Operating Days
Every days from 8am
(except Monday)
Meeting Point
Your hotel or
your appartment
Duration
5 Hrs (half day)
8 Hrs (full day)
Access
Don’t queue
Skip the Line
Transport
Executive or Premium car
Type of tour
Private.
Up to 17 people.
WHY YOU’LL LOVE THIS
- A private conversational tour with a certified Versailles expert
- Get the royal treatment: skip-the-line tickets plus we escort you to and from the chateau
- Lose yourself in the luxury and splendor of a palace for the ages
- Enjoy a promenade fit for a king in the chateau’s French gardens
TOUR SNAPSHOT
- Length: 05h00
- Language: English
- Type of Tour: Private Tour
- Group Size: 8 max
- Departure Time: 9am or 1pm
- Cancellation: 10% fee up to 48 hours
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WHY HIDDEN GEMS? |
What makes us special:
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SPECIALIZED GUIDES |
We are the only agency specialized about the Palace of Versailles.
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UNIQUE TOUR |
We offer you the best of the Palace, its gardens and countryside…
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DIRECT ACCESS |
Save your time, just enjoy: skip the lines and avoid the long queues.
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EASY TRANSPORT |
Meet your guide & his driver at your hotel & finishes at your hotel.
Monet’s House & its gardens + Giverny Village
Versailles Castle is a unique and magical place in the world. The most magnificent palace in Europe is located in the city which was created centuries ago by the greatest King of France, Louis XIV. Our Versailles Tour “The Unmissables” is for you if you plan to tour Versailles for the first time. This Tour of Versailles is private and full included. You will just have to meet your guide at the door of your hotel and let you guide for a day of fun.
If you wish to come back from the Estate of Versailles with exceptional memories, then experience this truly VIP Tour of Versailles.
Introduction to the Unmissables
To visit the key places of this magical Estate that you cannot afford to miss, we offer you the possibility to have an exclusive and unforgettable visit. From your hotel to the end of the visit, you will be invited to follow your tour guide who regularly works at the Palace of Versailles and knows by heart the Estate and what stands behind each secret door. Moreover You will be transported in a Premium car with one driver + your guide!
During the entire visit, your guide will be purely dedicated to you. It is in a friendly and pleasant atmosphere that the tour of Versailles takes place. Your guide shares with you his passion and will bring you back to the past to experience the time of the last Kings of France.
No need to queue for hours. With our tour guide, you will enter by a reserved entry… Your guide will allow you to see all those key places by going through priority access to the Palace of Versailles and by sharing with you the history of each of those magical places as well as art and unknown stories.
After visiting the Royal Chapel and the King’s Apartments, discover the famous Hall of Mirrors, the King’s Bedchamber and the Queen’s Apartments. The tour of the Palace finished, escape it to discover the beautiful Royal Gardens. You can have an overview of the Versailles Garden Tour that we propose you.
If you choose the full day tour, then you will have the possibility to see the major Estate of Marie-Antoinette.
Click & make your choice: half day or full day
Prices list for the Unmissables half day tour
| Number of persons | Price |
| 1 person | 450 € |
| 2 persons | 500 € |
| 3 persons | 550 € |
| 4 persons | 600 € |
| More than 4 persons | On request |
Highlights
- This tour lasts 5 hours.
- Visit the Apartments of the Sun King « Louis XIV ».
- Visit the Apartments of the Queen.
- Visit the Hall of mirrors.
- Best of the 70 hectares of the Gardens.
What is included in this tour?
- The price includes all entries to the Palace, Gardens…
- The price includes the priority access tickets to the Palace.
- This tour starts at your hotel and finishes at your hotel.
- The price includes a private transport by premium car with pick up and drop off at your hotel.
- You will benefit a specialized guide AND his driver. You will have only one guide and you will not be sent to different guides as it can be done with some tour operators. We aim to offer you a friendly and high-quality service.
** Basically we do not take the responsibility to carry your luggage during the day. If you need to tidy your luggage we can arrange it with an extra but we need to know it before booking.
** Visitors with disabilities can not access everywhere in Versailles. Please contact us before booking and we will customize your tour of Versailles.
** The musical fountain show is opened on Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday.
We can customize your tour to your wish:
- Electric golf cart are accessible to people with limited mobility
or to people who want to save their feet. We don’t charge you for this extra. We accompany you to the golf cart’s provider and you pay directly the basic price. A rental allows us to follow several itineraries (discovering the Gardens, Trianon and the Queen’s Hamlet, tour of the Grand Canal, tour of the entire Estate); The price is €32 an hour. Mandatory presentation of a driving licence. You can talk about this option with your guide during the trip by car from your hotel in Paris to Versailles. 
