifically indicated APPROXIMATELY 6 hours, and the total time spent for us is only less than 3 hours which I think is very unfair considering we paid €780! And to top it all, we were left in Vaux le Vicomte to ourselves and had to bring ourselves back to Paris via Uber. Very disappointing experience Viator… NAVETTE EXPRESS is the name of the transportation company which I guess had a partnership with Viator. I demand for this partner of yours to be reprimanded. Thank you.
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