Spend your holiday at Palace of Versailles, Paris
The Versailles castle with its palace and the gardens are one of the most impressive of the world’s heritage sites and symbolizes the most proficient attainments of 17th century French skills. This palace best known for being the site of the
vast royal palace and gardens built by King Louis XIV, and it has been the scene for several historic events. This palace is a worthy place to see in the western outskirts of Paris, not only does it have gigantic historical implication but also it is a very beautiful building.
The museum of the history of France, established in the 19th century, and created to display paintings and sculptures depicting milestone battles of French history. The presentations held here, demonstrates painted, drawn, sculpted and engraved images illustrating events or personalities of the ancient times. Most of the objects dated back to 19th century, especially paintings created by famous painters of the time. It occupies a large area of the palace. Several modern era musical events have held here in the courtyard of Versailles.
Spread over about 250 acres the garden of the Versailles Palace is the European largest palace garden. It laid out in a geometrical pattern of bushes, paths, trees and flowerbeds. Several fountains installed here to entertain the guests invited to the lavish royal parties. Another remarkable adornment in the garden is the Colonnade, a spherical row of marble columns.
The easiest way to get to the palace and avoid queues is to buy the entry ticket from the official 
website of the palace. It is more expansive than the usual ticket, but includes various tours of the King and Queen’s State Apartments, the Chapel and Opera House, the Coach Museum, all the temporary exhibitions, and also returns railway and metro tickets etc. However, you can get the Palace easily by train and buy tickets for each attraction once there. This is the best way if you want to see something in particular or just want to explore the enormous gardens. Bikes and battery powered golf carts also available on hire, inside the museum.
An audio guide tour of the palace available in various languages from several receptions, and may very helpful for tourists. The mini train in the palace is the best way to explore the entire grounds, includes residence palaces, which are on a distance of at least a 30 minutes walk away from the main palace.
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