Versailles

Worth seeing in and around Versailles

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Palace of Versailles

   The Palace of Versailles is a château and historic monument in Versailles in the Yvelines department of France, southwest of Paris. It served as the principal residence of the French kings Louis XIV, Louis XV, and Louis XVI. The king, the court, and the royal government lived there permanently from 6 May 1682 until 6 October 1789, except during the Regency years.

   1.1 km · palace in Versailles, France and location of the Museum of the History of France · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

   University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines is a French public university created in 1991, located in the department of Yvelines and, since 2002, in Hauts-de-Seine. It is a constituent university of the federal Paris-Saclay University.

   700 m · French public university created in 1991 member of the Université Paris-Saclay · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Petit Trianon

   The Petit Trianon is a Neoclassical style château located on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles in Versailles, France. It was built between 1762 and 1768 during the reign of King Louis XV. The Petit Trianon was constructed within the gardens of a larger royal retreat known as the Grand Trianon.

   2.2 km · Domain in the park of the Palace of Versailles · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Grand Trianon

   The Grand Trianon is a French Baroque style château situated in the northwestern part of the Domain of Versailles in Versailles, France. It was built at the request of Louis XIV as a retreat for himself and his erstwhile maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de Montespan, and as a place where he and invited guests could take light meals away from the strict etiquette of the royal court.

   2.5 km · palace situated in the northwestern part of the Domain of Versailles · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Hall of Mirrors

   The Hall of Mirrors is a grand Baroque style gallery and one of the most emblematic rooms in the royal Palace of Versailles near Paris, France. The grandiose ensemble of the hall and its adjoining salons was intended to illustrate the power of the absolutist monarch Louis XIV. Located on the first floor of the palace's central body, it faces west towards the palace gardens.

   1.1 km · long gallery in the Palace of Versailles · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Queen's Hamlet, Versailles

   The Hameau de la Reine is a rustic retreat in the park of the Château de Versailles built for Marie Antoinette in 1783 near the Petit Trianon in Yvelines, France. It served as a private meeting place for the queen and her closest friends and as a place of leisure.

   2.2 km · outbuilding of the Petit Trianon located in the castle of Versailles park · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Versailles Cathedral

   Versailles Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church located in Versailles, France. It is a national monument.

   1.1 km · cathedral located in Yvelines, in France · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Galerie des Batailles

   The Galerie des Batailles is a gallery occupying the first floor of the Aile du Midi of the Palace of Versailles, joining onto the grand and petit appartement de la reine. 120 m long and 13 m wide, it is an epigone of the Grande Galerie of the Louvre and was intended to glorify French military history from the Battle of Tolbiac to the Battle of Wagram.

   1 km · museum in France · Wikipedia
9. 09
   HEC Paris Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute

   HEC Paris is a non-profit business school and grande école located in Jouy-en-Josas, a southwestern outer suburb of Paris, France. The school has other campuses in Doha, Qatar and in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

   5.9 km · innovation and entrepreneurship research institute · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Versailles Synagogue

    The Versailles Synagogue is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 10, rue Albert Joly in Versailles in the Yvelines department, in the Île-de-France region of France. Built between 1884 and 1886 by the architect Alfred-Philibert Aldrophe, it was inaugurated in 1886, and is one of the oldest purpose-built synagogues in the Île-de-France region.

    600 m · synagogue located in Yvelines, in France · Wikipedia

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Getting to Versailles

Airports

Paris-Orly (ORY), 18 km · Charles de Gaulle (CDG), 38 km · Beauvais-Tillé airport (BVA), 72 km

Stations

Gare de Versailles-Chantiers, 1.1 km · Versailles Château–Rive-Gauche, 700 m · Gare de Versailles-Rive-Droite, 500 m · gare de Saint-Cyr, 4.5 km · Viroflay-Rive-Gauche station, 2.7 km

• Beauvais → Versailles

  70 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · €9–13
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• Lesquin → Versailles

  211 km · quickest by road, 3h 24m · €23–32
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• Nantes → Versailles

  326 km · quickest by road, 5h 3m · €37–50
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