Private Versailles Tour
Our award winning Versailles Tour, just for you.
Experience Versailles at your own pace, in your own style and with only your favorite people. On our Private Versailles Tour, we curate the perfect day for you. As the saying goes, start as you mean to go on, and the day begins at your Paris accommodation so that you can sit back and enjoy. Let us take the lead and show you the very best of Versailles.
What's Included
- Tailored to You
- Duration: Full or Half Day
- Explore by Bike, Foot or Van.
- Bikes available for all ages: including childseats & tandems.
- Central Paris Meeting Point
- Travel by Train or Private Van
- Skip the Line Access
- Hosted in English
When: Every day except Monday
Start Times: At Your Chosen Start Time
Book with Confidence: Private tours can be canceled and fully refunded up to 7 days before the experience starts.
What to Expect
Why walk with the crowds & stand in line when you can ride a bike & skip the line?
Together we will escape the crowds of Paris to discover the local town of Versailles, whose history has been beautifully preserved. A quintessential French town, with a bustling food market at the heart of it.
Explore the breath-taking gardens We will cruise through the expansive, stunning grounds of Versailles and wander through the world famous Royal Gardens. Hidden in the far corner of the Versailles grounds we will explore Marie Antoinette’s hideaway – a life size doll house created for the most notorious Queen in French history. We will lay our picnic beside the Grand Canal, far from the crowds, where you can enjoy your spoils from the local market, and experience Versailles the French way.
Skip the line to visit the Château And of course, the pièce de résistance, we will skip the notorious lines to Château. Your professional guide will then share with you the famous Hall of Mirrors, the King’s bedroom, the Queen’s Apartments and much more.
What Would You Like To See?
From the options below, you can choose to include all or just your favourites:
Good to Know
- Meet in Central Paris & travel together to Versailles.
- Bikes based in Versailles (no need to carry them on the train).
- Fountains are turned on: Saturdays & Sundays in summer.
- Bikes available for all ages: including childseats & tandems.
Enhance Your Experience
In our booking flow, you can choose from the add ons below to enhance your Versailles Private Tour:
Travel Your Way
Prefer not to catch the train? Travel to Versailles by chauffeured van, where your bikes will be waiting for you.
Dine in Style
Choose to have a locally sourced picnic lunch included or to dine in style at a Versailles restaurant.
Explore by Van or Foot
Ideal for those for who prefer not to cycle. Discover Versailles by van or foot, rather than bike.
Full Day Versailles
- Versailles' Award-Winning Open Air Food Market
- Skip-the-Line Access to Château de Versailles
- Pro Guided Tour included inside the Château
- Hall of Mirrors & King's Bedroom
- Grand & Petit Trianons
- Picnic by the Grand Canal (*picnic at guest's cost)
- Versailles Inner Royal Gardens
- Musical Fountain Show (turn on Saturday & Sundays)
- Explore the Grounds of Versailles
- Wine & Cheese (it's France!)
- Queen's Hamlet
- Classy Bike & Optional Helmet
Half Day Versailles
- Skip-the-Line Access to Château de Versailles
- Pro Guided Tour included inside the Château
- Hall of Mirrors & King's Bedroom
- Picnic by the Grand Canal
- Versailles Inner Royal Gardens
- Explore the Grounds of Versailles
- Wine & Cheese (it's France!)
- Classy Bike & Optional Helmet
- Musical Fountain Show (turn on Saturdays & Sundays)
- Queen's Hamlet
You'll Love
Floating past the long lines, with your own specialist private guide to chaperone you skillfully through the Château, sharing stories at every turn.
Feeling like a local as you explore the town of Versailles, and it’s award-winning market!
Riding away from the crowds to explore the very best of Versailles.
Easy to find.
On our Versailles Private Tour we can meet you directly at your accommodation or you can meet us at a café in central Paris:
Le Paris Montparnasse, 43 Avenue du Maine Paris 75014
We can travel to Versailles by train or van.
Want to meet directly in Versailles? No problem, just let us know.
Frequently Asked Questions
It is almost as if Versailles was designed with our bike tour in mind. The majority of our ride takes place within the Royal Gardens, where we can enjoy stress-free cycling, far from the traffic and crowds. Outside of the gardens, cycle paths weave their way throughout the town and are set on the footpaths, away from traffic.
Of course. All our tours of Versailles include a guided tour of the Palace with a fully licensed member of our team. We do not abandon you with an audio guide. We use earpieces so you can hear your guide, can ask questions & don’t miss a thing! If there is one Palace in the world to visit, this is the one!
We frequently have children join our tours, and have a fleet of children’s bikes, tandems, child-seats and helmets for them – we love sharing the day with families and take great pride in entertaining and ensuring the safety of all ages throughout the day.
Absolutely not, our bikes are located in Versailles.
Yes, simply let us know in the notes section when you book and we will contact you with details of where and when to meet us in Versailles.
Yes, we include the inner gardens and fountain show as part of our tours. However, please note the fountains only turn on at set times, on set dates – every Saturday & Sunday in the summer.
We still visit the inner gardens on days the fountains do not run as Versailles “was a garden before a castle, a feast before a garden, a night before a thousand suns. If you want to understand Versailles, one must first walk through its gardens”.
No. All tickets, travel (including train tickets to and from Versailles), access to Versailles, the gardens, the Hamlet and the fountains are all included.