Before you arrive ·
Arriving, moving between sites and taking breaks
Recognise your arrival station, use the correct estate entrance and keep the return journey in the walking plan.
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Palace or Trianon entrance
The main palace approach passes through the gates on Place d’Armes into the Honour Courtyard. Individual visitors use Entrance A at the Dufour Pavilion. A visit only to Trianon can begin at the Grand or Petit Trianon entrance, without first joining the palace queue. The Petit Trianon admission point is at the Maison du Suisse beside its gate. Inside its gardens, paths continue towards the Queen’s Hamlet. Keep the garden transfer within the estate. Leaving through a public gate does not by itself establish a right to return.
Walking between sites
The Grand and Petit Trianon entrances are about ten minutes apart on foot. From the palace, reaching Trianon is a longer journey through the estate. The little train serves the palace and Trianon, with its own ticket and operating hours. Use the named stop for the place you are visiting. The walk towards the Grand Canal descends from the palace terrace. Returning reverses that slope. Keep time for that return, especially near closing. The central-axis route ends at the canal rather than silently including a lap of its shoreline.
Breaks and leaving the estate
Food outlets and toilets are distributed between the palace, gardens, canal and Trianon. A nearby service in another controlled area may involve another entrance, so follow the visitor signs for the area you are in. Picnics are permitted in the park. Within the formal gardens, the covered Halle des Marmousets is the designated picnic place. Use the paths and keep off lawns where access is prohibited. At the end of a visit, follow the exit signs and then choose the return towards the station or transport stop you need.
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Image credits
- Azurfrog · Grand Trianon Salon des malachites.JPG · CC BY-SA 3.0 · WebP / AVIF
- G.Garitan · Grand Cabinet madame victoire 1505549.jpg · CC BY-SA 4.0 · WebP / AVIF
- Pedemann · Grand Trianon Billard.jpg · CC BY-SA 4.0 · WebP / AVIF
- Jen Wen Luoh · Petit Trianon - Antichambre 01.jpg · CC BY 2.0 · WebP / AVIF
- Jorge Láscar from Melbourne, Australia · Le grand escalier - Petit Trianon (24276910376).jpg · CC BY 2.0 · WebP / AVIF
- Photo: Myrabella / Wikimedia Commons · Cabinet dore Marie-Antoinette Versailles.jpg · CC BY-SA 3.0 · WebP / AVIF
- Hyperios · Bosquet du théâtre d eau Les Belles Danses.jpg · CC BY-SA 4.0 · WebP / AVIF
- Léa Le Floc'h · Chateau de Versailles et son reflet.jpg · CC BY-SA 4.0 · WebP / AVIF
- Coyau / Wikimedia Commons · Hameau de la Reine, maison de la Reine depuis les Cascatelles 01.jpg · CC BY-SA 3.0 · WebP / AVIF