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Versailles Palace: Private Tour with Gardens Golf Cart Experience
4.9
263 Ratings
Versailles
Embark on a private tour of Versailles Palace and Gardens, exploring the stunning architecture and well-manicured grounds in a golf cart. Discover the history and beauty of this iconic French landmark with skip-the-line privileges and a knowledgeable local guide.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Versailles - The brainchild of King Louis XIV and former home to Marie Antoinette, Versailles Palace holds a special place in French history. Just 15 miles southwest of Paris, this 87 million square foot complex continues to astonish guests with its jaw-dropping architecture and well-manicured gardens. On your Versailles Palace & Gardens Tour you will see both the natural and cultural treasures of Versailles with skip-the-line privileges and a golf cart rental.
Your Versailles Palace & Gardens in a Golf Cart Tour begins with a trip through the famous vast Versailles Gardens in a comfortable four-seat golf cart. If you are lucky, you might get to see a seasonal water show at the garden’s central fountains.
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Palace of Versailles - When you are finished exploring the garden grounds, it’s time to skip-the-line and head inside Versailles Palace. Of all the 2,300 rooms in this palace, the most famous has to be the 240-foot long Galerie des
Glaces. This hall has 357 mirrors to be exact, a true sight for sore eyes. Throughout the centuries, it was used for more than just vanity. witnessing many prominent historical events.
Continue to visit the 18th century Royal Chapel. Modeled on both Ancient and Gothic designs, the Royal Chapel is best known for its colorful ceiling paintings and its historic organ. Your tour guide will then lead you to the sumptuous State Apartment where the king would meet with various dignitaries every day.
Continue to the more intimate areas of Versailles Palace including the king and queen’s former apartments and bedchambers. Here you’ll learn fascinating stories about the hundreds of servants who would scramble to attend the king and queen’s every need.
What's Included
- Guided by a Professional Local Expert
- Exclusive Private Tour Experience
- Charming Golf Cart Garden Tour
- Fast-Track Entrance to Versailles Palace
What's Not Included
- Gratuities (Optional)
Additional Information
Conceptualized by King Louis XIV and once the abode of Marie Antoinette, the Versailles Palace is an emblem of French heritage. This massive complex, spanning 87 million square feet, continues to captivate visitors with its awe-inspiring architecture and beautifully landscaped gardens. On the Private Tour of Versailles Palace & Gardens, a local guide well-versed in the history and culture of Versailles will provide you an enriching experience with priority access privileges and a golf cart rental. Traverse the enormous enchanting garden in a comfortable four-seater golf cart. Experience the locales where royalty of the past ate, danced, prayed, and slept. The tour, conducted privately, is managed by a Certified Local Expert Guide.
- Golf carts are 4-seaters, therefore when your party exceeds 3 people, please be ready to need to drive your own golf cart. You must bring your driver’s license
- Please note that tours can only be requested in English
Location
Equestrian statue of Louis XIV
Your guide will meet you in front of the Versailles Palace under the horse statue of Louise XIV. Your guide will be holding a LivTours sign.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(263 Ratings)
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Rosane_h
Jun 21, 2024
Golf tour Versailles - Claire was a delightful, excellent guide - knows her history well and was ready at all stops with information and insights. We really enjoyed the golf tour of the gardens. For the palace tour, Claire worked hard to make it easier for me as I use a walker — arranged for a walker and made sure I could see the rooms from the best angles.
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Dorseyt2024
Jun 20, 2024
Best Tour Ever!! - Achille was absolutely amazing. His knowledge and passion was palpable. He provided such a thorough tour experience that my husband and I can't wait to book again. Achille was respectful, polite, educated, funny! We laughed and learned! Thank you Achille for everything!
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Allisongn7753jw
Jun 19, 2024
Tour guide and friend! - Jennifer provided our family with an amazing tour of Versailles filled with lots of information. She was able to take us back in time and we could visualize what life would have been like in the palace. There was a line for the golf carts and we opted to not wait and she walked us through the gardens. By the end of the tour we wished Jennifer could accompany us on our other tours we had lined up. She was thoughtful in providing local information tailored to the interests of my young adult children.
