Hello everyone,
Today I will share to you about the day trip of visiting Versailles Palace, France.
Versailles Palace is located in Versailles District, outskirt of Paris central area. At 10:00am from Enjoy Hostel we stayed in Paris, we took the nearest bus from Enjoy Hostel to Gare Montparnasse.
Here we had to ask for help from a member of tourist guide team where we could buy a train ticket to Versailles because there were many ticket machines.
The train tickets from Paris to Versailles, which cost nearly 3.5 EUR per one-way ticket per person. The train was nice and clean.
The window of the train Paris - Versailles
We arrived at Versailles after 25 mins travel, then walked 8-10 mins from the train station to the palace and queued 30 mins to enter the Palace.
We arrived at Versailles Train Station
There were long queues to enter the Versailles Palace even we purchased online tickets before visiting day.
Our visit was during the covid restrict time, so the security team of the Palace worked very carefully to make sure the safety for everyone visiting the attraction. Obviously, the first requirement to enter any attractions of France is vaccine certificates aka vaccine EU passport.
Versailles Palace and its gardens are too big to be visited in one day. So we only purchased the tickets to visit inside the palace. Maybe next time we will visit its gardens.
Versailles Palace is to glorify mostly King Louis XIV and his wife Queen Maria Theresa of Spain. I read the information of his rule which was the longest recorded in French History. Besides, my travel-mate had one biggest purpose to visit this place is to learn how infamous queen Marie Antoinette used to live and burn all wealth of French people in her parties and gamblings. 🤣🤣🤣
The statue of King Louis XIV in front of the gate of Versailles Palace
The front yard of the palace
The palace is very nicely maintained and most of all original details are kept intact. The audio tour guide recorder was included in the ticket price and it was very useful. We listened to all information of the recorder every room we visited.
The epic painting on the ceiling of Chapel Room inside the Palace
The bed of the king
The huge fireplace in the meeting room of the king
Another corner in the meeting room of the king
The hall way connecting the King's bedroom to Queen's bedroom
The bed of the queens - wives of Kings Louis
The painting of queen Marie Antoinette and her children
After 4 hours of the visit, we went back to Versailles Train Station for a trip back to Paris. Arrived at the Gare Montparnasse around 5:40pm and we found a small Lebanese restaurant on Rue de I’IsIy named “La Pause Libanaise”. All dishes with meat & hummus were so so delicious as well as their vegan dish which made my partner very happy :D. The price is reasonable. The restaurant manager/owner and the staffs are very helpful and friendly. Highly recommended if you want a nice budget dinner in a pricey Paris!
The sign board of "La Pause Libanaise"
The vegeterian dish with eggplant hummus was very delicious here
We took a metro back to hostel around 10:30pm. This day was one of the most enjoyable trip around Paris for both of us.