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Review of European leisure France (le pa...

Massive and gorgeous place. Arrive early even if y...

Massive and gorgeous place. Arrive early even if you THINK you can tour the palace, gardens and the additional apartments buildings on the property (FYI, you won't be able to).

Wear comfortable shoes, bring a bottle of water and an extra charging pack. Tour guides may slow you down so I recommend doing your own walkthrough unless you are a history buff and want to hear all the details --- this will take you at least 1 week.

After the Palace, check out the Gardens and back buildings. We rented a golf cart (34 Euro per hour) to drive through the gardens and to the Grand and Petit Trianon. Make sure your tickets allow entry

While ideally a 1 day trip to gain cost efficiency with the ticket price deal, it just seems impossible without getting overloaded mentally and physically (we actually picked up 2 'hitch hikers' in the Gardens because they were too tired to walk back to where they started and we were heading there), I'd recommend breaking your visit into 1 day at the Palace and then 1 day for the rest of the grounds.