The Palace of Versailles: Fountain Shows and Musical Gardens - From March 29 to October 31, 2024
Categories : Paris, published on : 6/6/24
The Palace of Versailles is as much known for its gardens and for its galleries.
Lavish fairways planted groves, botanical architecture that defies the imagination, fountains and ponds decorated with statues, the gardens of Versailles offer many surprises to visitors.
If the visit is a wonder in itself, the Château de Versailles offers to discover the secrets of the groves and their gushing waters in music, normally closed to the public.
It is in summer that the 14 groves open to visitors for free or guided walks. These sculpted treasures disclose veritable works of art hidden in the bushes. The grove of Colonnades, the grove of the Baths of Apollo, the grove of the Ballroom or the Three Fountains are masterpieces that beautifully combines art and nature.
Getting there while staying at Hotel Jardin Le Brea:
It is very easy!
Just take the metro line 4 to Vavin (top of our street), then change at St Michel for RER C to Château de Versailles
or
Take the Transilien line N at Gare Montparnasse, and get off at Versailles Chantiers !
Opening times:
- Musical Fountain Shows:
Set out to explore the fountains and groves with their water features spouting to the rythm of music. Several circuits are available to enable you to enjoy the numerous masterpieces of the gardens, or lead you to their most secret spots.
- Every Saturday and Sunday from March 30 to October 27, 2024.
- Every Tuesday from May 7 to June 25 2024.
- Friday March 29, Easter Monday April 1, Wednesday May 8 and Thursday May 9, Whit Monday May 20, and Thursday August 15.
- Musical Gardens:
Enjoy a musical walk during summer: a moment of discovery, in the heart of the French gardens, to discover the groves which are exceptionally open to the public (no water displays of fountains)
- Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from April 2 to May 3, 2024 (except Wednesday, May 1).
- Every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from May 10 to June 28, 2024.
- Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from July 2 to October 31, 2024 (except Thursday August 15, when Musical Fountains Show takes place).
- The Night Fountains Show:
When night falls, the Gardens are trnasformed to offer a stunning visual and musical treat as fountains and groves wome alive with colorful and dramatic lighting effects. This year once more, lighting and stage-effects artists will light up the gardens and display their surprising installations to the strollers: water features in the Mirror Fountain, laser streaking across the dark in the Colonnade Grove and the fireworks display in front of the Grand Canal by the Groupe F to conclude the evening's entertainment.
- Every Saturday evening from June 8 to September 21, 2024 (except Saturday, August 10), from 8:30 to 11:05 p.m., and on 6 special evenings:
- Friday June 28 for the 90th anniversary of the French Air Force (8pm-11.45pm),
- Sunday July 14 for the French national holiday (8:30-11:10 pm),
- Friday August 9 and Sunday August 11 on the occasion of the Olympic Games (8:30-11:05 pm),
- Thursday August 15 for the Fire Night Fountains Show (8:30-11:05 p.m.),
- Saturday September 21 for the Electro Night Fountains Show (8:30-11:45 pm).
- The Beautiful Waters of Trianon:
From May 2 to October 31, 2024, discover the Belles Eaux de Trianon and enjoy the gardens of the Grand Trianon and Petit Trianon and their water fountains, including the Buffet d'eau, restored in 2023.
Opening hours: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, noon to 4 p.m.
- The Royal Serenade:
After the Musical Fountains Shows or before the Night Fountain Shows, the musicians and dancers of the Compagnie Baroque await you to join in a French-style ball in the sumptuous setting of the Hall of Mirrors.
Every Saturday from June 8 to September 14, as well as Sunday July 14 and Thursday August 15 2024.
5 sessions (of 40 minutes each) are offered each evening at 6.30pm, 6.50pm, 7.10pm, 7.30pm and 8.00pm.
Don't forget to buy your tickets in advance!
The Palace remains open daily except Mondays, from 9:00 to 18:30.
More information at: http://en.chateauversailles.fr/
https://en.chateauversailles.fr/news/shows/fountains-shows-and-musical-gardens#pratical-information
