Île-de-France). The estate of Versailles, which includes the palace, the gardens, the park, and several smaller buildings, is spread over more than 1,977 acres. “When Louis XIII was still a ...

Versailles palace is open every day except for Monday from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The Estate of Trianon has its own hours (noon to 5:30 p.m.) and is closed on Mondays too. The gardens have extended ...

From here we move outside, so to speak, into Versailles’ gardens, less to admire their ... were tangible expression of France’s imperial creep. Besides, there were a lot of mouths to feed ...

The Treaty of Versailles was hammered out here. Part of the esteemed Waldorf Astoria chain (the only one in France), this palace-hotel carries on as perhaps the most luxurious hotel in the Paris ...