Versailles (Château de Versailles)

Fantastic tour! Aurora, our guide, was absolutely wonderful and very informative. Not a trip to miss! If you are from the U.S., do NOT miss seeing the Palace of Versailles.

Doing what: Skip the Line: Versailles Full-Day Tour

This tour is an 8 person personal guided tour. There is a short walk from the train station to the tour office, just across the street, and a 10 minute walk to the palace. The entry process was very smooth through a separate entrance for guided tours. Our guide provided a personal radio for each of us so she could talk with us throughout the tour without shouting in the middle of the crowds. She was very pleasant and knowledgeable about French history, culture, the palace and gardens. She even shared some relevant humorous anecdotes about historical French culture and living styles. The guided tour is only a couple of hours through the main palace rooms and main garden area. You are then free to go through the palace and gardens at your own pace. This was a very nice way to see Versailles during the busy season in early May.

Doing what: Skip the Line: Versailles Full-Day Tour

We had a great day at Versailles, it is a truly place and there is so much to see. Our guide was excellent and very knowledgeable. I was a little concerned about getting out there from Paris but it was really easy on the RER train. I thoroughly recommend this trip as something not to be missed.

Doing what: Skip the Line: Versailles Full-Day Tour

We had a great day at Versailles, is an amazing place with so much to see. Our guide was excellent and very knowledgeable. The fountain show was amazing as well. I was a little concerned about getting out there from Paris but it was very easy on the RER train.

Doing what: Skip the Line: Versailles Full-Day Tour

The tour was very good! Our guide was Elizabeth and she was excellent. Her English was good and her knowledge and presentation was outstanding. She enjoyed what she was doing, which was evident to us. The tour covered a large part of Versailles and we stayed afterward to wander the gardens. I highly recommend this tour! Its a 5.

Doing what: Skip the Line: Versailles Full-Day Tour

Versailles was incredible! The Skip the Line part of the day, under the amazing guidance of our guide Pauline, was exceptional! while skipping the lines is always a lot of fun, Pauline's knowledge of the property and history made this an unforgettable tour. She even had suggestions for the part of the tour that was not guided in the pm (as in which fountains to make sure we saw, etc.). I would definitively recommend this guided tour to my friends. Un gros merci Pauline pour avoir fait de cette journée une journée inoubliable!

Doing what: Skip the Line: Versailles Full-Day Tour

Versailles is a zoo! I felt like I was in Times Square on New Years Eve. Without our wonderful and very informative guide I probably would have skipped the whole thing. It was great to walk past the throngs of people and walk through the door with this lovely woman who was carefully looking after the nine of us. We decided to find our own way to Versailles from Paris, Our hotel underestimated the trip by almost an hour. We were a half hour late. The people at the tour company were wonderful, whisking us to the counter, getting us in the next English speaking tour, and back on schedule in a flash. Great customer service. I would highly reccomend this tour and company.

Doing what: Skip the Line: Versailles Full-Day Tour

Our guide was very knowledgeable, articulate in English, and made history and the Museum come alive. I would recommend the tour as the only way to do to visit the Versailles.

Doing what: Skip the Line: Versailles Full-Day Tour

If you want to go to the Palace of Versailles this is the best way to do it! The lines to get into the Palace have to be seen to be believed! I have no idea how long it would take to get in if you just turned up- it looked like many hours. On this tour you could simply hop off train walk across the road to the tour operators office and they walk you down to the Palace where the very knowledgeable guide firstly takes you around the extensive gardens to show you how to get around them and explains the history before she takes you inside the Palace and again provided an excellent historical run down of the palace. After about four hours the guide then leaves you to do your own exploring in the afternoon, which was fine for us as there were so much to explore we were happy to do that by ourselves. Highly recommend.

Doing what: Skip the Line: Versailles Full-Day Tour

The tour was very informative and interesting. Our guide, Anais, was friendly and knowledgeable. The main issue was that Versailles was very crowded. Using the public toilets was not always convenient.

Doing what: Skip the Line: Versailles Half-Day Tour

Everything worked well, got the train to Versailles and the Guidatour office is directly across the road. Small group tour, lovely guide Isabelle. Very informative and a great tour.

Doing what: Skip the Line: Versailles Half-Day Tour

We wish the guide could have shared some more relevant information like the signing of Treaty of Versailles.

Doing what: Skip the Line: Versailles Half-Day Tour

The guide was excellent and coped well with the fiasco at the fast track entrance queue. There should be more Versailles staff on hand to organise the lines efficiently.
The headsets although a good idea were not reliable and many had to keep swapping theirs, these really need looking at as the idea is great..
Having said all this it was an excellent visit but make sure you have good walking shoes the estate is vast!!

Doing what: Skip the Line: Versailles Full-Day Tour

We were pleasantly surprised by how easy it was to find your office in Versailles and by our tour guide Aurora. Skip the line was right! There were long lines at the palace gates but we walked straight in. Aurora was friendly and very informative about both the gardens and the palace, and despite the crowds inside the palace, she managed to communicate with our tour group and keep us together fairly well. We would not have gotten even half as much out of seeing the palace, without also doing the guided tour.

Doing what: Skip the Line: Versailles Half-Day Tour

Versailles is gorgeous! Just be sure you look at the Metro map and figure out how to get to LIne C, which will take you to Versailles, otherwise, you may get lost like we did and not to many people spoke English when we asked for help. This is a must see! There's no place like it!!

Doing what: Skip the Line: Versailles Full-Day Tour