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Opening of the Royal Tennis Court

Open free of charge from Tuesday to Sunday, 12:30 to 5:30 pm, the Royal Tennis court of Versailles became the birthplace of French democracy, linked to an important episode of the Revolution.

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guided tours

During guided tours, a speaker from the Palace invites you into lesser known locations otherwise closed to the visitors. You can also book online tours to discover the backstage of the Castle from your home!

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The "1 year in Versailles" card

The best of Versailles for subscribers! For a whole year, benefit from numerous advantages thanks to the SOLO or DUO cards, and unlimited ticket access from only 65€.

Digital

The Palace of Versailles' Mobile App

The app is completely free of charge. It includes the audioguide tours in English and an interactive map of the Estate.

Facilities

Facilities

Audioguide

To learn more about the Palace during your visit, remember to book the audioguide available in 12 languages. You can pick it up at a special counter in the Vestibule of the Gabriel Pavilion or book it online.

Mobile Application

Mobile Application

Rabbids at Versailles

The Rabbids have invaded the Gardens of Versailles! You have to repair the damage and flush them out to send them back where they came from!

Exhibition

Exhibition

Guillaume Bresson

From 21 January to 25 May 2025, the Palace of Versailles is presenting an exhibition by the contemporary artist Guillaume Bresson, a leading light of French figurative painting.

Exhibition at the Science Museum, London

Off-site exhibition

Versailles: Science and Splendour

From 12 December 2024 to 21 April 2025, the Science Museum in London is hosting the exhibition Versailles: Science and Splendour, which has been developed with scientific support from the Palace of Versailles. Over one hundred exhibits, some forty of which are from the collections at Versailles, will be assembled to provide an insight into the major role played by science at the court of Versailles in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Exhibition at the Hong Kong Palace Museum

Off-site exhibition

Versailles and China in 120 masterpieces

From 18 December 2024 to 4 May 2025 the Hong Kong Palace Museum is hosting the exhibition The Forbidden City and the Palace of Versailles, devoted to interactions between China and France in the 17th and 18th centuries. A selection of masterpieces, primarily from the collections of the Palace of Versailles and the Palace Museum, Beijing, tells the story of the special relationship which existed between these two countries during the Ancien Régime.

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The 2024-2025 musical season

The Palace of Versailles is hosting numerous operas, concerts, gala evenings and ballets in some of its exceptional spaces, including the Royal Opera and the Royal Chapel. Check out the programme for the 2024–2025 music season at Versailles.

Boutique

Boutique

Mathieu Lustrerie x Palace of Versailles

The Palace of Versailles and Mathieu Lustrerie teamed up to produce a candleholder inspired by the “King’s torch”. The initial model, with its ribs and round scrolled base, was adopted by the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne in the second half of the 18th century, and from 1752 was used in all the royal residences. Available now for pre-order worldwide, delivery in March 2025.

Concert

Sunday January 26th 2025

Happy Birthday Bill !

A pioneer of Baroque rediscovery, a passionate defender of the arts and culture of the Grand Siècle, a conductor praised the world over: William Christie's flamboyant personality has left its mark on the international musical landscape. What better way to celebrate his 80th birthday than with music? This concert and event brings together some of William Christie’s most cherished works from his beloved repertoire of 17th- and 18th-century French music.

Format long

Format long

Le Nôtre in perspectives

Discover André Le Nôtre, the Sun King’s gardener, well known for his geometric perspectives, his broad axes which add grand scale to gardens, and his secondary vistas which never fail to delight the eye of the beholder.

Concert

Tuesday January 28th 2025 - Royal Chapel

José de Torrès : Requiem for Louis I of Spain, king for 150 days!

Louis I Le Bien Aimé, King for 150 days, nevertheless had for his funeral a splendid Requiem for two choirs by his Maître de Chapelle José de Torres (1670-1738, Master of the Madrid Chapel for thirty-one years), resurrected by the young and talented Alberto Miguélez Rouco, with French and Spanish performers, for a totally new program that will bring the music of the Real Capilla de Madrid to the Chapelle Royale at Versailles!

Concert

Thursday January 30th 2025 - Hercules Room

The Three Counter-Tenors

With a trio as extraordinary as that formed by Samuel Mariño (Venezuela), Théo Imart (France) and Rafał Tomkiewicz (Poland), the audience is invited to a high-flying competition: baroque to the highest degree, the emulation between these primi uomi was the attraction of Italian operas, whose most thrilling vocal dynamics are here revived by the voices of three countertenors reviving for one evening the Glory of the Castrati.

Opera in concert version

Friday January 31st 2025

Handel : Acis et Galatea

When the young Handel arrived in Rome in 1707, he dazzled the city's elite with his exceptional talent. He became the "fashionable" composer, and his fame grew so rapidly that he was called to Naples, where he premiered his pastoral Aci, Galatea e Polifemo in July 1708, at the Court Theater in the Ducal Palace of Piedimonte Matese for a sumptuous wedding.