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Re: Any tips for visiting Versailles
[Re: JimandBeth]
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04/07/2015 05:19 PM
04/07/2015 05:19 PM
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RobT
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The grounds are very large, but they do offer golf carts for rental if you want to see some of the building farther away. Beats walking and is much faster.
Boating on the canals is fun as well.
You can get a pass to major attractions in Paris that is good at Versailles as well. Then you do not have to stand in line to get your tickets. We got one at the Arc de Triumph were there was no line.
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Re: Any tips for visiting Versailles
[Re: JimandBeth]
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04/20/2015 01:14 PM
04/20/2015 01:14 PM
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go early in the day, it gets crowded when the tours come in. cafeteria is fine. Place also closes early !!!???) like 5 or 5:30 even tho lots of daylight left. I think they charge extra money to come in at "night") wear sun screen and a hat , long lines to get in, you stand in the sun for an hour, even if u already have a ticket (gee seems they could add some shade, how long has it been there??) poorly managed in my opinion the garden tour train shuts down if the one loader attendant has to leave for 15 minutes based on 2015 visit. Also went in 1986 paid for an english tour, got a chinese french woman guide who spoke almost no english and was in a hurry.
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Re: Any tips for visiting Versailles
[Re: JimandBeth]
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04/20/2015 05:14 PM
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On my first visit to Versailles in 2003, we went early and finished later in the afternoon. We tried to find a restaurant, but this being France, they did not open for dinner until later. I forgot the time, but we did not want to take a late train back to Paris, so we just took the train back and ate in Paris.
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