Versailles Palace Reviews

well i thought the Palace was tres bien! It was a pity that they were renevating the hall of mirrors, but still what a magnificent building! There was, i felt an overload of Baroque decoration in some parts of the palace but that was just my taste. The only thing i would say to potential visitors is that be sure you know which entrance you're ...  Read the complete review

The more I learn about him, the less I like Louis XIV. Arrogant, autocratic, egotistical, capricious, vain. Of course, all despots are a bit that way inclined. It's an occupational hazard, but that doesn't make it any more appealing. One of the few arguments for hereditary monarchy is that if you're going to have a despot it's better ...  Read the complete review

As I stepped off the coach the heavens opened and rain began to cascade from the sky. I was experiencing my first Parisian rain and, far from being, the imagined romantic drifting soft dew I would have expected from the precipitation of such a fine city, the water poured down like a monsoon. I trudged my way to the Palace's ...  Read the complete review

No trip to France, and certainly no sojourn in the Ile-de-France, the region surrounding and encompassing Paris, could ever claim to be anywhere near complete if it did not include a visit to the Royal town of Versailles. Versailles is of course home to the world's (rightly) most famous palace, but not only that: it contains many fine ...  Read the complete review

Home to the Sun King and a part of my heart Versailles must surely be the most spectacular palace in Europe. I have been to Versailles twice so far and have still not managed to see it all. I was expecting it to be grand but nothing on the scale of what is found at Versailles. Versailles was the home to the French kings from 1682 until ...  Read the complete review

The palace of the 'Roi Soleil', Louis XIV, is a thing of splendour, majesty and pomp, definitely not to be omitted from your tour of France. The work at Versailles began after the young king visited Nicholas Fouquet at his chateau, Vaux-Le-Vicomte; overcome with jealousy, Louis set about the realisation of his own dream. Building ...  Read the complete review