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In accordance with government guidelines, the Palace of Versailles and its Gardens, the Grand Trianon, the Petit Trianon and their Gardens are closed to the public. The « 1 Year in Versailles » exclusive programme and subscription requests have been suspended for the time being. We will come back to you as soon as possible to inform you of the compensation measures. We remain at your disposal by e-mail at abo@chateauversailles.fr and by phone at 01 30 83 76 20. Thank you for your understanding.
Take advantage of numerous benefits, both at Versailles and with our partners!
Benefits of the "1 year in versailles" card
Admission to the Palace without queuing
Skip the queues at the Palace entrance by presenting your card at the no-queue admission section at entrance A in the Dufour Pavilion.
Free and unlimited admission
- To all areas of the Palace
- To the gardens, including on Musical Fountains Show and Musical Gardens days
(reduced rates for the Fountains Night Show and Royal Serenades) - To the Grand Trianon and Marie-Antoinette’s Estate (Petit Trianon open to guided tours only)
- To the temporary exhibitions
At the estate
Upon presentation of your subscription card.
Benefits with our partners
Château de Breteuil
Château de Breteuil
Benefit from a discounted rate for unaccompanied visits of the park and fairy tale scenes (€9.50 instead of €10.50) and guided tours of the château + unaccompanied visits around the park and fairy tale scenes (€14.60 instead of €16.60), upon presentation of your "1 Year in Versailles" card.
Château de Breteuil has been the place of residence of the Marquis de Breteuil for four centuries, and retraces the history of a grand old family closely tied to the history of France. 50 wax figures, 8 fairy tales by Perrault, a 75-hectare park and multiple animations bring the site alive today.
Address: Château de Breteuil, Choisel, 78460 Chevreuse
Visits every day, all year round. Park opens at 10am, château visits from 2.30pm. Last visit at 5.30pm. Additional visit at 11.30am on Sundays, national holidays and every day during local school holidays.
©Fabrice Milochau
Château de Condé
Château de Condé
Benefit from a discounted rate for visits of the Château and Park (€11 instead of €14), upon presentation of your "1 Year in Versailles" card.
Situated on the road to Champagne, between Paris and Reims, Château de Condé gave its name to one of the most illustrious branches of the House of Bourbon: the House of Condé. It is home to luxurious ornamentation from the 17th and 18th centuries by prestigious artists such as Watteau, Boucher and Oudry. Come and discover this listed Historic Monument and former residence of the Princes of Condé, Bourbon and Savoy.
Address: Château de Condé, 4 rue du Château, 02330 Condé-en-Brie
Open from 2.30pm to 5.30pm from Tuesday to Sunday. Annual closure from the end of the autumn school holidays to the start of the spring school holidays.
Lambinet Museum
Lambinet Museum
Benefit from a discounted rate for unaccompanied visits of the collections and temporary exhibitions (€4 instead of €6) and unaccompanied visits of the collections (€3.50 instead of €5), upon presentation of your "1 Year in Versailles" card.
Lambinet museum is a former private mansion built by Joseph-Barnabé Porchon, a businessman for the Royal Estates under Louis XV, on the site of the old Clagny lake. Bought by Victor Lambinet in 1852, it was bequeathed to the city in 1929 and now houses the municipal art collections. Composed of large compendiums by collectors presented in the intimate ambiance of a former residence, the collections showcase in turn paintings and objets d’art from the18th century and the French Revolution, as well as works on the history of the city of Versailles and Romantic and Post-Impressionist paintings.
Address: Musée Lambinet, 54 boulevard de la Reine, 78000 Versailles
Open every day from 2pm to 6pm except on Fridays, national holidays and during annual summer closure in August.
Maison de la Pierre du Sud de l’Oise
Maison de la Pierre du Sud de l’Oise
Enjoy a reduced rate for visiting the “Maison de la Pierre” (museum of stone), its underground quarry and temporary exhibitions (€4.50 instead of €6), upon presentation of your "1 Year in Versailles" card.
