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* Versailles...
Famous on all five continents for the château of the Sun King, Versailles is also… a town. Seductive, captivating, rich with a unique historic heritage and old districts that have kept their charm and are crying out for a stroll. Take an open invitation to explore them. Versailles has plenty in store to charm… and surprise you.

* Not to be missed
- Château, the Grand and Petit Trianon
- The park and its copses
- The Marie-Antoinette’s Domain
- Musée Lambinet, reflecting the Age of Enlightenment and the history of Versailles
- The old districts: Notre-Dame, Old Versailles, Saint-Louis, Montreuil
- The King’s Stables housing the Carriage Museum and the Equestrian Show Academy
- Montansier theatre
- Salle du Jeu de Paume (royal tennis room) and the Hôtel des Menus Plaisirs
- Notre-Dame covered market and the antique shops around the old Gaol
- Potager du Roi (King’s kitchen garden)

* Experience Versailles
Versailles discovery week-end
- From € 222 for 2 people in a 2-star hotel. This package includes accommodation with breakfast, 2-day passes to the château (including, among other things, 2 admissions to the Grandes Eaux Musicales), 2 admissions to the “Versailles Tour”, to discover the city at your own pace while hopping on and off the bus at different stops, and a lunch.

* Festive Versailles "Les Grandes Eaux Musicales":
From March 31 to September 30 2007 every Saturday, Sunday and some public holidays. A stroll in the garden, to the most beautiful music by Lully. With fountains and pools, water accompanies this musical promenade.

* Getting There
3 train stations: service to and from Paris every 15 mins, 7 days a week
- Airports: Roissy and Orly
- Car and coach parks on Place d’Armes in front of the château
- Motorway: A13, known as the “autoroute de Normandie" (18km from Paris)

* Contact
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OFFICE DE TOURISME
2 bis avenue de Paris
78000 Versailles
33 (0)1 39 24 88 88
Fax: 33 (0)1 39 24 88 89
tourisme@ot-versailles.fr

 
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