Versailles Half-Day Tour: Skip Lines, Explore Gardens

Experience a hassle-free half-day exploration of Versailles Palace and Gardens with our skip-the-line tour from Paris. Let our expert guide handle the logistics while you enjoy the stunning attractions.

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Paris - Meet the guide in Paris and enjoy a pleasant train journey together to Versailles. After a brief walk to the palace, the guided tour will commence.
  • Palace of Versailles - Discover the magnificence of the French monarchy. Initially a hunting lodge, King Louis XIII transformed the site into the iconic Versailles Palace and Gardens in…
What's Included
  • Skip-the-line entrance to the Palace of Versailles
  • Guided tour of the Palace
  • Introduction to the Gardens
  • Option to continue exploring the gardens and Trianon Estate
  • Round-trip transportation by train from Paris to Versailles
  • A local, English-speaking guide
  • Small group of 18 or fewer people
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Food & Beverages
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Are you planning a day trip to Versailles from Paris, but worried about the logistics of getting there and navigating the popular attractions? Let us take care of it for you with our half-day small group tour. With the help of our expert local guide, we’ll whisk you away to Versailles and get off at the optimal stop. Best of all, you’ll skip the long…

Location
LE CAFÉ PIERRE HERMÉ
Place de la Résistance
Please arrive 15 minutes early. Your guide will meet you outside of Café Pierre Hermé ( located near Pont de l'Alma bridge), holding a sign with ''The Tour Guy'' on it. Please make sure arrive to at the meeting point 15 minutes before your scheduled start time, as we cannot wait for latecomers.
Cancellation Policy

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

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Amy_g
Feb 22, 2025
Excellent ... - Excellent Thorough Detailed Our guide gave us so much history and it was incredibly interesting and beautiful
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Lisa_g
Feb 22, 2025
Enjoyable and Efficient Tour of Versailles - Very efficient and enjoyable tour. Tour guide traveled with group via metro and provided instructions to return to Paris on your own. Viewed mist popular parts of Versailles and gardens. Skipped the lines
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Jean_l
Feb 21, 2025
I would recommend booking... - I would recommend booking the earliest tour of the day since it gets pretty crowded. Our tour guide was wonderful and provided great information about the rooms in the palace as well as the Bourbon monarchy. Upon leaving the palace after our tour, be sure not to miss the gardens. Although it was cold and the grounds were undergoing some renovations, the views were still marvelous. (standard sized bakpacks allowed; no selfie sticks allowed inside)
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Eldeg_r
Feb 21, 2025
Brilliant guide - Excellent tour amazing guide who was obviously passionate about the history she was sharing with us. Woyld highly recommend this tour
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Jerry_c
Feb 20, 2025
Fantastic - Our tour guide was very knowledgeable! We Will certainly recommend her to everyone we know. She made sure everyone was accounted for and explained every roo..with such great detail.
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Veronica_l
Feb 20, 2025
Great experience, our... - Great experience, our guide was very knowledgeable. Definitely feel we got our moneys worth. She really took her time taking us through the palace.
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Kelly_r
Feb 20, 2025
We had an excellent tour... - We had an excellent tour guide who made it fun and informative about the rich history of Versailles. We found her very entertaining. We came at the perfect time (8:00am) and it was just before the crowds started coming in. We learned so much and had a great time. You should definitely book this!
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Katie_b
Feb 20, 2025
Amazing! - Veronique a ete un magnifique guide! She was incredibly knowledgable and made the history even more interesting with little unknown facts and stories. The tour requires participants to use public transportation but Veronique made it very easy. Once the guided tour is complete, we had ample opportunity to wander the beautiful grounds. We had lunch at a beautiful restaurant on the grounds, La Flottille You can head back to Paris at your leisure and Veronique made sure everyone felt comfortable heading back into the city by themselves.
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Melanie_g
Feb 20, 2025
Great for travelers who need some guidance! - This was a great way to tour Versailles. Admittedly, I’d been walking everywhere and taken Ubers at the start of my day, so it was my first time on the RER. My tour guide Melanie was awesome! She explained everything well and kept us together. She also gave a wonderful tour of Versailles and I really feel like I learned so much more rather than if I had tackled it completely solo.
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Bhavini_d
Feb 21, 2025
boring - guide was very knowledgable but the experience stops there. most people had lost interest in first hour since guide went on and on about the repeated history and not moving quickly to the following rooms or gardens. Spending close to 10 mins per room was a buzz kill when it could have been done in 1-3 mins. also some of the gardens are at a distance of 20 mins apart which guide did not cover. Honestly, this tour can be done independently very easily. Its a quick hop on train and reserving the palace enterance. Self guided audio tours are available.
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