Versailles

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03 October 2013

Having been to Buckingham palace earlier in the trip we thought we ought to visit the French version at Versailles. Parking was difficult as the palace is in the centre of the busy town but we were very lucky in finding a free disabled space on the street a couple of hundred metres from the entrance. So the blue badge saved us again.



The palace is ridiculously ornate and set in huge grounds which include many lakes and fountains and several buildings constructed as ‘summer retreats’. The whole estate was built by Louis XIV and XV in the 17^th and 18^th centuries and was occupied by the Royal Family until the Revolution in 1789.

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