The king's escape from his court
Built for a very small circle, the opposite of Versailles's rigid etiquette.
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Not always, and this confuses visitors more than anything else. A palace-only ticket does not usually cover the Trianon; the whole-estate ticket covers the palace, the Grand and Petit Trianon and Marie-Antoinette's hamlet. If you intend to see more than the palace, buy that one from the start.
On foot through the gardens, thirty to forty minutes and a fine walk in itself, or by the little train for an extra fare, or by renting a bicycle or electric cart. Build the distance into your day โ many people arrive late and find it closed.
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A small palace of pink marble at the north-western end of the Versailles estate, built by Louis XIV as an escape from his own court. That is the key to understanding it. Versailles was a political machine: thousands of courtiers and a rigid etiquette governing every hour of the king's day. The Trianon was built as the opposite โ a single-storey building with no grand staircase, opening onto gardens, for receiving a very small circle. The king came here for relief from the job he had built for himself. The architecture reflects that: pink marble columns, open colonnades and a low profile, without vertical grandeur. Napoleon later used it and furnished it in the Empire style, so today you see two layers of history in the same rooms. Decisive practical points: the Trianon is on the Versailles estate but far from the main palace โ about thirty to forty minutes on foot, or by the little train or a bicycle. A main palace ticket does not always include it; the Passport or whole-estate ticket covers both. Check before buying.
Built for a very small circle, the opposite of Versailles's rigid etiquette.
Pink columns opening onto the gardens โ the building's best-known feature.
He furnished it in Empire style, so two eras share the same rooms.
Within the Versailles estate, north-west of the main palace