A mini-train will take you to and from the Estate of Marie-Antoinette (Petit Trianon), Grand Trianon and Little Venice (7,50 € at full rate, 5,80 € at reduced rate). It is a good idea to avoid the long walk from the castle to the Marie Antoinette Estate. You will be able to check it with your guide during the trip from your hotel to Versailles. We don’t charge you for this extra. You just pay the basic price to the provider if you wish to take this option.- Optional booking to see other places to visit can be done on request.
- We are an efficient company specialized in private tours of Versailles Castle and its Domain. We have a limited number of tours available and highly advice you to book in advance if you are interested in our services (especially between April to October).
Prices list for the Unmissables full day tour
| Number of persons | Price |
| 1 person | 700 € |
| 2 persons | 750 € |
| 3 persons | 800 € |
| 4 persons | 850 € |
| More than 4 persons | On request |
Highlights
- The Unmissables full day tour of Versailles lasts 8 hours.
- This tour includes all services of the half day tour.
- This tour includes the visit of the Trianon & Marie Antoinette Estate.
What is included in this tour?
- The price includes all services listed in the half day tour.
- The price includes all entries to the Trianon & Marie Antoinette Estate.
- Comparing to the half day tour, this tour gives you more time to learn about Versailles and enable to visit the Estate of the Queen. It is a great tour for a first visit to Versailles.
** Basically we do not take the responsibility to carry your luggage during the day. If you need to tidy your luggage we can arrange it with an extra but we need to know it before booking.
** Visitors with disabilities can not access everywhere in Versailles. Please contact us before booking and we will customize your tour of Versailles.
** The musical fountain show is opened on Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday.
Further informations
- Your lunch is not included in this tour. Please let us know if you have a special wish. We will book it for you.
- Electric golf cart are accessible to people with limited mobility or to people who want to save their feet. We don’t charge you for this extra. We accompany you to the golf cart’s provider and you pay directly the basic price. A rental allows us to follow several itineraries (discovering the Gardens, Trianon and the Queen’s Hamlet, tour of the Grand Canal, tour of the entire Estate); The price is €32 an hour. Mandatory presentation of a driving licence. You can talk about this option with your guide during the trip by car from your hotel in Paris to Versailles.
- A mini-train will take you to and from the Estate of Marie-Antoinette (Petit Trianon), Grand Trianon and Little Venice (7,50 € at full rate, 5,80 € at reduced rate). It is a good idea to avoid the long walk from the castle to the Marie Antoinette Estate. You will be able to check it with your guide during the trip from your hotel to Versailles. We don’t charge you for this extra. You just pay the basic price to the provider if you wish to take this option.
- Optional booking to see other places to visit can be done on request.
- We are an efficient company specialized in private tours of Versailles Castle and its Domain. We have a limited number of tours available and highly advice you to book in advance if you are interested in our services (especially between April to October).
LEARN MORE ABOUT “THE UNMISSABLES”
A VIP visit encompasses exclusive treatments. To begin with, the guide and his driver will pick you up at your hotel. You will not have to worry about how to get to Versailles, located at 20km from Paris.
Once you arrive at Versailles, your guide will do all his best to be one of the first to enter into the Palace.
You will begin your visit by the beautiful Royal Chapel which was built inside the Palace to welcome the King. From his private balcony located on the first floor, the King of France used to have a great overview of the Church and to kneel to listen to Masses. It is also inside of this magnificent Chapel that Marie-Antoinette married the future King of France, Louis XVI, when she was only 15.
Then, you will admire the Big Apartments of the King constituted of several Salons : the Hercules, Abundance, Venus, Mars, Diana, Mercury, Apollo Salon which were reception and concert rooms where food, coffees, wines and liqueurs used to be served.
You will then continue the visit of the Palace by discovering the famous Hall of Mirrors which used to host balls and celebrations organised by the King for nobility. The Hall of Mirrors is a magnificent room, characterised by unique dimensions, great brightness and 357 mirrors. Your guide’s speech and the richness of this room will enable you to imagine balls and celebrations that used to happen to welcome French royalty.
You will then see the Bedchamber of the King and the Queen’s Apartments. The usual day of the King which used to start at 7:30 am and finishes at 11 pm. You will know more about how the Kings of France used to live on a daily basis.
After the Palace, you will carry on your visit with the Gardens of the King which spreads over a 815 hectare surface where you will find the magnificent French gardens. Animations will take place during this part of your visit. Your Guide will show you the way designed by the King, Louis XIV, towards the end of his life in his guide “Way to show the Gardens of Versailles”.
If you choose the full day tour, then we will visit the major Estate of Marie-Antoinette. You will be discovering the life of Marie-Antoinette at the Petit Trianon and you will be taken to the Queen’s Hamlet.
Walk in a familial and pleasant atmosphere in order to discover the Petit Trianon, the Village of the Queen and her English gardens. Marie-Antoinette built her own house, a Mill, a Preparation Dairy, a Cave, a Belvedere and the magnificent Temple of Love where lovers get engage.
At the end of the visit, your tour guide and his driver will take you back to Paris at the location of your choice.