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Inside the garden groves
A seasonal walk through the Ballroom, Enceladus, Apollo’s Baths and Water Theatre, comparing four ways of making an enclosed garden.
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Leave the main garden axis for spaces designed around dancing, a giant, a rocky grotto and contemporary sculpture. The four stops belong to different phases of the garden’s history. This is a seasonal visit on grove-opening days. It uses the northern approach to the Water Theatre and ends near the North Parterre. Choose the central-axis walk outside grove-opening days.
Before you arrive
This grove visit is for Musical Gardens and Musical Fountains opening days. Outside those days, choose the walk from the palace terrace to the Grand Canal.
2026-10-26 / 2026-11-01
World estimates; allow extra time for admission and security. This is not a live availability check.
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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