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Paola_m
Jun 17, 2024
Golf cart tour - Manuel our tour guide was excellent super knowledgeable and made it fun.
The golf carts are a must for the gardens, they make such a difference. Love this tour would highly recommend
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Ashley_m
Jun 12, 2024
Wonderful tour - Tour was wonderful!! Our tour guide Alex was wonderful. He was so knowledgeable and also had a great sense of humor!! The golf cart ride was wonderful and it was a great tour of the gardens and fountains!
I was very happy that this was a private tour with just my daughter and me.
Well worth the price!!
Ask for Alex if you do this tour - he was wonderful!!
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Katherine
Jun 11, 2024
Versailles Gardens by golf cart with guide Milan was an incredible, along with an informative walking tour of the palace - The best day ever in Paris thanks to our amazing tour guide Milan. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and passionate about the history of France 🇫🇷. What an experience to not only be taken throughout the gardens and properties but to see all 4 of the seasonal fountains and gardens on this tour in one afternoon. My 80 year old Mom is fit and readily kept up on this tour with Milan. He was kind with her and was sure she got all the best pictures inside and out of Versailles. The level of detail he pointed out in every room, the doors, ceiling and his historic knowledge was honestly outstanding. I loved how proud he is of his country and we had the opportunity to share in its history firsthand today. I would never pass the opportunity to see the gardens by golf cart unless you have two solid days to walk it!
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Janis_s
Jun 10, 2024
Do not miss this tour - What a fabulous tour. Grigor, our guide, was fabulous. He was so knowledgeable and really did a great job conveying his know of Versaille. This trip is a bit pricey but well worth the money.
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Michael_t
Jun 8, 2024
Excellent Versailles day with Jennifer - Jennifer did an outstanding job for us!
We met the LivTour coordinator as expected at the King Louis statue out in front. We arrived more than 15 minutes early, because other reviews indicated this was important. The coordinator was waiting for another family to arrive, which had me mildly concerned that we would start late, but our guide Jennifer came out to meet us right on time. She was immediately very friendly and engaging.
The golf carts were a great way to see the gardens because they’re huge. Note that we didn’t get to see Marie Antoinette’s separate houses because they’re too far away. If those are important to you, you could do your own golf cart rentals for 42 euros per hour (but I have no idea on the reservation process or wait times).
Jennifer took us through all the highlights of the palace, explaining the rooms, paintings, furnishings, and history. It was an enormous amount of information that we could never have gotten without her expertise.
The big crowds slowed us down and put us over 30 minutes beyond our scheduled finish time, but Jennifer never rushed; she continued her excellent explanations of everything through the entire visit. She never even mentioned that we were running late!
Overall, it was a great day at Versailles, thanks to Jennifer!!!
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F6138snkimc
Jun 6, 2024
Golf Cart & Tour of Versailles - Having experienced Versailles previously, the addition of the golf cart to tour the gardens truly enhanced our experience. My daughter, age 16, said the tour of the gardens in Versailles was the highlight of her week long trip to Paris!! Our tour guide, Josquin, was very helpful in answering our questions and providing some thought provoking questions to help us further engage- especially good with children to further connect the timelines and history.
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Jen
Jun 4, 2024
LivTours Versailles personal tour with golf cart. - LivTours arranged for a driver to collect us from our Paris hotel. Paolo was an excellent driver in a spotlessly clean Audi with refreshments on board.
We met our guide Giovanna M at Versailles.
She was extremely knowledgeable and passionate about every aspect of the garden and palace.
I would highly recommend doing the golf cart tour as you cover so much of the beautiful gardens in comfort.
Afterwords Giovanna coordinated with our driver where to collect us.
LivTours were very easy to deal with and the tour went extremely smoothly.
I highly recommend them.
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