An Evening at Vaux-le-Vicomte Palace including Dinner and Candelight Visit
- Location:Paris, France
- Duration:7 hours (approx.)
- TOUR Code:2050PLUSDV
16 reviews of An Evening at Vaux-le-Vicomte Palace including Dinner and Candelight Visit
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Magical evening, pick up was on time and dinner was good quality. Plenty of time to explore the house and garden which were both stunning. Would recommend warm clothing as it became very cold by the end of the evening.
Picked up nicely at hotel in van with only 6 other people, taken directly to site, nice three course dinner with of course wine, then taken to tour of Palace, bypassed long lines and entered nicely and spent enjoyable time in the castle instead of waiting in long lines outside. Should make note not handicapped accessible, but the steps were not enough to stop my wife. At the end after the fireworks, taken back to the hotel. Nice.
Great trip.
The tour was to celebrate a pre 'Mother's Day' dinner for my mother. She absolutely loved the dinner, Vaux le Vicomte palace its history and in particular, the fireworks.
It was an unforgettable eve! So romantic and relaxing. It was worth every penny!
This tour is a must see. This was a very good evening. Seeing Vaux-le-Vicomte and the gardens in candlelight was a delight.
A gorgeous chateaux and wonderful dinner. Wonderful history.
Driver-host was competent and friendly. Building and grounds were impressive. Dinner was quite good, except that the wines were of less quality than expected for the 350th anniversary; however, this is not to say that the wines were bad or not good. That would not be the case. In keeping with being true to the era of the Chateau, the lighting inside was somewhat dim, ergo, viewing the art objects at night was not condusive to complete enjoyment; it is better, perhaps, to view the interior of the Chateau in the daytime. Everyone who was connected with the place was friendly and competent. The place really wows one.
This was such an interesting evening!
Bad timing on our part though, since our visit coincided with the beginning of school holidays meaning (a) so many delays on the roads through and out of Paris and (b) crowds at the château itself, making progress into it slow. In fact, I had to race through the last part of the visit in order not to miss the fireworks. Still, as a somewhat reluctant tourist, I enjoyed the fact that this is evidently a monument visited "the French" themselves: lots of grandparents and grandchildren having a great time together.
The visit organized by Viatour was great, and our guide friendly and helpful (thanks for the drop off to where I was staying). "My traveling companion" ie my Aunt and I were part of a group of 7 and would have been very happy to eat at a communal table in the restaurant at Vaux-le-Vicomte, but instead we had a table just for the two of us and the other part of our tour had their own table, which was in fact really nice. Very efficient service, pleasant meal.
The candlelit gardens were spectacular.
The only hitch was that the queues to get in to the castle were so long that I didn't get to spend enough time in it.
All in all, a great evening.
The guide was great, on time, polite, spoke several languages and we got there in time to enjoy some daylight and the coach house before dinner. After dinner, I thought the house tour crowded and pushy but the fireworks were nice. Wish there had been music.
The evening was lovely and the candlelit palace was breathtaking. The dinner was simple, tasty and filling. I would recommend this tour to anyone who wishes to combine French history, French dining and hospitality.
It would have been five stars, but our pick up was completely unorganized. We waited for almost an hour past the stated arrival time (which changed three times) before our guide arrived. He saved the day. The Guide was knowledgeable, informative and polite and made up for all the inconvenience. Oh, and the chateau was fantastic!
Friendliness and knowledge of drivers was great.
This event is definitely worth doing. Having said that, as I had planned this to be a very romantic surprise for my husband, I was taken aback that our 'private driver' was driving a van with alot of other people. I was expecting just the driver, my husband and myself. And then when we went in for dinner our table was all together with the other people in the van, not just the two of us. We did, however, still have a nice time at dinner and the dinner was very good. The tour of the chateau was fabulous, especially in candlelight, something we will remember always. So, again, even with the surprises, I would definitely put this on your to-do list when you go to Paris in the warmer months.
This was a good trip that I would recommend if you've experienced everything in Paris already and want to see something beautiful outside of the city. The castle was beautiful, but the trip wasn't quite as elegant as I expected. The tour guide was nice, but I would have preferred more time to wander on my own. The food was buffet style as a result of poor planning by the tour operators. They faxed our reservation that same day, and the company at the chateau never got the fax, so we didn't have our privately served meal. That was extremely disappointing. I felt as though I had dressed up for nothing. I wished I had worn jeans, and I really didn't feel like it was worth the high cost. Consider this trip, but consider it wisely. It was enjoyable at times but expensive for what it was, so it was not quite spectacular.
