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Giverny and Versailles Small Group Tour from Paris
Paris, Île-de-France, France
Highlights
- Skip the line
- All entrance fees included
- Recorded commentary by audio headphones
Overview
Begin the tour with pickup at your accommodation in Paris between 9-9:30am (exact pickup time will be confirmed), you will be transported by shared transfer vehicle in a small group (8 persons maximum). Your driver will take you to your first attraction of the day, Versailles.
Enjoy a 1 hour and 15 minute guided visit of Versailles Palace in a group of 30 persons at most. Your guide will explain the history of Versailles as you visit some of the 700 rooms that compose it, such as the King’s State Apartment, the Hall of Mirrors, the Salon of Peace, the Hall of Battles (featuring 33 military paintings), the Hercules room and its painted ceiling, the crusades room, and much more.
After this enriching visit which will make you discover the story and life of Versailles palace, enjoy 2 hours and 15 minutes of of free time to explore the gardens at your own pace. If you have chosen the lunch option, enjoy your meal in a local restaurant located in front of Versailles palace. You will have about 1 hour and 15 minutes of free time in the garden and 1 hour for lunch.
After this break, the driver will drive you to Claude Monet's house and gardens in Giverny, where he lived and worked for 40 years.
Your admission gives you access to both the house and gardens, where you can admire the Impressionist master's colorful flowers, see his studio and kitchen, check out his collection of Japanese prints, and, of course, stroll around the water lily pond and across the Japanese bridge that featured in several of his paintings. (2:30 hours)
Your day trip ends with the return drive to Paris for hotel drop-off.
Note: the guide is provided at Versailles only, not Giverny (self-guided visit of Monet's house)
Information
- Guaranteed to skip the long lines
- Entrance fees to Monet's house and gardens (visit by your own )
- Entrance fees to Palace of Versailles and gardens (reserved timed entry, priority access)
- Entrance fees to the Versailles musical gardens shows, if they take place on selected date
- Guided visit of the King's and Queen's State Apartments and the Hall of Mirrors (duration 1:15 hour). Entrance ticket included.
- Lunch with drinks (if option selected, 1 hour)
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (select Paris hotels only)
- Round-trip shared transfer by air-conditioned minivan
- Driver
- Hotel pickup and drop-off outside Paris
- Audio guide at Giverny
- Live guide at Giverny
- Food and drinks, unless option selected
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Versailles tour at the palace with your guide for 1:15 hours and then enjoy 2:15 hours of free time to explore the gardens at your own pace and 1:15 hours free time to explore the gardens if you take the lunch option.
- Please be ready and on time at the meeting point (Hotel reception or outside the apartment) or you will miss your tour, and it will not be refunded. No delay will be accepted
Please note: Entrance tickets and transport included. This voucher will not be accepted if presented directly at the venue.
Comfortable walking shoes are recommended
The skip-the-line access is subject to the Versailles Palace security procedures: the control at the Entrance can slow down the access
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