Kingtours has designed the perfect Versailles Tour with a combination of Golcarts and Bikes which is the best possible way to discover the huge 2000 acres Royal Domain !
Our fun & knowledgeable local guides will definitely make your day @Versailles special.
We are doing a big loop inside the 2000 acres grounds of Versailles, we won’t pass twice by the same route.
Our itinerary was timed according to the fountains show schedule (Apr-Oct, tuesdays & weekends).
Book our Perfect Golfcarts + Bikes Versailles Tour
INCLUDED picnic lunch from iconic Angelina‘s tearoom & restaurant : parisian sandwich (cooked ham, comté cheese, mesclun salad, mustard, butter) OR vegetarian cheese & salad sandwich (emmental cheese, mesclun salad, mustard, butter, pickles)
- soft drink OR little bottle of wine
- mineral water (still or sparkling)
- vanilla financier (small French almond cake, flavoured with hazelnut butter, usually baked in a small mold)
+/- 6hours
we will spend 6 hours together (9:30-3:30), then you will visit the Palace on your own, at your own pace. You can stay until the Palace closing time at 6:30PM.
9:30, in front of the Grille Royale. After passing security check, keep going up, you will see a massive shiny golden gate, there you are! You are responsible for arriving at the meeting point in time for your tour.
FREE !
Free cancellation 48 hours before the begining of the Tour (A for C, before 9am). 30% fee for cancellation less than 48 hours before the tour.
In the peak season (April -Sept) as we need to purchase the tickets way in advance due to high attendance, 25€ per adults and 9€ per children will be deducted from the refund.
No refunds in case of no show.
What's included ?
Pretty much everything 🙂
- Ticket with timed entry to the Palace
- Ticket for the Petit Trianon
- Ticket for the Grand Trianon
- Ticket for the Queen's Hamlet
- Golf cart rental (4pers/ car)
- Bike rental
- Picnic lunch with wine
- Fun & knowledgeable live guide
Highlights
- Orangerie 10:00
- Gardens + Groves 10:30
- Grand Canal 11:30
- Petit Trianon / Queen's hamlet 12:30
- Picnic lunch 13:30
- Grand Trianon 14:15
- Palace 15:30
Tour description
Our journey begins at 9:30AM in front of the main entrance of the Palace, at the foot of the majestic golden Grille Royale.
We will first head towards the south parterre, where our rides (golfcarts) will be waiting for us. Golfcarts are the perfect way to travel through the amazing gardens and discover all the wonderful hidden Groves created by the brilliant André Le Nôtre. Sit back and relax or take the wheel and enjoy the beauty of formal french gardens while our guide tells you all about them ! The fountains are only activated from April until October on tuesdays and on the weekends, and do not run all day long but we timed our Tour so that we stop by them when water is flowing!
After our journey through the groves we’ll arrive at the Petite Venise, next to the Grand Canal. We will then trade our carts for bikes and smoothly pedal along the Grand Canal and through the Royal Forest to reach The Petit Trianon. There, we will park the bikes and, after receiving some amazing historical informations about the place, you will enjoy free time to discover the rustic retreat built for Marie Antoinette, inspired by traditional architecture of rural Normandy.
It will then be time for our picnic lunch break from iconic Angelina. Relax and sip some wine while our guide shares fun facts about french Royalty.
Once we have regained our strength, we will cycle to the Grand Trianon and after hearing more fascinating stories about Louis XIV and his mistress Madame de Montespan, you will enjoy more free time to explore this amazing pink marble palace.
We will then head to the Neptune fountain where we will drop our bikes and make our way back to the Palace on foot, crossing through more amazing groves, exactly when the water jets are on!
Finally, it will be time to access the Palace, when it is less crowed, with a timed entry ticket. From there you will be able to visit by yourself, at your own pace, the royal residence of French Monarchy and it’s most iconic room : the magnificent Hall of Mirrors.
Martha MacGregor2024-04-01So much fun! We loved being able to see so much of the grounds via golf cart & bike, and our very nice and knowledgeable guide timed it perfectly with the fountains (which are only on certain days and at certain times). There’s so much we would have missed if we had tried to cover the grounds on our own. We (including our teenagers) all loved having the emphasis on the grounds rather than the crowded inside of the palace. This tour is excellent.
Merieme Ziane2024-03-31The best way to enjoy the Versailles domain on a bike, allegedly.
Armida Villarreal2024-03-30Great tour! Tour guide was extremely knowledgeable and friendly, and despite the weather had such an amazing time. We’ll definitely rebook for the summer.
Margi Patel2024-03-26We were on the bike and golf cart tour with Lucie and we had booked the tour with Nima. It was a rainy and cold day but they made it bearable for us. They made sure that everyone on the tour was as comfortable as possible and got what they wanted/needed. We ended up cutting the tour short because of the weather but they expedited everything for us to the best of their ability. I’d recommend a tour with Nima and Lucie any day!! The only thing I’d suggest is the tour be a little shorter because 6 hours before even entering the palace is long. Or the entry to the palace should be the first option. And a fair warning the palace was crowded. :)
Adam Day2024-03-17Excellent tour. Nema was amazing and full of information. I would definitely recommend hiring Kingtours for any trip to Versailles
sebastien zarrinabady2024-03-15Nous avons pris énormément de plaisir à visiter le château et ses jardins le tout commenté par Nima. Nous le referons mais espérons le avec un temps plus clément. Nous vous conseillons vivement kingtours.
Audrey Schlorholtz2023-11-28We booked the combined golf cart + bike tour for our family of 4 during our recent trip to Paris for the Thanksgiving break and it was simply amazing! Even though the temps were a little chilly, our amazing host Nima did an incredible job delivering every aspect of the tour as promised. We learned so much at every stop and really felt like we were transported back in time as he described Versailles as it was during that time. Our kids (17 & 14) loved the golf carts and the bikes and it really helped us all appreciate the grand size of Versailles. The bag lunch from Angelina was delicious too. If you go in November the statues will be covered and the gardens will be sparse, but the crowds will be extremely low. Now we just need to go back in the spring so we can see the beautiful gardens and grounds in full bloom!
Carine CR2023-11-26excellente visite de Versailles. Notre guide était l'un des meilleurs,Nima une expérience vraiment formidable tout autour!
Niloofar Sharifi2023-11-26Having all the thing that pepole want , Everything was amazing
Amirmohsen Gorji2023-11-03Such a formidable experience at a great historic place with an excellent guide who tells the stories of the palace very well. The planning was accurate and well designed.