The Palace opens at 9:00 and needs a time slot. The Estate of Trianon opens at 12:00. Your Passport, €25 at today's standard rate, covers the Palace, the Gardens and the Estate of Trianon.
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Allow 30 minutes on foot from the Palace to Trianon when you plan your day.
Places to visit
The Palace opens at 9:00 from Tuesday to Sunday. Book a time slot before visiting the Palace of Versailles. Allow 90 minutes for the route through the main rooms. Use the map of the Versailles estate to plan your route.
Standard Passport €25 today
The gallery is 73 metres long, with 357 mirrors facing 17 windows. You visit it on the Palace route, with no separate ticket.
With the standard Passport, €25 today
The Gardens are open 8:00 – 18:00 today. Entry is free in low season and on high-season days without a show.
Free in low season
The fountains run during the Musical Fountains Show. Your Passport covers the Musical Fountains Show and Musical Gardens. The Night Fountains Show needs its own ticket.
Standard high-season Passport €35 on show days
The palace of Louis XIV on one floor, refurnished by Napoleon. It opens at 12:00, 30 minutes from the Palace on foot.
Estate of Trianon ticket €15
The small palace given to Marie-Antoinette in 1774, between a French garden and an English garden. It opens at 12:00.
Estate of Trianon ticket €15
The model village built for Marie-Antoinette between 1783 and 1786. The inside of the Queen's House opens only on a guided tour.
Estate of Trianon ticket €15
About 800 hectares around the Grand Canal, free for walkers and cyclists every day. You can hire bikes and rowing boats outside their winter closures.
Bike hire €10 an hour when open
Open on Saturdays and Sundays from 12:30. The ceremonial coaches are in the Great Stables, 8 minutes from the Palace on foot.
Free, weekends only
Opening times
The Palace9:00 to 17:30. Tuesday to Sunday, closed on Mondays, last admission 16:45
The Estate of Trianon12:00 to 17:30. Tuesday to Sunday, closed on Mondays, last admission 16:45
The Gardens8:00 to 18:00. Every day
The Park8:00 to 18:00. Every day, last admission 17:30
Low season, 2 November to 31 March. open, you can enter open, last admission has passed
The Palace and the Estate of Trianon are closed on Mondays and on 1 January, 1 May and 25 December. The Gardens and the Park open every day. Check Palace of Versailles opening hours before booking your slot.
The Estate of Trianon is 30 minutes from the Palace on foot. The little train takes 20 minutes. The full-circuit ticket costs €9.
On a day without a show, allow 2 hours for the Gardens. The Estate of Trianon needs about 4 hours if you want to visit its palaces and the Hamlet.
What to do: If you have a full day, book the Palace at 9:00 and visit Trianon from 12:00. With half a day, keep your visit to the Palace and Gardens.
Plan the day
Every Passport rate and where to book the time slot. See how to plan one day at Versailles.
Three stations and the walk to the Palace
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