Top Versailles Audio Guided Tours

Versailles is one of the world’s most popular historical attractions, and travelers can spend as much time waiting in line as touring the royal palace. Bypass the hours-long wait with exclusive skip-the-line admission tickets, and get direct access to the legendary residence. Tours include personal audioguide headsets, so you can explore the site at your own pace. Upgrade to include private round-trip pickup from your hotel in Paris.

Visit Château de Versailles with convenient round-trip transportation from Paris on this 9-hour tour. You'll explore the palace independently with a provided audio guide to see its lavish interior, state apartments, and famous features such as the Hall of Mirrors. Outside, stroll through the expansive gardens, and check out the village of Versailles.

This combination of a skip-the-line Versailles Palace ticket and a river cruise ticket is a great way to save time and see a lot in a short space of time. Rather than keeping up with a tour group, you can explore Versailles Palace with an audio guide, so you set your own pace. Conveniently, there aren’t time restrictions on your cruise ticket. See the UNESCO-listed riverbanks and multiple Parisian landmarks such as the Louvre Museum.

The Palace of Versailles was the principal royal residence of France from 1682, under Louis XIV, until the start of the French Revolution in 1789, under Louis XVI. It is located in the department of Yvelines, in the region of Île-de-France, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) The palace is now a Monument historique and UNESCO World Heritage site, notable especially for the ceremonial Hall of Mirrors, the jewel-like Royal Opera, and the royal apartments; for the more intimate royal residences, the Grand Trianon and Petit Trianon located within the park; the small rustic Hameau (Hamlet) created for Marie Antoinette restored in 2018 ; and the vast Gardens of Versailles with fountains, canals, and geometric flower beds and groves, laid out by André le Nôtre.