Decision
Which Versailles Ticket or Tour You Actually Need
A Passport, a Trianon ticket, a garden ticket that only exists half the year, and sixteen guided departures that bundle them differently. Sorted into one table.
Palace of Versailles Guides
The long ones. Each of these settles a decision end to end, so you can stop opening tabs: which ticket you need, how to shape the day around a midday opening, whether to arrange it yourself, what the private fare buys, and which month to come.
Itinerary
One Day at the Palace of Versailles, Hour by Hour
The Palace opens at nine and the Trianon estate at noon, which inverts the order most people plan. Three day-shapes, set against the time you actually arrive.
Doing it yourself
Visiting Versailles Without a Tour: An Honest Comparison
The Passport, the RER fare and the security queue against what a guided departure buys you. Sometimes the answer is that you do not need one.
What you pay for
Private vs Small-Group Tours of the Palace of Versailles
The widest price gap on this estate, laid out in what you get rather than in adjectives: the vehicle, the group cap, the pickup point and who sets the pace.
Seasonal
The Palace of Versailles Month by Month
Twelve months against the fountains, the crowds, the closing time and the price. From November the gardens are free to everyone, every day, and nobody sells that.
Every guide closes on the departures it is about, and all of them are on Palace of Versailles Tours. If you would rather start with the practical side, planning your visit and the questions people ask most cover it.