Located in Oise, less than an hour from Paris, the “Maison de la Pierre du Sud de l’Oise” offers a range of activities to introduce you to the heritage of stone. The programme includes a tour of underground and open quarries, sculpture workshops, geology and temporary exhibitions.
Address: Maison de la Pierre du Sud de l’Oise, 22 rue Jean Jaurès, 60740 Saint-Maximin, France
Open from 1:30 pm to 6:30 pm Wednesday to Sunday (April to October) or Wednesdays and Sundays only (November to March). Closed every year between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
National Equestrian Academy of the Estate of Versailles
National Equestrian Academy of the Estate of Versailles
Enjoy reduced rates for the “La Voie de l’écuyer” equestrian show (€16 for your and €22 for your guests instead of €25) and “A Morning with the Equerries” (€5 for you and €8 for your guests instead of €10). Tickets can be collected at the venue an hour before the show begins, upon presentation of your "1 Year in Versailles" card.
In the Versailles Great Stables, discover the “La Voie de l’écuyer” show by the National Equestrian Academy, a ballet troupe which is the only one of its kind in the world and which combines Haute École classical dressage with other disciplines such as fencing, singing and Kyudo (Japanese archery).
Address: Manège de la Grande Ecurie du Château de Versailles, Avenue Rockefeller, 78000 Versailles, France
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National Centre for Stage Costumes (CNCS)
National Centre for Stage Costumes (CNCS)
Enjoy reduced rates for unaccompanied visits at the CNCS (€4 instead of €5) and individual guided tours on Saturdays, Sundays and during school holidays (€7.50 instead of €10), upon presentation of your "1 Year in Versailles" card.
The CNCS is the largest conservation body in France and abroad that is devoted entirely to costumes and stage design. The CNCS is responsible for a heritage collection of 9,000 theatre, opera and ballet costumes as well as numerous pieces of machinery and stage set items.
Address: National Centre for Stage Costumes, Route de Montilly, 03000 Moulins
Open daily 10:00am to 6:00pm (September to June) or 6:30pm (July and August), except for one-off closures between exhibitions (approximately three weeks).
Potager du Roi (Royal Vegetable Garden)
Potager du Roi (Royal Vegetable Garden)
Enjoy reduced admission fees to the Potager du Roi (€3 instead of €4.50 during the week or €6.50 on weekends and public holidays), upon presentation of your "1 Year in Versailles" card.
Come and discover the Potager du Roi, which was created between 1678 and 1683 by Jean-Baptiste La Quintinie at the request of Louis XIV. Open to the public, it is now home to the National School of Landscape Architecture. It has been listed as a historic monument and a Remarkable Garden, and its gardeners continue the art of pruning and also grow a wide variety of fruit and vegetables in the French-style garden.
Address: Potager du Roi, 10 Rue du Maréchal Joffre, 78000 Versailles
Open 10:00 am to 6:00 pm Tuesday and Thursday (January to March), Tuesday to Sunday (April to October), or Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning (November and December).
©Sylvain Duffard
THE ARRAS MUSEUM OF FINE ART - NAPOLEON EXHIBITION
THE ARRAS MUSEUM OF FINE ART - NAPOLEON EXHIBITION
Benefit, until the 4th November 2018, from a reduced rate of €5 instead of €7.50 to visit the exhibition Napoleon. Images of the legend, upon presentation of your "1 Year in Versailles" card.
The partnership between the region Hauts-de-France, the town of Arras and the Palace of Versailles is continuing with a new exhibition dedicated to Napoleon.
The exhibition presents a large selection of the Napoleonic collection from the palaces of Versailles and Trianon, which is the world's largest on the subject. Visitors will be able to discover the history of Napoleon in chronological order, from General Bonaparte to the fallen Emperor.
Address: The Arras Museum of Fine Art, 22 rue Paul Doumer, 62000 Arras.
Opening hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 11am to 6pm and
Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 6pm.
© Didier Saulnier
The « 1 year in Versailles » card
Benefit from free and unlimited access to the Estate (including on the days of Musical Fountains Shows and Musical Gardens) while avoiding the queue at the entrance of the Palace. And share your benefits with your friends !
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