Getting to Versailles with its palace (chateau) and formal gardens is easy from Paris by bus tour, cheap RER train C5 public transportation, or by car for a great day trip to a top sight in France. Getting to the Palace of Versailles from downtown Paris is easy by tour bus, train, or car making Versailles the most popular day-trip destination from Paris. RER train C5 … [Read more...]
Visit the Palace of Versailles: Opening Hours and Ticket Prices
The Palace of Versailles with its chateau and gardens is a popular day-trip from Paris. Opening hours are long while discount passes allow for savings on ticket prices for the chateau, park, gardens, the Trianon, and estate of Marie Antoinette. The Estate of Versailles with its famous château (palace), Orangerie, and formal Baroque gardens and park is a popular day trip … [Read more...]
See the Fountains in the Gardens of Versailles Palace – Ticket Prices and Opening Hours
On summer weekends, visitors to the Chateau de Versailles may enjoy the historic fountains at play in the formal gardens of the palace near Paris. During summer, visitors to the Palace of Versailles may often enjoy the historic fountains at play in the formal baroque gardens while listening to music. The more spectacular event is the musical fountain show (Grandes Eaux … [Read more...]
Tips on Visiting the Musical Fountain Show at the Palace of Versailles
The musical fountain show (Grandes eaux musicales) presents the gardens of the Palace of Versailles at their best on summer weekends. The best time to visit is early morning for the chateau but afternoon for the gardens. The formal baroque gardens of the Palace of Versailles near Paris are at their most spectacular on summer weekends when the fountains are allowed to play. … [Read more...]
Eiffel Tower Advance Online Tickets Reservations
Buy skip-the-line time-slot reservations tickets for the Eiffel Tower online and in advance to avoid queuing at the elevator to go up this popular sight for the best views of Paris. Annually around 7 million visitors go up the Tour Eiffel in Paris. This is around 20,000 visitors per day making it very sensible to buy tickets in advance to skip queues. Tickets are … [Read more...]
Louvre Museum, Paris: Tips on Buying Skip-the-Line Tickets and Guided Tours
Skip-the-line timeslot tickets for the Louvre Museum are best bought online. Guided tours also give fast-track admission to the Mona Lisa. Specific time-slot, skip-the-line tickets are the only sensible way to visit the Louvre Museum in Paris. Lines at the Louvre are notoriously long making the small surcharge for these online fast-track tickets a very good bargain and … [Read more...]
Top European Tourist Sights Require Online Advance Reservations
Top sights such as the Anne Frank House, Sagrada Familia, and The Last Supper require advance online reservations while timeslots are sensible for the Louvre, Eiffel Tower, Vatican Museum, Alhambra and the Reichstag. Queuing for tickets is a thing of the past at several of Europe’s top tourist sights. At some, including the Anne Frank Huis and Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, … [Read more...]
Paris: Buy Skip-the-Line Tickets for the Eiffel Tower, Louvre and Versailles
Time-slot tickets for the Eiffel Tower are almost essential and a good deal to see the Louvre Museum. Guided tours cut the lines at the Palace of Versailles. The Eiffel Tower in Paris is best seen on advance purchase tickets with time-slot reservations. Lines are often endless with no guarantee of ascending the tower without skip-the-line tickets. Time-slot reservations … [Read more...]
Fast TGV Lyria Trains from Paris to Basel & Zurich
High-speed TGV Lyria trains transport travelers in three hours from Paris-Gare de Lyon in France to Basel and in four hours to Zurich in Switzerland. TGV Lyria trains often provide the fastest and cheapest transportation from Paris-Gare de Lyon to Basel and Zurich in Switzerland. Six trains per day travel from Paris to Basel in three hours and continue to reach Zurich in … [Read more...]
By RER, Metro Trains, and Bus to Paris-Orly Airport (ORY)
RER and Métro trains with bus or ORLYVAL combinations are good public transportation alternatives to Le Bus Direct (previously Les Cars Air France) for travel to Aéroport Paris-Orly ORY. Getting to Aéroport d’Orly (ORY) from downtown Paris is possible by public transportation using buses or the ORLYVAL to RER and Metro train stations. However, public transportation from … [Read more...]
Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Shuttles, Le Bus Direct & Coach Links
Roissybus shuttles link Paris-Opera and CDG, Le Bus Direct coaches go to Etoile, Eiffel Tower, Montparnasse, and Orly, and Noctielien night buses to Gare du Nord & De l’Est. Getting to Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) from downtown Paris is easy by bus or rail. RER train line B is generally the fastest public transportation to Charles de Gaulle but many travelers prefer … [Read more...]
Le Bus Direct Shuttle Buses to Paris Airports ORY & CDG
Le Bus Direct (previously Les Cars Air France) are luxury airport shuttle buses that provide easy transportation from downtown Paris to Aéroport Orly (ORY) and Charles de Gaulle (CDG). The Le Bus Direct coaches usually run when trains are on strike! Getting to Paris’s two main airports Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and Orly (ORY) always seems a bit more complicated and complex … [Read more...]