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From Paris: Giverny and Versailles Palace Guided Day Trip

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Activity provider: City Wonders Ltd.
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    From Paris: Giverny and Versailles Palace Guided Day Trip

    Activity provider: City Wonders Ltd.
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    From US$ 167.77 per person

    Combine a visit to Monet’s Giverny estate with a tour of the Versailles palace and gardens. Travel round-trip from Paris on a full-day small-group excursion.

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    Duration 10 hours
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    Skip the ticket line
    Live tour guide
    English

    Experience

    Itinerary
    7.5 hours

    • Place du Trocadéro

    • 1 hour

    • Musée des Impressionnismes

    • Giverny (lunch)

    • 1 hour

    • Palace of Versailles (guided tour, free time)

    • 30 minutes

    • Place du Trocadéro

    Meeting point
    Main stop
    Highlights
    • See where Claude Monet, the father of Impressionism, lived and worked
    • Skip the lines at Versailles and take a tour of the most important rooms
    • Enjoy a walk through the gardens of Versailles, among the finest in Europe
    • Explore the iconic sites with a guide and a small group
    Full description

    Take a guided tour of Monet’s Giverny estate and the Palace of Versailles on this day tour from Paris by air-conditioned coach. Save time with skip-the-line entrance to the Château de Versailles and its elegant garden. 

    Be picked up from a centrally-located meeting point in Paris and board a spacious coach. Stop at the Monet Foundation for a short introduction to the estate. Take a walk around the lily pad pond and visit the artist’s ivy-clad house. Take a break in town where you can purchase a delicious lunch. Sit back and take in the views on the short drive to Versailles, a perfectly preserved example of French royal extravagance. Breeze past the long lines at Versailles with your fast-tracked entrance. Explore the this famous palace and follow your guide on a tour of the rooms where Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette threw lavish soirées. Visit the private royal chambers. Enjoy a short tour of the gardens and then have the freedom to appreciate them further at your leisure. Depending on the day, you may experience the Fountain Show or the Musical Gardens.

    Hop back on the bus and relax on the transfer back to your meeting point in Paris.

    Includes
    • English-speaking tour guide
    • Round-trip transportation from Paris by comfortable air-conditioned coach
    • Skip-the-line entrance to the Château de Versailles and its gardens
    • Entrance ticket to Monet’s house and gardens
    • Headsets when appropriate, so you can always hear your guide
    • Small groups of 20 people or fewer
    • Gratuities
    • Hotel pick-up and drop off
    • Food and drinks
    Not suitable for
    • Wheelchair users
    Covid-19 precautions
    Safety measures in place
    • The number of visitors is limited to reduce crowds
    Traveler requirements
    • You are required to bring and wear a mask
    • You will receive a mandatory temperature check

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    Participants

    Date

    Meeting point

    Meeting point may vary depending on the option booked.

    Important information

    What to bring

    • Hat
    • Sunscreen
    • Water

    Not allowed

    • Baby strollers
    • Luggage or large bags
    • Baby carriages

    Know before you go

    • Those using wheelchairs or having impairments requiring special assistance cannot be accommodated on the tour
    • Strollers or baby carriages cannot be accommodated on this group tour
    • Extra measures may restrict the size of bags that can be brought inside. To avoid disruptions or possible denied entry, it is strongly suggested that you avoid bringing large purses, bags or backpacks on your tour
    • Skip-the-line access and careful planning limit crowd exposure, but please be aware that some locations may be unavoidably busy during standard hours
    • Government-imposed COVID restrictions for entering countries and venues (e.g. booster shot, negative COVID test, vaccine certificate with a QR code) may change at short notice
    • It is the responsibility of all visitors to ensure they check the official travel advice on the government websites and comply with local requirements. The local partner will not be held responsible for refused access to museums and tourist attractions
    Customer reviews

    Overall rating

    4.5 /5

    based on 100 reviews

    Review summary

    • Guide
      4.2/5
    • Transportation
      4.6/5
    • Value for money
      4.3/5
    • Safety
      4.6/5

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    this was an overall enjoyable day tour. the meeting place in Paris was off the beaten path but nonetheless the bus was comfortable. The Monet gardens speak to themselves, they are pristine. The tour guide on the bus was knowledgeable but not engaging, making the trip seem much longer than need be. The guide drops you off at the Garden entrance and leaves you on your own (disappointing as you want to hear about the gardens). The same goes from Versailles. A new guide was assigned, although nice, the tour provided a lot of repetitive info, slightly hard to hear from the ear sets with all the background crowd noise. This part of the tour felt extremely tour as the guide was not very engaging.

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    June 24, 2022

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    GetYourGuide traveler – United States Verified booking

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    Giverny was nice though the guide for this portion of the tour did not do much explaining. Versailles guided tour was wonderful as our guide Alex was an expert in history and was able to bring the whole tour to life. We did not get to see the fountain show though due to an issue with the entrance tickets. The combination of both destinations made sense and the coach ride was extremely comfortable and time-saving. P.S. my rating for the guide below is only for the Versailles one.

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    June 19, 2022

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    GetYourGuide traveler – Singapore Verified booking

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    The Giverny and Versailles guided tour was excellent for what we wanted. Our guides (Karen for Giverny and Anthony for Versailles) were amazing and very knowledgable. Only thing to note is that Giverny is more of a self guided tour, with Karen providing info and context on the bus prior to going into Monet’s house, which was fine as the house and garden were ideal for self guided. For Versailles, we had purchased the tour along with musical garden and fountain show. It wasn’t clear if this was actually required or if it is already I included in the regular admittance as the fountains and music were just part of the regular admittance. Overall, would recommend the tour if you want to have everything managed for you and don’t want to worry about lines, entrance and transportation ( as both attractions were outside of Paris) and wanted a short guided tour with information to supplement what you are seeing.

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    April 30, 2022

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