I opted for the half day tour without a guide. The driver was great and gave us some valuable information. If you only want an overview of the palace and gardens, this is fine. Several of the group felt as though they were rushed especially those who paid for a personal guide. It was quite crowded, but still amazing to see. As a member of the older generation, I cannot understand spending 99 your time taking pictures which will be mostly unidentifiable later when you could actually use your eyes to take in the opulence. Buy a book with better pictures and text to explain the location and history of each one!
Review by: Pamela N, May 2018
Excellent !!!
Review by: lanawparker, April 2018
This tour is amazing and our tour guide was fantastic. She picked us up at our hotel in a van, drove to Versailles, gave us time to walk around the gardens for about 45 minutes. Then we got our self-guiding headphones and experienced the beautiful of the Palace before she drove us back to our hotel. On the way to Versailles, she told us the applicable history that helped the visit to be much more meaningful. This is the best!!
Review by: Stephen R, April 2018
Did the PM tour, not enough time for both the Gardens and the Palace
Review by: jimroberts1987, March 2018
WOW. This is a MUST SEE if you want to learn about the history of Paris.
Review by: Valerie B, March 2018
Our family of 5 and just 2 others were on this trip. We enjoyed the day, but somethings were not as advertised... We were not able to contact anyone the day before our trip and it says that the trip might be canceled if they are not contacted. So, when our driver was over 15 minutes late, we were worried that we had been canceled! The driver had a very thick accent and the kids couldn't understand him. Then, we were supposed to be able to get a choice of a meal at lunch and we did not. The driver ordered our meal and drinks without any input from anyone. It was a beautiful day, but could have been better with a few changes.
Great tour ! Pedro was amazing with details and we could walk around after the tour itself.
Review by: Geoff B, January 2018
An excellent tour guide !!!!!! I was lucky that on this small group tour, the 2 Canadians cancelled at last moment and I got the t/guide all to myself. Communications was excellent his english better than mine ?, knowledge and history/culture all top-marks. Notable extra exhibition on at Versailles and he recommended I do it too .......was time pushed but did it. Was most worthwhile.
Review by: maggi h, January 2018
Our guide Christophe was great. He was on time and guided us well through the massive crowds!
Review by: Gregory R, December 2017
The driver/ guide was woderful 5 stars, as was booking the pickup and drop off at our Paris Hotel. I've booked other Viator tours in England and Italy which were also great. The trip to Versailes was easy, Viator provided an audio guide that allowed us to walk in the gardens, and the meet at a designated time for our inside tour, ample time for both. We would book Viator again should our travel needs require tours.
Review by: John C, December 2017
My husband and I took this full day tour on the last Sunday in October, which I believe was the last day the fountains were working for the season. The tour guide picked us up at the hotel promptly at 8AM before picking up 3 more passengers that were staying in hotels in the same area as us. We quickly formed a friendship that made for a very pleasant day. The guide was informative and knowledgeable not only about the Palace of Versailles but also the town. And he told us details about Paris and the areas we drove through to get to Versailles. This was a long day but well worth it. The Palace of Versailles, the smaller palaces, the fountains, the gardens, the Grand Canal and Marie Antoinette's village are unbelievable. It is hard to imagine the life the king lived even after seeing all this. We had some free time to walk through the gardens and fountains. A tasty chicken dinner at a restaurant on the palace grounds was part of the tickety price.
Review by: Gavin A, December 2017
This is a fantastic tour! We booked the full day trip and it was worth it! We arrived early enough to have a walk around the beautiful gardens before we started our tour, which consisted of my wife and I and two other couples. Our guide was fantastic and extremely knowledgeable. His enthusiasm for history was evident in the way he spoke and additional contextual information he provided to help provide a better picture of what the world was like when Versailles was the seat of power.
Review by: Todd G, December 2017
our tour guide was wonderful. She had great knowledge, was very personable and incredibly flexible in getting us to desired destinations after the tour! This was one of the highlights of our visit to Paris!
Review by: Joel S, November 2017
November trip so will return to see the gardens. Bypassed the lines so no wait to get in but shoulder to shoulder inside with large tour groups. Audio guide gave a good overview of the rooms of the palace
Review by: Stephen H, October 2017
Amazing place! We spent the morning at the palace and gardens, and to our surprise, the tour included a wonderful lunch with wine and dessert include. Afternoon was spent at 2 smaller yet still magnificent residences, and finished with a stroll through the English garden and the hamlet built for Marie Antoinette. Only 4 in our group and we learned a lot!!
Review by: Cheryl l, September 2017
On the whole, I enjoyed the tour. I think it was well worth the money. I think the audio guide was hard to follow and I wish before the tour of the Chateux we would have been told to budget time for the gardens. I feel that we were driven out there and dumped.
Review by: Marilyn M, September 2017
I hadn't been to Versailles in over 2 decades so this time, I decided to take more of a private tour. This meant that I was picked up at my hotel and there was only one other couple in the car. We were completely taken care of given a guide with a pen that activated information and ear plugs for the King's apartments. The driver spoke in both of our languages and made great time considering traffic in Paris. This company seemed professional and made sure that you were taken care of. We had 2.5 hours to tour the apartments.
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