Closing Time at Versailles: Small-Group Palace Tour After the Crowds with Garden Show from Paris
267 reviews
4.5 hours
Max 18
Why take this tour?
Highlights
Enter Versailles for a fully-guided tour of the Palace and the Gardens
Walk the most significant rooms including the Hall of Mirrors and King's State Apartments
Learn the stories and symbolism hidden within the beauty that surrounds
Meet your guide in central Paris, traveling in comfort and ease by private bus with someone who knows Versailles inside and out
Sites Visited
Palace of Versailles
Gardens of Versailles
King's State Apartments
Queen's Apartments
War Salon
Peace Salon
Hall of Mirrors
Tour Includes
Local English-speaking guide
Expertly guided walking tour
Last entry ticket for Palace of Versailles
Roundtrip private bus to/from Versailles
Headset
Take a peek into Paris' decadent royal history
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Total Customer Reviews: 267
Verified Ratings
4.7/5
based on 240 Walks' reviews
Rating summary by category
Guide
4.8/5
Guest Support
4.7/5
Latest reviews
Excellent
Hugo Boss is the best tour guide we ever had. Thank you!
Verified·Regina·Sep 15, 2023·USA·55 to 64 years
Excellent
Hugo was outstanding.. full of amazing historical facts all delivered with an amazing sense of humor and wit! He was magnificent from head to toe ?
Verified·Jeanne·Sep 13, 2023·USA·Female·55 to 64 years
Excellent
Hugo is a wonderful, passionate, funny and very engaging guide/art historian. His insights and stories made you truly feel part of the Versailles experience
Verified·Andy·Sep 13, 2023·USA·Male·55 to 64 years
Good
Guide had heavy accent and made it difficult for some people to understand. Guide had a lot of knowledge but it was not focused on a single story line and hard to follow history. Wish we would have learned more about the building and less about the paintings.
Verified·Jessica·Sep 11, 2023·USA·Female·45 to 54 years
Excellent
Excellent tour.... tour guide (Sonali) was amazing, so knowledgeable, informative and engaging. We did this tour in 36 deg heat and she was very mindful of keeping us in the shade wherever possible. We highly recommend this tour with Walks.
Verified·jeanette·Sep 11, 2023·USA·Female·65 to 74 years
Reviews from our guests
Closing Time at Versailles: Small-Group Palace Tour After the Crowds with Garden Show from Paris
Overall rating
4.7/5
240 Reviews
Guide4.8/5
Guest Support
4.7/5
Verified guest reviews
Excellent187
Great43
Good10
Average0
Poor0
Latest reviews
Excellent
Hugo Boss is the best tour guide we ever had. Thank you!
Verified·Regina·Sep 15, 2023·USA·55 to 64 years
Excellent
Hugo was outstanding.. full of amazing historical facts all delivered with an amazing sense of humor and wit! He was magnificent from head to toe ?
Verified·Jeanne·Sep 13, 2023·USA·Female·55 to 64 years
Excellent
Hugo is a wonderful, passionate, funny and very engaging guide/art historian. His insights and stories made you truly feel part of the Versailles experience
Verified·Andy·Sep 13, 2023·USA·Male·55 to 64 years
Good
Guide had heavy accent and made it difficult for some people to understand. Guide had a lot of knowledge but it was not focused on a single story line and hard to follow history. Wish we would have learned more about the building and less about the paintings.
Verified·Jessica·Sep 11, 2023·USA·Female·45 to 54 years
Excellent
Excellent tour.... tour guide (Sonali) was amazing, so knowledgeable, informative and engaging. We did this tour in 36 deg heat and she was very mindful of keeping us in the shade wherever possible. We highly recommend this tour with Walks.
Verified·jeanette·Sep 11, 2023·USA·Female·65 to 74 years
Excellent
I highly recommend the Versailles After Hours tour! Our guide was very informative, entertaining and
helpful. She really knew her history!
We were in a small group of four tourists. I really was glad that we didn’t do the tour ourselves. There is
so much to see and learn. It would have been overwhelming to navigate without a guide.I can’t say
enough about this tour, it was truly magnificent.
Verified·Jean·Aug 21, 2023·USA·Female·65 to 74 years
Great
The location site can be tricky to find. Focus on the address and not the bus location.
The garden shows on the weekend were really nice! The music was an added bonus.
I really enjoyed the stories told. They were really interesting!
Verified·Katie·Jul 23, 2023·USA·Female·35 to 44 years
Excellent
Could not have done this tour without Walks. Perfect time of day to avoid the horrible summer crowds, and most of the heat associated. A bit of a bummer that fountains weren't on due to drought, but otherwise a beautiful tour that was 'just the right length' - aka, not too long, for our family of 4!
Verified·Heidi·Jul 11, 2023·USA·Female·35 to 44 years
Excellent
Hugo was fenomenal, he managed to bring this huge overwhelming palace into a relaxed informative sightseeing walk, bravo !
Verified·Belen·Jul 02, 2023·USA·Female·35 to 44 years
Great
Pros: the Palace and gardens are beautiful and a must see, the last entry time was good as to not feel so crowded (dont get me wrong, there were still definitely crowds - we waited in one bathroom line for 15-20 mins!). Easy comfortable transport from Paris to Versailles. Tour guide was very friendly and knowledgeable.
Not so great: there were 2 people in our group who were late, so we waited for them before leaving Paris (reasonable, but they still didn’t show); then we had to wait again for them at the palace as they found other transport… then wait again when they didn’t show up that time either. I’m sure those guests appreciated all the accommodation, but the tour co could’ve done more for those of us who lost a good chunk of our tour time waiting for them. Also not so great was the tour guide was at times hard to understand. None of this should prevent you from going though - we saw what we came to see, learned a few things, and have some great pics and memories!
Meeting Point We will meet at 2 Avenue Foch, 75016 Paris. Your guide will have a green Walks sign. Please make sure you are on the right side of the street (look at both sides).
Please meet 15 minutes prior to the tour start time.