Best places: Tourist attractions in Versailles, France

Classical instrumental & vocal music & ballets in a refined room with rich gold decoration.

Huge 17th-century ornamental palace gardens, with orange trees & canals, statues & fountains.

Immense, 18th-century palace with gilded apartments, chandeliered Hall of Mirrors & fountain show.

Ornate, 17th-century gallery with arched mirrors, chandeliers, oil paintings & gilded sculptures.

Landmark 18th-century church with lavish external ornamentation & an elegant stone interior.

Baroque & Gothic space including painted vaulted ceilings, accessible by guided tour only.

Elegant 17th-century neoclassical cathedral & historic site of French royal family events.

Gilded sculpture depicting the Greek god rising from the water in a chariot, completed in 1671.

Louis XIV-designed buildings built as a more human-scale counterpoint to Versailles palace.

👍👍 Beautiful show

Patisserie, local cheeses & seasonal produce at a gourmet market with indoor & outdoor stalls.

Showcase of ornate, historic horse-drawn coaches across from the Palace of Versailles.

👍👍 The Domaine de Madame Élisabeth, or estate of Madame Élisabeth, is a haven of tranquility just down the road from that famed palace. It is certainly well worth a visit. The English-style garden is now a beautiful park, open to the public. It features art, poetry, a green tunnel following an old rive...

👍👍 The contrast is huge to the palaces, and that makes this place so exciting. You sit here in the grass and think of how life was for the queen Marie Antoinette. How she longed for the simple life out in the nature. No etiquette and just enjoyment. It is little bit to good to be true, get a little Dis...

👍👍 Very pretty, calm and relaxing.

Municipal history museum housed in an ornate mansion built for a local businessman in 1751.

👍 Where the avenue of water ends, the dragon fountain appears. This fountain represents the legend of the young Apollo when he kills the imposing animal with an arrow. Louis XIV also uses this font as symbolism. It is another of my favorite sources.

Ornate gallery of statues & huge paintings tracing 15 centuries of French military exploits.

👍👍 Beautiful

👍👍 Superbe galerie, vous y trouverez des moulages de statues des jardins de Versailles mais aussi du Louvre. Et aussi beaucoup d’originaux ! Ce lieu vaut vraiment le coup d’être visité, c’est une ambiance hors du temps. Je recommande cependant vraiment de le faire en visite guidée (à prendre auprès de...