Happy to be sharing all our photos from the day trip we took to the Palace of Versailles (in Versailles, France!) After spending a few days at Disneyland Paris and getting used to the time zone, we were ready to hit the ground running, exploring other parts of this beautiful french country. Both Brooke and Blake were pretty amazed at how large and intricate or “fancy” everything was. Actually, I’m amazed that people were able to create buildings as ornate as this castle how ever many hundreds of years ago. It’s earned the name palace and photos don’t do it justice.
So, we took the train out to Versailles (our cheapest option) and it took about 45 minutes to get there, without including a 10 minute walk to the palace and a stop at McDonalds for lunch. Yes, I know we were in freaking FRANCE, but sometimes familiar is easiest and best for feeding my kids. We purchased our palace tickets on site and all the kids were free! So I think it only ended up being 18 euro per adult. Maybe 24 euro?! Not expensive in the least, especially since I had two kids I didn’t have to pay for.
We were traveling with Rachael from Eazy Peazy Mealz and her two kids, Lexi and Derrick. So incase you don’t recognize some of these kiddos, that’s why! We had beautiful weather and a fun afternoon exploring the castle and grounds. The castle was quite packed with people and quite dark inside, with the exception for the hall of mirrors, so there aren’t as many photos inside as I’d like, but we took a whole bunch outside 🙂
Once we were done with the castle, we walked over to the LDS Temple to check out the grounds since it was only about a mile away. So beautiful and great for our children to see the gardens, the nativity and Christus statue. Very peaceful and a great way to end the day. Blake was pretty wiped out from a full day of walking so we ended up getting an Uber back to our AirBnB for the rest of the evening.
Overall, it was definitely worth the day trip!
Have you ever been to Versailles before?
Sweet Derrick and Brooke helping Blake touch the golden gates.
I love these crazy kids!
Typical Blake.
The most interesting part of the castle was probably the hall of mirrors. It was certainly the brightest room in the castle, hence the many photos.
Blake’s exhaustion starting to show.
One of my favorite photos from the whole trip.
The back of the palace looks SO different compared to the front. They look like two completely different buildings.
Taken on the walk from the palace to the temple in beautiful Versailles.
In the Gardens at the temple.
15 Comments
Chris Domino
January 9, 2019 at 11:03 amI visited there when I was a kid and it was beautiful. I also remember Napolean’s tomb.I as so impressed be that.
autumn w
January 9, 2019 at 11:28 amSo beautiful!!! We are planning a trip for Feb of 2020!!!
Autumn V
January 9, 2019 at 12:01 pmI visited Versaille back in 2004 and loved every minute of it. The palace, the grounds, just everything was beautiful. I need to find and share a pic with you of my 6-yr old son “dabbing” and he even has the same shoes as Blake 😉
Jayne
January 9, 2019 at 12:53 pmPhotos are great but why did you keep referring to the Palace as a castle I know I’m being picky Versailles is on my bucket list will get there one day
Lucy Burdick
January 9, 2019 at 1:20 pmThanks for sharing your trip.
Anne Pik
January 9, 2019 at 1:48 pmThe grounds at Versaille was the highlight of a trip to Paris a few years back. We walked in awe, padded a canoe, rode bikes around the area, ate at a cute cafe tucked away in the back and just thoroughly enjoyed my visit there. Thanks for sharing Lauren!
Anne Pik
January 9, 2019 at 1:50 pmOoops *paddled a canoe, 🙂
shirley pendleton
January 9, 2019 at 6:36 pmBeautiful, thanks for sharing !!
Sunnie
January 9, 2019 at 7:07 pmLove Europe! I go to visit family in Germany and Poland as often as I am able.
Eileen Lee
January 9, 2019 at 8:09 pmYes, it is beautiful ! I loved the beautiful grounds in the back as much as the castle!
Tracey
January 10, 2019 at 5:40 amBeautiful pics! We hope to go there this year.
Tracey
January 10, 2019 at 5:42 amLove your beautiful pics! We hope to go there with a tour group this year.
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Jennie Harper
October 22, 2019 at 7:05 pmLove the pictures of your family vacay in Versailles! Heading to Poland and Austria in April and would love to squeeze in a trip to France… will see 😉 going to the Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna which was modeled after Versailles.
Kel
October 27, 2019 at 5:59 pmThis was helpful when I visited here last summer – thank you!