Does Hop on Hop off go to Palace of Versailles?

Make the most of your trip by combining your visit to Paris with a half-day tour to Versailles. This ticket includes a Paris hop-on hop-off bus tour, round-trip transportation from Paris to Versailles by coach, admission to the Palace of Versailles, and a dedicated audio guide.



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Take the train For a stress-free visit around the estate, the little train is a perfect choice, for families especially. The trains circulate between the Château de Versailles and the Trianon palaces.

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With your Versailles skip the line tickets, you are going to avoid the longest lines. Also, you may want to avoid the biggest crowds when you visit the Palace of Versailles inside. With the crowds, the rooms' staff make visitors circulate faster to avoid bottlenecks, so the visit is less enjoyable.

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Versailles Palace Tickets If you decide to go it alone, an €19.50 ticket includes an audio guide and gets you access to the palace. Access to the gardens is free, except on select days when there are special events taking place in the gardens (between April and October).

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From April to October, access to the Gardens is charged from Tuesday to Sunday (days of the Fountains shows and Musical Gardens). To make the most of your visit at Versailles, plan to spend a full day in the estate. Read our advices to better organize your visit.

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To tour the inside of the palace thoroughly, it takes around 2-3 hours. Allow longer if you want to explore the gardens.

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We suggest arriving right at opening time—if not a little before. If you did not pre-purchase Versailles admissions or a tour, avoid touring the palace in the late morning and afternoon, when crowds are at their peak.

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A visit to the Palace of Versailles There are also dress codes that must be followed. No jeans, no sneakers, and no hats. If you are visiting in the summer, be prepared for some hot weather. Bring sunscreen, hats, sunglasses, and clothes that you can layer.

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The distance between Paris & Versailles is about 9 miles. If you want to make some savings, the cheapest way to get to Versailles from Paris is to use public transports and especially by train. Paris to Versailles by train cost about 7,3€ for a round trip.

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Getting to the Palace RER line C arrives at Versailles Château - Rive Gauche train station, just 10 minutes' walk to the Palace.

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Any visit to Versailles involves a lot of walking. The palace itself is huge, but the gardens are what really takes it out of most visitors.

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How to Go from Paris to the Palace of Versailles by Train. Although three different trains to Versailles - RER C and SNCF Lines L and N - offer service from Paris, only one of them (RER C) stops at the Château Versailles Rive Gauche, the closest station to the front entrance gates at the Palace of Versailles.

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Within half a day, you will have the opportunity of discovering all the richness of the castle, visiting the Hall of Mirrors and the royal apartments inside, but also the famous French style gardens. We propose two visits each day, departure from Paris center. The ideal formula to discover Versailles in half a day !

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To tour the inside of the palace thoroughly, it takes around 2-3 hours. Allow longer if you want to explore the gardens.

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If you do not plan on renting a golf cart or bike and want to explore the gardens or other areas of the Versailles estate, make sure you wear comfortable shoes. Sneakers will be the best choice as there are some areas where you have to walk on dirt and/or rock pebbles.

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You can skip the line for the audio guide at the palace by downloading the free app that houses all of the Versailles related audio guides in 11 different languages. To tour the inside of the palace thoroughly, it takes around 2-3 hours. Allow longer if you want to explore the gardens.

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Passport tickets with timed entry grant priority admission and are valid for thirty minutes every hour, at 9am, 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm. Priority admission to the Palace is permitted once only at the booked time on the ticket. There is no timed entry for the estate of Trianon.

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