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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Place d’Armes, Versailles. Tel 01 30
83 78 00. Open Château: 9am–
6:30pm Tue–Sun (Nov–Mar: to
5:30pm). Grand & Petit Trianons:
noon–6:30pm Tue–Sun (Nov–Mar:
to 5:30pm daily). Gardens: 8am–
8:30pm daily (winter: to 6pm).
Park: from 7am daily (winter: from
Colonnade 8am). & 7 8 9 - = _
Mansart designed Les Grandes Eaux Musicales: Apr–
this circle of marble Oct: Sat & Sun, Tue in Jun; La
Serenade Royale de la Galerie des
arches in 1685.
Glaces: mid-Jun–mid-Sep: daily;
Les Grandes Eaux Nocturnes:
mid-Jun–mid-Sep: Sat.
∑ chateauversailles.fr
Transport
@ Versailles Express from Eiffel
Tower. W Versailles Rive Gauche,
Versailles Chantier.

Petit Trianon
Built in 1762 as a
retreat for Louis XV,
this small palace
became a favourite
of Marie-Antoinette.

. Grand Trianon
Louis XIV built this
small palace of
stone and pink
marble in 1687
to escape the
rigours of court life,
Fountain of Neptune and to enjoy the
Groups of sculptures spray spectacular jets company of his
of water in Le Nôtre and Mansart’s mistress, Madame
17th-century fountain. de Maintenon.

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