One day passport -- For information on "All the Château with one ticket" visit the Versailles website. 25 euros (16 euros in low season) for a One-day pass gives priority access to the entire Domain of Versailles, several audio guided and non-guided tours.

Consider the "Forfaits/Loisirs" ticket from the train company, SNCF.

For details of what is included in the 2007 ticket visit my Sightseeing page and click on "Versailles visit including train ticket". I believe it is a better deal than the one-day passport from Versailles, because the transportation is included. I would be glad to hear from anyone who tries this package!! Send me an e-mail.

Water shows - 2006

Fêtes de Nuit - 2006

Versailles – Paris : 16 km

Train :

  RER C : line Paris Austerlitz
Destination - Stop : Versailles Rive Gauche

  SNCF Gare Paris Montparnasse
Destination - Stop Versailles Chantiers

  SNCF Gare Paris Saint Lazare
Destination - Stop Versailles Rive droite

Car :
Highway A13
Exit : Versailles Château

Bus :
n°171 Pont de Sèvres
Exit : Versailles place d’armes

Evening of the Fêtes de Nuit, times of last trains to Paris :

from Versailles to the  (left bank) Rive Gauche:

RER C : 11 :50 p.m. 

night bus

from Versailles to the  (left bank) Rive Gauche: : 1:05 a.m. and 2 :05 a.m .

from Versailles Chantiers to Montparnasse : 12:26 a.m. and 12:56 a.m.

from Versailles to the (right bank) Rive Droite :  12:12 a.m.

Water Shows at the Château de Versailles

For four hundred years the Versailles Gardens has provided spectacles. Enjoy the Evening festival (Les Fêtes de Nuit), The Festival of Musical Water (les Grandes Eaux Musicales) and The Evening Water Festival (les Grandes Eaux Nocturnes) 

Grandes Eaux Musicales - The musical waters

April 1 to October 1, 2006

Every Saturday, Sunday and Holiday

Open: 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Fountains of the "Grande Perspective" and the lighting of the trees and shrubs of the "Rocailles et des Bains d'Apollon".

3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Fountains of the "Grande Perspective" and all of the shrubs and trees are lit.

5:20 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Grande finale at the Bassin de Neptune.

For more details visit the Versailles website.

Grandes eaux nocturnes - The evening water festival

Saturdays, July 1, 8, 15 and 22, 2006

9 p.m. to about 11 p.m.

Admission: 17 euros

Les Grandes Eaux Nocturnes is an evening walk through the gardens of Versailles where you can admire the fountains, exceptionally lit during this period, and meet the well-known personalities who influenced Versaille: Louis XIV, Louis XVI, Molière, Marie Antoinette, Clemenceau, Napoléon 1st, Napoléon III, etc.

Fireworks top the evening's musical events chosen by the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles. For more information about presentation, tariffs, maps, etc. visit the Versailles website.

Spectacle inspired by the engagement of the young Louis XV and his first cousin, Marie-Anne-Victoire, the Spanish infanta. (Insecula has more information on this story.)

From the Paris-Ile de France tourist office this information:

The unique artist stages his latest creation at the Versailles Bassin de Neptune, with a show that uses Baroque and contemporary dance... . Ring 01 30 83 78 88 for more information. Dates :Saturdays August 26th and September, 2nd, 9th and 16th Fridays September 8th and 15th. Booking essential - Numbered seats.

Admission: 30 euros to 85 euros (You can buy tickets on line)

Château de Versailles
Bassin de Neptune
78000 VERSAILLES
By Bus : 171
Train : C, Versailles Château Rive Gauche

From the Paris-île-de-France website: “Every Saturday evening in July, the grounds of the Château de Versailles will open specially in the evening for a spectacular feast of light and music. The gardens and their fountains will be lit up by projectors, torches and fireworks, with Baroque and classical music chosen by the Versailles Baroque Music Center, creating an enchanting, fairytale atmosphere that would have made Louis XIV proud. If you've never been to the château, this is an exciting and different way to discover it.

Dates subject to change.

Information: Grande Ecurie du Roy 78000 Versailles Monday-Saturday 10am-7pm Tel: +33(0)1 30 83 78 88 Fax: +33(0)1 30 83 78 90 Tickets Tuesday-Saturday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.Tel: +33(0) 1 30 83 78 90 Fax: +33(0)1 30 83 78 90” -- PIDF