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Guided tour of the Petit Trianon and Hamlet in Marie-Antoinette's Estate

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Guided tour of the Petit Trianon and Hamlet in Marie-Antoinette's Estate

Free cancellation

Place: Paris

Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes

Language: English

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Discover the Petit Trianon and its lavish garden
Learn more about the life of Marie-Antoinette in Versailles
Wander through the queen's private vineyard
Visit Marie-Antoinette's private theater and rustic village

What to expect

Spend an afternoon exploring the private life of Queen Marie-Antoinette in Versailles including the Petit Trianon and the Hamlet!

During this 2.5-hour tour, you'll visit the Petit Trianon, an exquisite private palace set in a luxuriant garden where Marie Antoinette spent much of her time. You'll wander through the queen's ersatz Normandy village, featuring a vineyard, a dairy and a vegetable farm, specially built for her to simulate the healthy simplicity of country life. Leaving the palace behind, distance the crowds and access areas reserved for the private lives and loves of the royalty.

With a diamond-encrusted key, Louis XVI offered his wife Marie Antoinette an escape from the ritualized public life she found so suffocating. This key unlocked the Petit Trianon, sheltered from gossip and criticism, where she could feel free. Follow in her footsteps, through her English gardens and into the place she called home. The furniture and decoration authentically represent the queen’s own taste. You'll be able to take a peek at Marie Antoinette’s private theater, a hidden jewel of Versailles, installed so the queen herself could star in popular plays applauded by her fashionable ladies-in-waiting!

Just down the path from the richly adorned palace, Marie Antoinette commissioned a replica rustic village, evoking Normandy with its thatched cottages and dairy herd. Here she appreciated the informal atmosphere and healthy air, and indulged in pastoral amusements.

You'll need to purchase a ticket to enter the gardens of Versailles. You need to cross the gardens to reach the gate that leads to the Domain of Marie-Antoinette. Please allow yourself plenty of time, ticket lines can be long and it is about a 15-minute walk through the gardens to reach the meeting point.
This tour is best suited to guests who are already in Versailles visiting the palace and gardens in the morning or guests who have previously seen and know the palace and gardens and wish to explore more
Please arrive 15 minutes before your tour start time. The local operator has reserved entry times at the sites to allow you to skip the lines and it's not possible to start the tour late. No refund for missed tours

What’s included

Entrance fees

Guided tour

Headsets (to hear the guide)

Cancellation policy

Receive a 100% refund if you cancel up to 24 hours before the experience begins.

Booking fee

Good news! No extra fees are applied to this booking.

Location

La Petite Venise, Allée d'Apollon, Versailles, France

Meeting point:

Meet your guide at the bottom of the gardens of Versailles,in front of the restaurant La Petite Venise which is by the Grand Canal. You can see the Grand Canal from the terrace just behind the palace. Walk towards it, staying on the right hand side of the gardens. You will pass a railing that separates the gardens from the park and the restaurant is just by the canal. Your guide will be waiting in front of it and will be wearing their guide card around their neck on an orange lanyard.