{"id":2338,"date":"2018-03-14T18:20:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T18:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/?p=2338"},"modified":"2018-03-14T19:32:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T19:32:54","slug":"palace-of-versailles-and-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/palace-of-versailles-and-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace of Versailles and Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2339\" src=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/pov-1024x603.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"843\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/pov-1024x603.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/pov-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/pov-768x452.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/pov.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Palace of Versailles is huge!!!\u00a0 I learned a few tips from a Jay Swanson&#8217;s Youtube videos. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=jay+swanson+versailles+\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=jay+swanson+versailles<\/a>+)<\/p>\n<p>Tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Huge lines (to the point we decided not to go inside the Palace).<\/li>\n<li>Garden is massively huge, and free<\/li>\n<li>But Fountains are off during certain months\/times<\/li>\n<li>While it was gorgeous, it felt like a waste to go there<\/li>\n<li>Market on certain days, definitely worth checking out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After getting off the RER, we ate a cafe right next to Starbucks.<\/p>\n<p>We then walked down the street to the front of the Palace of Versailles. Immediately, you can see the line. Not to mention more than 60 tourist buses!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2342\" src=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_105022-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"843\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_105022-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_105022-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_105022-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_105022-1043x586.jpg 1043w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_105226-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"843\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_105226-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_105226-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_105226-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_105226-1043x586.jpg 1043w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_105019-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"843\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_105019-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_105019-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_105019-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_105019-1-1043x586.jpg 1043w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We planned to come here on Sunday, because the market up the street is well known.\u00a0 So we decided to go there before attempting to go inside the Palace of Versailles.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/2018\/03\/14\/marche-notre-dame-market\/\">Marche&#8217;Notre-Dame Market<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After going to the market, we came back to an even longer line that zigged zagged. I went up to one of the staff members and said we had a Paris Pass and she said to fall in line.<\/p>\n<p>I just took pictures of the gate. I didn&#8217;t want to wait for an hour to get in.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_124926-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"843\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_124926-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_124926-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_124926-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_124926-1043x586.jpg 1043w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2345\" src=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_124936-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"843\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_124936-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_124936-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_124936-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_124936-1043x586.jpg 1043w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since this was already in the late morning, we decided to see the Garden behind the Palace. The Garden is HUGE and can be a whole day exploring and enjoy itself. The views were spectacular.<\/p>\n<p>Jay noted in one of his videos that the Fountains are not always on&#8230; this was true on our trip.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_121409-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"843\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_121409-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_121409-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_121409-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_121409-1043x586.jpg 1043w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2347\" src=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_122100-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"843\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_122100-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_122100-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_122100-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_122100-1043x586.jpg 1043w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_122311-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"843\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_122311-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_122311-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_122311-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_122311-1043x586.jpg 1043w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_122650-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"843\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_122650-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_122650-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_122650-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_122650-1043x586.jpg 1043w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_122905-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"843\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_122905-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_122905-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_122905-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_122905-1043x586.jpg 1043w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2351\" src=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_123003-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"843\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_123003-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_123003-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_123003-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20180218_123003-1043x586.jpg 1043w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As I said in my tips, it didn&#8217;t seem worth the time (unless you plan a day out here) to come out here. I wasn&#8217;t fully disappointed because I enjoyed the gardens and market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Palace of Versailles is huge!!!\u00a0 I learned a few tips from a Jay Swanson&#8217;s Youtube videos. (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=jay+swanson+versailles+) Tips: Huge lines (to the point we decided not to go inside the Palace). Garden is massively huge, and free But Fountains are off during certain months\/times While it was gorgeous, it felt like a waste [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,117,3],"tags":[160,154,161],"class_list":["post-2338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-europe","category-paris","category-travel","tag-jay-swanson","tag-palace-of-versailles","tag-youtube"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2338"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2374,"href":"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338\/revisions\/2374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}