Paris Trip Overview
Learn the history about the King, architecture and creation of the château. Vaux-le Vicomte stands as a symbol of the intelligence, taste and independence of its creator, Nicolas Fouquet. Explore the wild area of around 100 acres: LE NOTRE and LE VAU created for the first and only time in the seventeenth century, a perfect harmony between architecture and its environment. The vast area is divided up into a sequence of terraces, forming an orderly composition of embroideries based on Turkish motifs, bordered flower beds, shrubberies, grottos, lawns, lakes and fountains.
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Duration: 9 hours
Starts: Paris, France
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Learn the history about the King, architecture and creation of the château. Vaux-le Vicomte stands as a symbol of the intelligence, taste and independence of its creator, Nicolas Fouquet. Explore the wild area of around 100 acres: LE NOTRE and LE VAU created for the first and only time in the seventeenth century, a perfect harmony between architecture and its environment. The vast area is divided up into a sequence of terraces, forming an orderly composition of embroideries based on Turkish motifs, bordered flower beds, shrubberies, grottos, lawns, lakes and fountains.
— The driver takes you 55 km southeast of Paris;
— Guided visit of the chateau and the exceptional gardens.
— The Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte is a baroque French Chateau. It was built from 1658 to 1661 for Nicolas Fouquet, the superintendent of finances of Louis XIV.
— The gardens of Vaux-le-Vicomte sweep along a grand perspective, of almost a mile and a half. This new style in landscaping testifies to FOUQUET et de LE NOTRE’s love of innovation.
— See the grottos, a few minutes walk from the chateau, rising from the edge of the square lake.
— Return to Paris with our driver in a comfortable minivan.
