Visites-Privilege-France: January 2014

Driver-Guide-France Has decided To Launch A New Service This Year :
"Les Visites Privilèges "
Discover the Greatest Sites In France When They Are Closed To The Public
Monuments,Abbeys and Chateaux Like The Castles Of Versailles,Vaux Le Vicomte,Fontainebleau,Azay Le Rideau,Pierrefonds,Maisons;The Abbeys of Thoronet,Montajour,and Above All the Mont Saint Michel !

Palace of Versailles : Start at the top ! Full Day Tour

The tour includes the visite of the King's Grand Aparments ( King's bedchamber,the Queen's Bedchamber,the Hall of Mirrors ...),the King's interior apartments,the Royal Chapel or the Operahouse ( it depends on the programmation of the Operahouse ), the gardens of Versailles,the Fountains' show ( on Saturdays & Sundays ),the little Trianon,and Marie-Antoinette's Hamlet !

Be aware that the tour must be reserved 4 month before (so bookings are opened today for a tour in May 2014 ),and there are extra -fees compared to a normal tour ; so the total cost of the tour is 1500 €,but we can welcome up to 8 passenger ,so per person,it is around 200 €; it is all included,except the meals .The duration of the tour is around 10 Hrs.

The Palace of Versailles (King's interior apartments )

Discover with your personal guide the King's Interior Apartments, which include Louis XV's bedchamber,the very room where he died ,the dressing room of Louis XVI with its wonderful sophisticated décor,the Clock room,the Cabinet des Chiens,the Dining room,the King's interior cabinet,with probably the most famous piece of furniture on earth : the roll-top desk,commissionned from Oeben in 1760 and completed 8 years later by Riesner , the Cabinet des Depêches,the gold plate room,the Bath room,the library of Louis XVI,the porcelein Dining room,the Games room of Louis XVI !The tour will end either inside the Operahouse or the Royal Chapel.
The Royal Chapel was the last building within the palace ,commissionned by the Sun King 1710 ) ,and where the future queen Marie-Antoinette married the furtur king Louis XVI !She was only 14 ! She will become Queen of France 4 years later,in 1774 .
The Royal Operahouse was commissionned by Louis XV in 1768 ,for the forthcoming marriage of the Dauphin and the Archduchess Marie-Antoinette ;It was inaugurated the very day of their marriage,on May.16th,1770 ! It was designed by the architect Gabriel,the main architect of the king Louis XV ;
It is entirely made of woob ( which provides excellent acoustics ),for economical reason (already,we are just 15 year before the Revolution ) the décor is painted in Faux marbre ,but still looks great !

you can have a look at the official page of the Palace of Versailles if you want to know more about the King's interior apartments :

http://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover-estate/the-palace/the-palace/the-kings-interior-apartments

The Marble Courtyard-Versailles seen from the city .

A detail of the façade of the chateau.

The palace seen from the gardens

Latona's Basin at Versailles

The little "fake" hamlet built for Marie-Antoinette in order to remind her her native country , Austria ! It is located within the park of Versailles; You will visit it with your personal guide.