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Opéra Royal de Versailles
Opera house
Classical instrumental & vocal music & ballets in a refined room with rich gold decoration.
4.80 (942 reviews)
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Gardens of Versailles
Garden
Huge 17th-century ornamental palace gardens, with orange trees & canals, statues & fountains.
4.70 (14.5K reviews)
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Hall of Mirrors
Castle
Ornate, 17th-century gallery with arched mirrors, chandeliers, oil paintings & gilded sculptures.
4.70 (520 reviews)
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Royal Chapel
Catholic church
Baroque & Gothic space including painted vaulted ceilings, accessible by guided tour only.
4.70 (400 reviews)
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Palace of Versailles
Castle
Immense, 18th-century palace with gilded apartments, chandeliered Hall of Mirrors & fountain show.
4.60 (142.4K reviews)
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Versailles Cathedral
Cathedral
Landmark 18th-century church with lavish external ornamentation & an elegant stone interior.
4.60 (1.4K reviews)
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Église Notre-Dame
Catholic church
Elegant 17th-century neoclassical cathedral & historic site of French royal family events.
4.60 (720 reviews)
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Apollo Fountain
Sculpture
Gilded sculpture depicting the Greek god rising from the water in a chariot, completed in 1671.
4.60 (720 reviews)
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Dragon Pool
Fountain
👍 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.
4.60 (130 reviews)
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Galerie des Batailles
Museum
Ornate gallery of statues & huge paintings tracing 15 centuries of French military exploits.
4.60 (103 reviews)
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Bacchus Pool
Fountain
👍👍 Une fontaine magnifique à la gloire de Bacchus
A voir lors de votre flânerie dans les jardins
4.60 (55 reviews)
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Marie Antoinette's Grotto
Tourist attraction
👍 This is not a hoax and it does exist (see my photos). Most likely it is a constructed cave and the museum has one light in there so you can see what it looks like. It is hard find but you can do it using Google Maps. You will see some primitive paths where GPS has taken others to find it. There...
4.60 (43 reviews)
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Grand Trianon
Historical place museum
Louis XIV-designed buildings built as a more human-scale counterpoint to Versailles palace.
4.50 (8.6K reviews)
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Notre-Dame Market
Produce market
Patisserie, local cheeses & seasonal produce at a gourmet market with indoor & outdoor stalls.
4.50 (3.2K reviews)
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Gallery of Coaches
Museum
Showcase of ornate, historic horse-drawn coaches across from the Palace of Versailles.
4.50 (2.4K reviews)
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Madame Élisabeth's Estate
Park
👍👍 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...
4.50 (1.2K reviews)