Experience The Legendary Grandeur Of Versailles
The grand spectacle of Louis XIV’s Versailles is legendary. Now, it is yours to experience. In partnership with the Chateau de Versailles, Chateau de Versailles Events, The Waldorf Astoria Collection is pleased to offer exclusive packages offering access to the palace’s seasonal line-up of pyrotechnic shows and musical performances. Each package includes show tickets and breakfast at La Veranda, with upgrades available for hotel accommodation and performance seating. During your stay, enjoy a gastronomic dinner at La Veranda restaurant, newly awarded two stars at the Michelin Guide. Delight in the endless pleasures of La Ville Soleil, and discover the extraordinary events that have shaped Versailles into one of the world’s most splendid destinations.
- Prestige Package, including an overnight stay in a Palace Deluxe Room, breakfast at Gordon Ramsay au Trianon, access to the Guerlain Spa, and Prestige seating at your choice of Versailles show
- Privilege Package, featuring an overnight stay in a Pavilion Classic Room, breakfast at Gordon Ramsay au Trianon, access to the Guerlain Spa, and First Category seating at your choice of Versailles show
The Royal Wedding of Louis XIV
Spectacle pyrotechnique - Groupe F
3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18 September- 21:30
350 years ago, in 1660 to marry the Infanta of Spain, the young Sun King joined his sweetheart and began a journey through the French provinces to find it on the Isle of Pheasants, to the Spanish border, place of his wedding with Marie Therese d’Autriche. Lavish royal procession of several thousand members, this rite of passage was the place of all the daring of a King, 22 years old, causing the admiration of people: Main Royal, attacking fortifications, princely ceremonies are a pretext to fire virtuosic choreography Group F, before returning to Versailles and its pleasures of the Magic Island.
Follow the adventures of the King during this spectacular event with Stephane Bern commentator advised!
Garden Events
Musical Fountains
Saturdays and Sundays from April 3rd to October 31st and Friday, April 2nd, Thursday, May 13th and Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
9am to 5:3pm (Last water from 11am to 12pm and 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.) Tuesdays from May 25th to June 29th, 2010 from 9am to 5:30pm (Last water from 11am to 12pm and from 2:30am to 4:00pm)
Discover the groves and fountains and its gushing waters, in the rhythm of the music. Several courses are available to you. Whatever your choice, they allow everyone to enjoy many masterpieces of the Garden. Finally, the loafers and fans may stray into the most secret places of the garden. In the legacy of the creative spirit of Versailles, it is our time to experience the arts in this area except by giving high priority to works that were created over two centuries. The musical part of Fountains Music has been assigned to Christophe Rousset, who, at the head of its Talents Lyriques, is an ardent servant of baroque music. The operas of Lully, Rameau, Desmarest and are borrowed to the openings, chaconne, passacaglia and dances which burst forth from each grove, each fountain, and give life to statues of marble and gold at the Colonnade Room Bal, the pleasures of the Enchanted Isle reborn endlessly.
Music Gardens
Tuesdays 4th, 11th and 18th May, Friday, May 24th and July 6th to September 28th from 9am to 5:30pm
To discover more and enjoy the gardens, groves and protected areas of the castle are available on certain Tuesdays from May to September for a musical walk: a moment of intense discovery in the heart of French gardens designed by Le Nôtre, among multitude of statues that inhabit the aisles, and the shadow space saved by gardeners at Versailles.
Serenade in Galerie des Glaces
On Saturdays from June 19th to August 28th - 50 minutes show at 6:45pm and 7:45pm
Just before the Grandes Eaux Nocturnes, relive the hours of the flamboyant reign of Louis XIV and browsing the royal apartments at the sound of a serenade. Under the glare of gold and the Galerie des Glaces, the last rays of sunset, enjoy a magic moment! You will be invited by a group of musicians and dancers who will invite you to baroque admire them in a ball like the Grand Siecle.
Evening light show
Saturdays from June 19th to August 28th from 21h to 11:20pm
At dusk, the Royal Garden of Louis XIV becomes a surprising sound and visual moment. The visitor discovers ponds and groves filled with water and light, directed and color. This year, artists of light and scenography seize gardens to do with a thousand lights shine and amazing facilities: the stunning water effects of the Bassin du Miroir, lasers streak that space at the grove of the Colonnade, crushing or spectacular giant Encelade . Parade Design held a graceful and surreal journey through the Groves of Girandole and Dauphin. Group F will invest the Green Carpet flame and draw a monumental fireworks before the Grand Canal to conclude this evening mysterious, enriched by the masterpieces of French Baroque music played by Reinhard Goebel and his orchestra Musica Antiqua Köln.
For more information about Versailles shows, please visit www.chateauversailles-spectacles.fr.
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