There are still a few seats available as of Friday afternoon 16h30. Please just book your ticket and you will receive your tickets immediately after. Meeting time at Schuman is 6h30, for Louise 6h35 and Midi 6h45. Please be on time. For all practical information, please click here. You can call until late or from 5h45 with 0495-345144.
The Palace of Versailles speaks to the imagination from all perspectives. Its enormous size, design and architecture, as well as the vast collection of art, the incredible opulence, its former inhabitants and its history. It is the ultimate symbol of the absolute monarchy and Ancien Régime. The Palace welcomes over 7,5 million visitors per year, more people than the Eiffel Tower but slightly less than the Louvre Museum. Indeed, the waiting lines are often equally long here. Luckily Expat Club has arranged special access for our group, so we DO NOT WAIT!
With a floor area of 67.000 m2, 700 rooms, 1250 chimneys and 67 staircases, Versailles may very well be the world’s most impressive Palace if not most impressive building every built. Today we are going to visit this amazing Palace, its famous gardens, as well as the Grand and Petit Trianons and Marie-Antoinette’s estate.
Seeing everything is virtually impossible. Besides the fact that many wings, floors and rooms are closed off from the general public, it is simply too big (spending only 1 minute in each room would not even fit within the opening hours). Therefore Expat Club has made the most optimal selection and program for you.
Our program at Versailles
During a partial morning and full afternoon programme you will have the chance to see the very best of the Palace of Versailles, its gardens and the Marie-Antoinette estate. You can first explore the palace on your own with a self-guided audio tour, which will take you about 1,5 to 2 hours. Afterwards you can have lunch in one the two restaurants or stroll through the gardens where you can also eat at various places. From 15h30 the fountains will be activated while beautiful Baroque music will play in the background. This is truly an amazing atmosphere.
From 16h00 we will be starting a 2,5 hours guided tour at the Grands & Petits Trianons as the Queens hamlet. We begin at the Grand Trianon (main entrance), but since this partially overlaps with the fountain show you may also just join us from 17h00 for the Petit Trianon and the Queen’s Hamlet. There is a €15 surcharge for this tour. Based on our earlier trip in the fall the general feedback was that this part is superb, but that there was hardly any information about what makes this place so special. Our guide will show us all the best places, informs us about the history and what happened in these spots.
We travel by luxury 4* coach with comfortable reclining seats that have extra leg space. The bus has an on-board toilet with running water, air conditioning, and a DVD system with several flat screens (we won’t show anything in the early morning). During the trip we provide you with some drinks (water/juice) and snacks. We depart at 06h45 from Place Schuman, followed by Louise and Midi. Of course this is very early, but we need all the time to fully enjoy Versailles.
The Main Palace and the Marie-Antoinnette Estate close by 18h30, but the gardens remain open until 20h30, so you have ample time to enjoy it to the fullest. If you want you can leave on your own to Paris during the afternoon or early evening. The RER train ticket (about €4) leaves every 30 minutes and takes about the same time to get to the Eiffel Tower. For those staying in Versailles (there are lovely places for dinner), you can join the bus back around 20h30-21h00. If you are in Paris, we will pick you up at Porte de Neuilly or Porte d’Anvers (to be decided).
We leave Paris around 21h30/22h00 and come back to Brussels at about 01h00. You can catch some extra sleep on board. Just recline your seat, sit back, relax and enjoy the ride. On the way back we’ll of course dim the lights so you can rest properly. Please note that besides the departure points we could also drop you at Port de Halle, Porte de Namur, Arts/Belliard, Merode, Montgomery, Diamant and Meiser, and coordinate shared taxi rides.
There are still a few seats available as of Friday afternoon 16h30. Please just book your ticket and you will receive your tickets immediately after. Meeting time at Schuman is 6h30, for Louise 6h35 and Midi 6h45. Please be on time. For all practical information, please click here. You can call until late or from 5h45 with 0495-345144.
The Palace of Versailles speaks to the imagination from all perspectives. Its enormous size, design and architecture, as well as the vast collection of art, the incredible opulence, its former inhabitants and its history. It is the ultimate symbol of the absolute monarchy and Ancien Régime. The Palace welcomes over 7,5 million visitors per year, more people than the Eiffel Tower but slightly less than the Louvre Museum. Indeed, the waiting lines are often equally long here. Luckily Expat Club has arranged special access for our group, so we DO NOT WAIT!
With a floor area of 67.000 m2, 700 rooms, 1250 chimneys and 67 staircases, Versailles may very well be the world’s most impressive Palace if not most impressive building every built. Today we are going to visit this amazing Palace, its famous gardens, as well as the Grand and Petit Trianons and Marie-Antoinette’s estate.
Seeing everything is virtually impossible. Besides the fact that many wings, floors and rooms are closed off from the general public, it is simply too big (spending only 1 minute in each room would not even fit within the opening hours). Therefore Expat Club has made the most optimal selection and program for you.
Our program at Versailles
During a partial morning and full afternoon programme you will have the chance to see the very best of the Palace of Versailles, its gardens and the Marie-Antoinette estate. You can first explore the palace on your own with a self-guided audio tour, which will take you about 1,5 to 2 hours. Afterwards you can have lunch in one the two restaurants or stroll through the gardens where you can also eat at various places. From 15h30 the fountains will be activated while beautiful Baroque music will play in the background. This is truly an amazing atmosphere.
From 16h00 we will be starting a 2,5 hours guided tour at the Grands & Petits Trianons as the Queens hamlet. We begin at the Grand Trianon (main entrance), but since this partially overlaps with the fountain show you may also just join us from 17h00 for the Petit Trianon and the Queen’s Hamlet. There is a €15 surcharge for this tour. Based on our earlier trip in the fall the general feedback was that this part is superb, but that there was hardly any information about what makes this place so special. Our guide will show us all the best places, informs us about the history and what happened in these spots.
We travel by luxury 4* coach with comfortable reclining seats that have extra leg space. The bus has an on-board toilet with running water, air conditioning, and a DVD system with several flat screens (we won’t show anything in the early morning). During the trip we provide you with some drinks (water/juice) and snacks. We depart at 06h45 from Place Schuman, followed by Louise and Midi. Of course this is very early, but we need all the time to fully enjoy Versailles.
The Main Palace and the Marie-Antoinnette Estate close by 18h30, but the gardens remain open until 20h30, so you have ample time to enjoy it to the fullest. If you want you can leave on your own to Paris during the afternoon or early evening. The RER train ticket (about €4) leaves every 30 minutes and takes about the same time to get to the Eiffel Tower. For those staying in Versailles (there are lovely places for dinner), you can join the bus back around 20h30-21h00. If you are in Paris, we will pick you up at Porte de Neuilly or Porte d’Anvers (to be decided).
We leave Paris around 21h30/22h00 and come back to Brussels at about 01h00. You can catch some extra sleep on board. Just recline your seat, sit back, relax and enjoy the ride. On the way back we’ll of course dim the lights so you can rest properly. Please note that besides the departure points we could also drop you at Port de Halle, Porte de Namur, Arts/Belliard, Merode, Montgomery, Diamant and Meiser, and coordinate shared taxi rides.
