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Escape from the crowd of the Palace of Versailles and discover this other side of Versailles, walking in the steps of Queen’s Marie-Antoinette. After meeting your guide downtown Paris, leave for an afternoon to this less know part of Versailles Estate that the Queen enjoyed so much at her own time. See this area of the domain that just a few visitors have the time to explore. Listen to your guide who will share with you anecdotes and other stories about Marie Antoinette, probably one of the best known Queen in Versailles. Learn about her captivating life, her beauty, extravagant fashion and lavish entertainments which have also been told through several films and books, before returning to your accomodation in Paris.
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Duration: 5 hours
Starts: Paris, France
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Escape from the crowd of the Palace of Versailles and discover this other side of Versailles, walking in the steps of Queen’s Marie-Antoinette. After meeting your guide downtown Paris, leave for an afternoon to this less know part of Versailles Estate that the Queen enjoyed so much at her own time. See this area of the domain that just a few visitors have the time to explore. Listen to your guide who will share with you anecdotes and other stories about Marie Antoinette, probably one of the best known Queen in Versailles. Learn about her captivating life, her beauty, extravagant fashion and lavish entertainments which have also been told through several films and books, before returning to your accomodation in Paris.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France
Meet your guide at the doorstep of your hotel or Private Accomodation in Paris
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Versailles, Versailles, Yvelines, Ile-de-France
Learn about the history of Versailles on the ride from your hotel to the to Marie-Antoinette Queen’s Hamlet in the Royal Domain of Versailles.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Le Petit Trianon, Porte de la Reine, 78000, Versailles France
At Marie Antoinette’s Estate you will start off with Le Petit Trianon. Also called the Queen’s palace, it was a gift from her husband, Louis XVI. Marie-Antoinette spent most of her time here. Your guide will take you through this 2 storey neo-Greek-style building.
Stroll through the English-Oriental style garden, remodeled by Marie Antoinette. You will come across a small theatre. The queen had a great passion for dramatic arts and music. Not only was she a spectator, the Queen performed also perfermed on stage
In the garden, you will find 2 structures : the Love Temple, an elegant monument and the Belvadere, an octagonal pavilion used by the queen as a lounge in the summer time.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Hameau de la Reine, Parc du Château-de-Versailles, 78000, Versailles France
The Queen’s Hamlet is like little villlage, with rustic builldings including the Queen’s house, Billiard room, Boudoir and a farm built around an artificial lake. Today you can find sheeps, pig, and hen roaming in the farm.
Duration: 1 hour